{"id":31931,"date":"2023-01-18T14:28:21","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T14:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2023\/01\/18\/f-22-cut-from-us-air-force-data-sharing-prototype\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:49:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:49:32","slug":"f-22-cut-from-us-air-force-data-sharing-prototype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/c2-comms-battlefield-tech\/2023\/01\/18\/f-22-cut-from-us-air-force-data-sharing-prototype\/","title":{"rendered":"F-22 cut from US Air Force data-sharing prototype"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Air Force will drop the F-22 from a communications prototyping effort closely tied to its Advanced Battle Management System, as the service works to pare down inventory of the aging aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exclusion of the F-22 from the so-called ABMS Capability Release 1, meant to enable the secure transfer of data between aircraft and systems on the ground, was included in an analysis published this month<\/a> by the Government Accountability Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The federal watchdog examined the Air Force\u2019s contributions to the Pentagon\u2019s connect-everything campaign, or Joint All-Domain Command and Control, at the behest of Congress, which has in the past slashed funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Initially, Capability Release 1 was designed to link and provide real-time sensor feedback to KC-46 refueling tankers, F-35s and F-22s, and separate command-and-control systems<\/a>. The fifth-generation fighters cannot share information with one another, the GAO noted, due to differences in communications design and development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Air Force officials told the watchdog the decision to dismiss the F-22 from preliminary Capability Release 1 work stems from its \u201creduced role in the future force structure,\u201d among other factors. The combined fiscal 2023 budget request for the Air and Space forces, some $194 billion, called for cutting 150 aircraft, including older A-10s, KC-135s and F-22s.<\/p>\n\n\n\t