MIDS is a major U.S.-led international program in which Link 16 compatible data communications terminals are being developed. Link 16 is defined as the designation for Joint Tactical Information Data System (JTIDS) waveform and protocol compatible radios that transmit and receive data messages in the TADIL J message catalog. The ViaSat/Harris MIDS LVT team completed Factory Acceptance Test and the team is certified as a Qualified Supplier of the terminals. MIDS will provide interoperable data communications that will link fighter aircraft to airborne controllers, surveillance radars, collection assets, and ground-based command and control (C2) nodes, such as Deployed Coalition Air or Operations Center (DCAOC). Today, most U.S. Air Force and NATO fighter aircraft have only voice or limited data communication capabilities that can connect only selected aircraft to each other. The MIDS program was created to put small, lightweight, Link 16 terminals on U.S. and NATO fighter aircraft. With Fighter Data Link (FDL) and Low Volume Terminal (LVT) MIDS terminals, Link 16 communications networks can include all critical U.S. F-15, F-16, and F/A-18 aircraft. Link 16 will provide a range of important information to U.S. combat aircraft: an integrated air picture that includes the locations, velocities, and heading of friendly and hostile aircraft, general situation awareness data, (e.g., waypoints and landmarks), and amplification of data on air and ground targets will allow the integrated control of fighters by either ground-based or airborne controllers. It will also provide the capability to transmit in near-real-time threat and targeting data to U.S. combat aircraft, thereby enabling new concepts of operation for the U.S. of off-board sensor data in attack operations.