Airborne Communications

Latest Airborne Communications Stories

North Korea May Be Building An Early-Warning Radar Plane

By Thomas Newdick / Updated Dec 15, 2023

CMV-22 Ospreys Could Fill In For Navy E-2 Hawkeyes As Communications Nodes

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Apr 5, 2023

Air Force’s Prized BACN Networking Jets Now Operating Over The Mediterranean

By Amelia Smith / Updated Oct 31, 2022

The Air Force Wants Laser Communication Pods To Securely Link Fighter Aircraft With Satellites

By Brett Tingley / Updated Jan 26, 2022

StormBreaker Mini Glide Bombs Take Longer To Load Onto Strike Eagles Due To Their Data Links

By Thomas Newdick / Updated Dec 15, 2021

U.S. Weighs Deploying Balloons To Provide Internet Access To Cubans During Crackdown

By Brett Tingley / Updated Jul 23, 2021

F-22 And F-35 Datalinks Finally Talk Freely With Each Other Thanks To A U-2 Flying Translator

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway / Updated Apr 30, 2021

Air Force Doubles Down On E-11A BACN Communications Jets With Plans To Triple Fleet Size

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Feb 8, 2021

Stealthy XQ-58 Drone Busts The Networking Logjam Between F-22 And F-35

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Dec 15, 2020

U-2 Spy Plane Taps Into Computers On The Ground To Expand Data Processing Ability Mid-Mission

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Dec 14, 2020

This Mysterious Military Spy Plane Has Been Flying Circles Over Seattle For Days

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 5, 2020

Air Force Wants Its XQ-58A Valkyrie Drone To Help F-22s And F-35s Talk To Each Other

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Nov 12, 2019

Master Chart Showing US Military Aircraft And Their Data-Links Includes RQ-170 Sentinel

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway / Updated Nov 12, 2019

Turkey Wants to Link Its F-35 Computer Brains to Networks That Will Include Russian Systems

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 30, 2019

Saudis Join UAE in Push to Buy F-35s as Concerns About the Jet’s Computer Network Grow

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019

Lockheed Made A Three Minute Long Cartoon Just To Explain F-35’s ALIS

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019