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Link 16Link 16 is a military inter-computer data exchange format of NATO. With Link 16, military aircraft as well as ships and army units may exchange their tactical picture in real time. Link 16 is defined as one of the digital services of the Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) in the Standardization Agreement STANAG 5516. Link 16 information is coded in so called J.-series messages, i.e. binary data words with well defined meanings. These data words are grouped in functional areas, and allocated to network participation groups (virtual networks), most important: - PPLI (network participation groups 5 and 6),
- Surveillance (network participation group 7),
- Command (network participation group 8),
- (Aircraft) Control (network participation group 9)
- Electronic Warfare & Coordination (network participation group 10).
The US armed forces synonym for Link 16 is TADIL J.
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