3SDL supports Finnish Navy with Sea Acceptance Testing
The complex series of tests involving Link 22, MIDS/Link 16 and JREAP took place in the Finnish Archipelago and Northern Baltic Sea comprising several national sea, air and land platforms.
The Finnish Ministry of Defence (MoD) is acquiring a Multi-Link Tactical Data Link (TDL) solution for the Navy, allowing it to exploit the interoperability benefits offered by fully integrating Link 22, MIDS/Link 16 and JREAP.
This capability is being delivered by the procurement and integration of a Multi-Link Data Link Processor (M-DLP FN) system into the majority of combat ships in the Finnish Navy. The M-DLP FN system also includes a Data Forwarding capability.
3SDL has been supporting Navy Command Finland since 2010 on the procurement and test of the new M-DLP FN System supplied by SELEX ES. Tom Vart, Senior Consultant at 3SDL, said: “The Sea Acceptance Testing provided an invaluable opportunity to test Link 16, 22 and JREAP, both CIU and Data Forwarding, in a ‘real’ scenario at sea onboard an operational warship. 3SDL was extremely pleased to be involved in these vital trials.”
