George Mason University to Demonstrate Tactical Data Links for AFRL

George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, has been awarded a $25,520,067 cost-reimbursement contract for Mobile Unmanned/Manned Distributed Lethality Airborne Network (MUDLAN). The university will help demonstrate airborne high bandwidth, multi-beam common data link, autonomous connectivity between tactical data links Transition and Distribution/Access/Range Extension (DARE) Joint Area Layer Network (JALN) layers within pod-mounted systems high bandwidth, directional, multi-beam communications long haul, high date rate connectivity to swarming unmanned aircraft systems and small unmanned aircraft systems. Work will be performed in Fairfax, Virginia, and is expected to be complete by March 2, 2021. The award is the result of a competitive acquisition and two offers were received. Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, New York, is the contracting activity (FA8750-18-C-0033).