


The AH-1Z and UH-1Y are party of the Marine Corps H-1 upgrades program to build new helicopters, as well as rebuilding legacy AH-1W SuperCobra attack helicopters and UH-1N Twin Huey utility helicopters with state of the art designs. Information typically passes at rates of 31.6, 57.6, or 115.2 kilobits per second. This frequency range limits information exchange directly to line-of-sight distances, although satellite communications (SATCOM) and ad-hoc protocols can pass Link 16 data over long-haul protocols such as TCP/IP using MIL-STD 3011 (JREAP) or STANAG 5602 (SIMPLE). Link 16 is based on time-division multiple access (TDMA) communications technology, and is a secure, jam-resistant, high-speed digital data link that operates at RF and microwave frequencies from 960 to 1,215 MHz. Marine Corps UH-1N Twin Huey light utility helicopters, first introduced in the early 1970s. The UH-1Y Venom helicopter - also called the Super Huey - is a twin-engined, medium-sized utility helicopter designed to replace the U.S. Related: Navy chooses sensor datalink from L-3 Communications-West to help helicopters and warships share information It has upgraded avionics, weapons, and electro-optical sensors designed to find targets at long ranges and attack them with precision weapons. The AH-1Z Viper is a twin-engine attack helicopter based on the AH-1W SuperCobra that features a four-blade rotor system, uprated transmission, and a new target sighting system.

Link 16 also supports the exchange of text, imagery, and digital voice messages. military and its NATO allies that enables military aircraft, ships, and ground forces to exchange their tactical picture in near-real time. Link 16 is a military tactical data link network used by the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., are asking the Northrop Grumman Mission Systems segment in Woodland Hills, Calif., for 25 Link 16 production B kits, three Link 16 B kit spares, and two Link 16 flight training device B kits for UH-1Y and AH-1Z helicopters. Marine Corps combat helicopters with additional sensor networking capability under terms of a $24.3 million order announced late last month.
