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The Joint Data Network (JDN) is an interconnected
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of JTIDS–based systems, which links air and missile defense
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and weapons systems across
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. It provides a set of near-real-time
data communication Data transmission and data reception or, more broadly, data communication or digital communications is the transfer and reception of data in the form of a digital bitstream or a digitized analog signal transmitted over a point-to-point or ...
s and
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s to facilitate
situational awareness Situational awareness or situation awareness (SA) is the perception of environmental elements and events with respect to time or space, the comprehension of their meaning, and the projection of their future status. An alternative definition is tha ...
and the exchange and summary of Extended Air Defense engagement operations data (such as the
Medium Extended Air Defense System The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) is a ground-mobile air and missile defense system intended to replace the Patriot missile system through a NATO-managed development. The program is a development of the United States, Germany and Ita ...
) to centralized command centers, via inter-computer data and radio communications exchange protocols. JDN's backbone protocol is based on the
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standard
Link-16 Link 16 is a military tactical data link network used by NATO and nations allowed by the MIDS International Program Office (IPO). Its specification is part of the family of Tactical Data Links. With Link 16, military aircraft as well as ships ...
, although other data links and platforms are also integrated, or planned for integration.


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* Military radio systems Anti-aircraft warfare Missile defense {{US-mil-stub