7 November 2019: Northrop Grumman Corporation has received a contract by the Australian Defence Force Tactical Data Link Authority (ADFTA) to deliver tactical data link (TDL) systems and training as part of the development of the Australian Defence Force's (ADF) Joint Data Network.
ADFTA makes certain TDL-functionality to achieve single, joint and combined TDL interoperability for the ADF.
"Northrop Grumman has extensive experience in networking and tactical data links across multi-domain forces, and a robust capability roadmap that will deliver increasingly enhanced data link technology in the years ahead," said Chris Deeble, chief executive, Northrop Grumman Australia. "The Northrop Grumman engineers that delivered the F-35 Multifunction Advanced Data Link and communications, navigation and identification technologies will now be developing the ADF's future TDL technology."