{"id":15383,"date":"2022-06-08T18:24:06","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T18:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/06\/08\/house-cyber-panel-seeks-review-of-delayed-air-force-link-16-upgrade\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:28:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:28:14","slug":"house-cyber-panel-seeks-review-of-delayed-air-force-link-16-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2022\/06\/08\/house-cyber-panel-seeks-review-of-delayed-air-force-link-16-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"House cyber panel seeks review of delayed Air Force Link 16 upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Members of Congress are calling on a federal watchdog to evaluate U.S. Air Force attempts to enhance the Link 16 communications system, after a leading lawmaker said delays may jeopardize military readiness and safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In National Defense Authorization Act language published June 7, the House Armed Services cyber and innovative technologies subcommittee directed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/artificial-intelligence\/2022\/02\/22\/hundreds-of-ai-projects-underway-as-defense-department-eyes-future-combat\/?contentFeatureId=f0fmoahPVC2AbfL-2-1-8&#038;contentQuery=%7B%22section%22%3A%22%2Fhome%22%2C%22exclude%22%3A%22%2Fnewsletters%2Fdaily-news-roundup%22%2C%22from%22%3A5%2C%22size%22%3A10%7D\" target=\"_blank\">the Government Accountability Office<\/a> to review the status of the cryptographic upgrade, identify challenges it still faces and find ways schedules can be accelerated. Link 16 is jam-resistant data link used by the Air Force, NATO and others that enables an exchange of information and the crafting of a common picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawmakers want a briefing on preliminary findings by March 31. A full report would be expected later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Jim Langevin, the chairman of the cyber panel, told Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall at an April budget hearing that he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h0s1XoWc27g\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cnot happy about this delay\u201d<\/a> tied to Link 16. He did not say what the original deadline was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m concerned that the can\u2019s been kicked down the road a lot,\u201d the Rhode Island Democrat said. \u201cAnd I hope that\u2019s the end of that, and we\u2019re actually going to get this done.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/air\/2022\/06\/01\/the-air-forces-next-gen-fighter-has-moved-into-a-critical-new-phase\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kendall said<\/a> he and his team \u201cbecame aware\u201d of issues \u201ca few months ago\u201d and immediately took steps to address them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs we\u2019ve gone through the last 20 years of being focused on counterterrorism, counterinsurgency campaigns where there wasn\u2019t a sophisticated threat to our data links, that\u2019s been neglected, quite frankly,\u201d the secretary said April 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Radios need to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks\/2022\/04\/01\/us-army-picks-l3harris-and-thales-for-radio-modernization\/?contentQuery=%7B%22section%22%3A%22%2Fhome%22%2C%22exclude%22%3A%22%2Fland%22%2C%22from%22%3A35%2C%22size%22%3A10%7D&#038;contentFeatureId=f0fmoahPVC2AbfL-2-1-8\" target=\"_blank\">bought and replaced<\/a> in order to support the modernization, which takes time, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While additional concerns about Link 16 exist, Kendall would not discuss them publicly, deferring to closed-door discussions with lawmakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Armed Services subcommittees this week are working through their respective contributions to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks\/2022\/06\/08\/lawmakers-want-austin-to-report-on-progress-cost-of-jadc2\/\" target=\"_blank\">this year\u2019s NDAA<\/a>. 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