Cybersecurity Challenge
Due to challenges with integrating coalition partners within the Link16 defense communication network, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) data sharing was limited to a “walk-net” of physical hand-offs. To increase operational effectiveness without sacrificing security, U.S. forces required an alternative method for securely sharing live ISR data between allies, including those outside of the Five Eyes (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, U.K., U.S.).