Daisy-chaining MADL is a poor way to network critical data. One plane/node out of position/destroyed, and there goes your net - not to mention a waste of limited F-35C platforms. Satcom will probably be an interim solution for the 2020's, however hobbled by latency and bandwidth. No doubt by the 2030s, there will be a new datalink / waveform, though not limited to F-35Cs - probably retrofitted to most tacair platforms like UCLASS, Growlers, and SH as well as E-2s, P-8s, Triton, etc.
Last edited by Maus92; 2nd Jan 2014 at 14:31.