Air Force testing tactical data links gateway for communications between F-22 and F-35 aircraft enabling Network centric systems

NCW is theory of warfare in the information age which hypothesizes that forces which are networked will outperform forces that are not. NCW is an ‘integration of sensors, decision-makers, weapons platforms and support capabilities to enable agility’ providing ‘interoperability and collaboration within and between services’.   According to U.S. Defense Department, Network centric systems increase…