Data Link Pod

Fact Sheet

AN/AWW-7 Data Link Pod

AN/AWW-9 Data Link Pod

AN/AWW-12 Data Link Pod

AN/AWW-13 Advanced Data Link

AN/AWW-14 Data Link Pod

.....The AN/AWW-7, 9, 12 and 14 Data Link Pod weapon control data links allows the operator to select an aim point for weapon impact, and provides the only currently available link between munition seekers and humans. This link generally requires electro-optical/infrared acquisition in clear weather. AGM-84E SLAM uses the Harpoon airframe, engine and warhead with an AGM-65D Maverick IIR seeker and an AGM-62 Walleye AN/AWW-14 video data link pod to enable the aircrew to control the seeker.

.....The AN/AWW-13 Advanced Data Link allows the operator to select an aim point for weapon impact, and provides the only currently available link between munition seekers and humans. This link generally requires electro-optical/infrared acquisition in clear weather.

.....The Mil-Std-1553 interface is used between the launch platform and the missile. Man-in-the-loop controls from the stick and throttle are sent through a 1553 bus to the AWW-13 data-link pod on the controlling aircraft. The AWW-13 pod transmits these RF signals to the missile under flight to allow slewing and designation of the track point of the missile. The missile data-link transmitter sends the seeker scene back to the AWW-13 data link pod on the controlling aircraft. The AWW-13 pod then relays this scene up to the cockpit video display.