Standardization Agreement
With Link 16, military aircraft as well as ships and ground forces may exchange their tactical picture in near-real time. Link 16 also supports the exchange of text messages, imagery data and provides two channels of digital voice (2.4 kbit/s and/or 16 kbit/s in any combination). Link 16 is defined as one of the digital services of the JTIDS / MIDS in NATO's "Standardization Agreement" STANAG 5516. MIL-STD-6016 is the related United States Department of Defense Link 16 MIL-STD.