AIDATS - CEFLY LANCER Data Link Commonality Study.

The purpose of this study and engineering evaluation effort was to determine a means of introducing a degree of commonality into the design of the wide band data links for the AIDATS and the CEFLY LANCER programs. The method of attack was to determine the feasibility of modifying the procurement of AIDATS hardware to introduce equipments developed for the CEFLY LANCER program. This approach was followed since the CEFLY LANCE engineering development had been completed while the AIDATS engineering development phase was just starting. The overall objective of this effort was to follow the course of action which would result in the most cost effective data link equipment for both programs. The Army Inflight Data Transmission Systems AIDATS ANUSQ-49 V is an outgrowth of the JIFDATS program which was begun in 1969. After the joint service effort was discontinued in June 1973, it still appeared to hold the best promise of providing a wide band data link for the ANAPS-94 radar in the Army OV-ID Mowhawk aircraft. The Army, therefore continued its portion of the program, hoping to achieve a successful feasibility demonstration of a near-real-time, all weather, day-or-night digital data transmission system as early as possible.