Multifunctional Information Distribution System
Funds research into an EU-built tactical data-link terminal so European forces stop depending on non-EU MIDS/Link 16 suppliers.
Multifunctional Information Distribution System is a European Defence Fund (EDF) Research Action that funds research toward a European Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) — the tactical Link 16 data-link terminal used to distribute encrypted, high-rate information between fighters, frigates and command centres — so European forces stop depending on non-EU manufacturers, since ex…
This topic wants research toward a European Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) — the tactical Link 16 data-link terminal used to distribute encrypted, high-rate information between fighters, frigates and command centres. It responds to a coming gap where EU forces would depend entirely on non-EU manufacturers and cannot adapt existing MIDS terminals to EU platforms because of technology-transfer restrictions.
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