Editing Link 16 (section)

=== 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>