NEWTON, MA -- The Air Force is pushing to have its F-35 and F-22 fifth-generation fighters able to communicate in flight with legacy fighter aircraft before the end of this decade through an emerging program built off a limited, urgently developed capability in place today. Service officials revealed today at an Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association conference near Boston that the Air Force plans to release a request for proposals for a so-called "fifth-to-fourth" generation connectivity gateway in the...
