Editing Link 16 (section)

== Platforms ==
Some examples of platforms currently using the Link 16 capability are:

=== Aircraft ===
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* [[Bell AH-1Z Viper|AH-1Z Viper]]
* [[Boeing AH-64 Apache|AH-64E Apache]]
* [[ATR 72#ATR 72MP|ATR 72MP]]
* [[B-1B Lancer]]
* [[B-2 Spirit]]
* [[C-130J]]
* [[EADS CASA C-295|C-295 MPA/Persuader]]
* [[E-2 Hawkeye|E-2C Hawkeye]]
* [[E-3 Sentry]]
* [[E-7A Wedgetail]]
* [[E-8 Joint STARS]]
* [[EA-6B Prowler]]
* [[EA-18G Growler]]
* [[Lockheed EP-3|EP-3E]]
* [[Embraer C-390 Millennium]]
* [[Eurocopter Tiger]]
* [[Eurofighter Typhoon]]
* [[F-15 Eagle]]
* [[F-16 Fighting Falcon]]
* [[F/A-18 Hornet]]
* [[F/A-18 Super Hornet]]
* [[F-22 Raptor]]
* [[F-35 Lightning II]]
* [[HH-60W]]
* [[Saab JAS 39 Gripen|JAS 39 Gripen]]
* [[Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite]]
* [[KC-135]]
* [[Airbus A330 MRTT|KC-30A MRTT]]
* [[Boeing KC-46 Pegasus|KC-46]]
* [[Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk#MH-60R|MH-60S/R Seahawk]]
* [[Dassault Mirage 2000D|Mirage 2000D]]
* [[Dassault Mirage 2000|Mirage 2000]]
* [[P-3C Orion]]
* [[Boeing P-8 Poseidon|P-8A Poseidon]]
* [[Dassault Rafale|Rafale]] 
* [[Embraer R-99|R-99]]
* [[Boeing RC-135|RC-135 Rivet Joint]]
* [[Saab 340 AEW&C|S 100B Argus]]
* [[Westland Sea King#Airborne early warning|Sea King Mk 7 ASaC]]
* [[Panavia Tornado|Tornado]]
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=== Ships ===
* [[USN]] [[carrier strike group]]s and [[expeditionary strike group]]s, as well as all surface combat ships, command ships and amphibious warfare vessels
* [[French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle|French aircraft carrier ''Charles de Gaulle'' (R91)]]
* [[Italian aircraft carrier Cavour|Italian aircraft carrier ''Cavour'' (550)]] and [[Italian landing helicopter dock Trieste |''Trieste'' (551)]]
* Royal Navy, Canadian, Australian, French, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, New Zealand and German [[frigate]]s
* German K130 [[Braunschweig-class corvette|''Braunschweig''-class corvette]]
* Swedish [[Visby-class corvette|''Visby''-class corvette]]
* Finnish [[Hämeenmaa-class minelayer|''Hämeenmaa''-class minelayer]] 
* Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force [[Akizuki-class destroyer (2010)|''Akizuki''-class]], [[Kongō-class destroyer|''Kongō''-class destroyer]]
* Republic of Korea Navy [[Sejong the Great-class destroyer|''Sejong the Great''-class]]
* [[Republic of China Navy|Taiwanese]] [[Kidd-class destroyer|Kee Lung Class Destroyers]]
* Turkish [[MILGEM project|MILGEM frigates]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.milsoft.com.tr/milgem_cavlis.php|title=MilSOFT - Products/Projects - Data Links and Messaging Systems|access-date=2016-01-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081824/http://www.milsoft.com.tr/milgem_cavlis.php|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[TF-2000-class destroyer]], [[TCG Anadolu]]

=== Missile defense systems ===
* [[Arrow (Israeli missile)|Arrow]]
* [[Aster (missile family)|SAMP/T]]
* [[MIM-104 Patriot|Patriot ICC and Battery Command Post (BCP)]]
* [[Terminal High Altitude Area Defense|THAAD]]
* [[Joint Tactical Ground Station|JTAGS]]
* [[NASAMS]]
* Joint Land Attack/Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensors ([[JLENS]])

=== Networked weapons ===
* [[GBU-53/B|SDB II]]
* [[AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon|JSOW-C1]]

=== Command and control ===
* [[Joint Data Network]]

The U.S. Army is integrating Link 16 into select [[command and control]] elements of its [[UH-60 Black Hawk]] fleet,{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}} and intends to pursue fielding to AH-64 Apache and other aviation assets.

The [[United States Air Force|USAF]] will add Link 16 to its [[Rockwell B-1 Lancer]] and [[Boeing B-52 Stratofortress]] bombers with the Common Link Integration Processing system.<ref>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2010/10/mil-101021-northrop-grumman01.htm Northrop Grumman Awarded Air Force Contract to Integrate CLIP on B-1B and B-52 Aircraft] [[Northrop Grumman]] press release, 21 October 2010</ref> Early versions of the [[Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor]] could only receive but not transmit Link 16 data,<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Aviation Week|title=Inside The Cockpit: Flying The F-22 Against Islamic State In Syria|first=Lara|last=Seligman|date=May 23, 2017|access-date=May 30, 2017|url=http://aviationweek.com/defense/inside-cockpit-flying-f-22-against-islamic-state-syria?NL=AW-05&Issue=AW-05_20170530_AW-05_846&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_1&elq2=474c12f1b3a84d5b904d8512e547b4a7|quote=At the same time, the company is working on enabling the Raptor to transmit Link 16 signals—currently the aircraft can only receive Link 16 — and fielding Increment 3.2B, a new software load that will allow the F-22 to take full advantage of the AIM-9X and AIM-120D Amraam missiles.}}</ref> on the basis that transmitting data would reveal its location.<ref>{{citation|title=F22 Raptor absent from Libya ops|newspaper=Air force times|date=March 2011 |url=http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2011/03/defense-f22-raptor-absent-from-libya-ops-032211/}}</ref> Upgrades to the F-22 have since given it the ability to transmit Link 16 as well.<ref name= keyAero >Amiga500 [https://www.key.aero/forum/modern-military-aviation/132143-so-the-f-22-uses-link-16 (26 Feb 2014) Lockheed validated the use of Link 16 transmit capability on F-22]</ref>