THE RANGE TACTICAL DATA LINK & RELAY CAPABILITY (RTDL) PROGRAMS (RTDL, RTDL 07, AND RTDL PLUS) HAVE PROVIDE…

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THE RANGE TACTICAL DATA LINK & RELAY CAPABILITY (RTDL) PROGRAMS (RTDL, RTDL 07, AND RTDL PLUS) HAVE PROVIDED AND ENHANCED THE GROUND BASED LINK-16 DATA LINK AND GROUND BASED SITUATIONAL AWARENESS DATA LINK (SADL) CAPABILITIES AT THE TOWNSEND RANGE. THESE ENHANCEMENTS ALLOW FOR THE MONITORING, COMMAND AND CONTROL, DIAGNOSTICS AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS CAPABILITY OF THOSE DATA LINKS TO THE COMBAT READINESS TRAINING CENTER (CRTC) AT SAVANNAH. THE TEST/TRAINING ENABLING ARCHITECTURE (TENA) INTERFACE TO MULTIPLE J-SERIES MESSAGE SETS WAS DEVELOPED AND ALLOWS FOR TRANSFER OF DATA ACROSS THE MAJOR RANGE & TEST FACILITY BASE (MRTFB), AND ENABLES SHARING OF THE TACTICAL DATA LINK DATA BY GEOGRAPHICALLY SEPARATED RANGES. THE RTDL 08 PROGRAM PROVIDES THE SAVANNAH CRTC AND TOWNSEND RANGE WITH ADDITIONAL MULTI-MISSION CRITICAL DATA LINK (LINK 16/SADL-XY) CAPABILITY INTEGRATED WITH THE TENA PROTOCOLS. THIS WILL EXPAND THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF TACTICAL DATA LINK COVERAGE FOR SUPPORT OF TEST AND EVALUATION OF NET-CENTRIC OPERATIONS WHILE EXPANDING UPON THE EXISTING TENA MESSAGE CAPABILITIES.