New F-35 Communications Tactics Pioneered at WTI Using KTS DI Kits
Marines from VMFA-251 led the effort during WTI to improve coordination between pilots and ground crews. They increased efficiency during aircraft turnaround operations by utilizing gear from KTS DI kits.
Marine AH-1Z Attack Helicopter’s Mystery Missiles Identified
The modular Red Wolf launched effects weapon could give Marine AH-1Zs a key new standoff strike tool and open the door to other capabilities.
Successful Test of Long Range Precision Fires
Late last year, the Marine Corps successfully executed its first live employment test of a new Long Range Precision Fire (LRPF) capability. The event was successfully executed at Yuma Proving Grounds (YPG) in Yuma, AZ where an AH-1Z conducted single launch by way of a wireless application via Marine Air-Ground Tablet (MAGTAB).
SPX Technologies Completes Acquisition of KTS
SPX Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has completed the acquisition of KTS. KTS is now a part of SPX Technologies’ Communication Technologies (“CommTech”) platform, within its Detection & Measurement segment.
KTS Awarded $42.9M Fleet Support Contract
Kranze Technology Solutions Inc., Des Plaines, Illinois, is awarded a $42,902,575 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable order (N0042125F0043) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0042124G0007). This order provides engineering technical services and contractor field services for various fleet shore and deployed activities for the purpose of informing, instructing, and training Navy and Marine Corps personnel in the installation, operation, and maintenance of the Digital Interoperability Marine Air-Ground Task Force Agile Network Gateway Link related family of systems.
Super Stallion Mission Data Team breaks new ground in aviation
The CH-53E Super Stallion heavy lift helicopter is breaking new ground for naval aviation. In December 2023, H-53 Heavy Lift Helicopters Program Office (PMA-261) started installation of a first-ever fully integrated, hard-mounted commercial off-the-shelf tablet functioning as a primary mission display on a naval aircraft.
Semper Wi-Fi: New Marine Aviation Plan Pushes Digital Connections Between Far-flung Forces
Key to Marines’ latest aviation plan is using the service’s aircraft to keep small units spread across small islands in the Western Pacific connected through a digital interoperability as it continues its modernization efforts for a lighter, more mobile force.
Marine aviation plan invests heavily in digital glue to connect far-flung forces
The U.S. Marine Corps is expanding its vision of connectivity among aircraft and with ground units below, creating local networks to share situational awareness and targeting data even in communications-denied environments.
Viper and Digital Interoperability
In a June 7, 2021 press release, NAVAIR announced that the AH-1Z or Viper attack helicopter had its first flight with its new digital interoperability suite.
AH-1Z conducts first flight with new digital interoperability suite
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For the first time in flight, the AH-1Z Viper established a two way connection between a ground station and the aircraft’s Link 16 and Advanced Networking Wideband Waveform (ANW2) systems.