Search

Preliminary Design Review for F-35 Full Motion Video Data Link Upcoming

Preliminary Design Review for F-35 Full Motion Video Data Link Upcoming
U.S. Air Force joint terminal attack controllers assigned to the 604th Air Support Operations Squadron and 607th Air Support Operations Group make an assessment prior to calling in an A-10 Thunderbolt II strafing run during close air support training at the Pilsung Range in Gangwan Province, Republic of Korea, Feb. 14, 2019. The Full Motion Video Extension and Unified Relay (FEURY) program office at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., first fielded FEURY in 2017 and last year spent $5 million for installations at more locations to bring the total number of FEURY sites to nine (U.S. Air Force Photo)

A preliminary design review (PDR) of a Full Motion Video Data Link (FMVDL) for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 is planned before the end of the year, according to the company. "Overall FMVDL development, including aircraft installation, is progressing per plan to field in 2024," per Lockheed Martin. In June last year, Lockheed Martin awarded Cubic [CUB] Mission Systems a contract to provide FMVDL for the F-35 to give Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTACs) full-motion video and thus better situational…

Subscriber-only content. Please log in below.

Not a subscriber or registered user yet?

Please contact us at clientservices@accessintel.com or call us at 888-707-5814 (Monday – Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. and Friday 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET.), to start a free trial, get pricing information, order a reprint, or post an article link on your website.



Congress Updates

House Republicans Block Measure To Impeach Hegseth

House Republicans on Tuesday evening voted to block an attempt to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. In a 211-204 vote, the House moved to refer Rep. Thomas Massie’s (R-Ky.) articles […]


Top House Defense Appropriator Calvert Officially Wins Reelection Bid

Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), House Republicans’ top defense appropriator, has officially won his reelection bid.  Calvert was running for a redistricted seat against fellow House Republican Rep. Young Kim (R-Calif.), […]


No Path To Defense Reconciliation, Including GOP’s $350 Billion, Coons Says

Top Senate Democrats threw cold water on any GOP plans for a $350 billion fiscal 2027 reconciliation bill, or any defense reconciliation bill, before a new Congress is sworn in […]


Industry Groups ‘Urge’ Congress To Block Stock Buyback Restriction From Final FY ‘27 NDAA

More than three dozen industry associations on Monday called on congressional defense committee leaders to scrap a provision in the final version of the next National Defense Authorization Act that […]