TADIL-J refers to the system of standardized J-series
messages which are known by NATO as
Link 16. These are defined by
U.S. military standard (MIL-STD) 6016. It is used by the
U.S. Navy,
U.S. Army,
U.S. Marine Corps,
U.S. Air Force,
U.S. Coast Guard, the
NSA, several
NATO
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countries, and
Japan
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as part of the Multi-Tactical Data Link Network, a
Tactical Data Link.
TADIL J was designed as an improved
data link
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used to exchange
near real-time (NRT) information. It is a communication, navigation, and identification system that supports information exchange between tactical command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) systems.
The radio transmission and reception component of TADIL J is the Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS) or its successor, the Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS). These high-capacity, ultra high frequency (UHF), line of sight (LOS), frequency-hopping data communications terminals provide secure, jam-resistant voice and digital data exchange. JTIDS/MIDS terminals operate on the principle of time division multiple access (TDMA), wherein time slots are allocated among all TADIL J network participants for the transmission and reception of data. TDMA eliminates the requirement for a net control station (NCS) by providing a nodeless communications network architecture.
["Simulation Activities using Gateway and Tactical Digital
Information Links" https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/ADA460117]
Other TADILs included TADIL-A, TADIL-B, and TADIL-C, which were known by NATO as
Link 11, Link 11B, and
Link 4 respectively.
J-series messages can also be exchanged over
IP-based bearers using the NATO-defined
SIMPLE
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protocol,
JREAP and via satellite by
S-TADIL J.
Change of terminology
TADIL is no longer an official US Department of Defense term (per
DISA guidance). Instead it has officially been replaced by the generic term Tactical Data Link (
TDL). However, the term "TADIL" is a legacy holdover and still used in the vernacular.
See also
Tactical data link
References
Military equipment of NATO
Military radio systems
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