Paul Langdon

Helping customers achieve Tactical Data Link procurement success by bringing real-life practical experience to your project.

I provide TDL consultancy in the following areas:

* CONCEPT Documentation

* Requirements Capture

* Test Strategy (Integrated Test Evaluation and Acceptance Plan)

* Test Equipment Evaluation

* Interoperability Studies

* Frequency Clearance Support

* Network Management Support

* Test & Evaluation Design, Execution, Analysis & Reporting

* TDL Training - Link 1, Link 11, Link 16, Link 22, JRE, VMF, Network Management, FCA, TDL Testing & Evaluation
I specialised in Tactical Data Links (TDLs) during a 15 year career with the Royal Air Force as an Aerospace Systems Manager. Working within the UK Air Defence Ground Environment as a TDL Supervisor, and during the last 4 years of my career as a TDL Network Manager, enabled me to get a sound grounding in TDL principles. I chose to leave the RAF in 2000 and gained employment with BAE Systems as a Senior Flight Test Engineer. The next 7 years were spent flight testing TDLs on Tornado F3 and Nimrod MRA4; I also became a Flight Test Observer on an aircraft incorporated with the Sea Harrier avionics systems. In October 2007 I joined 3SDL and spent the next 5 years providing specialist TDL support to countries such as Switzerland, Norway, Finland,Austria and Australia.

Following a decision by 3SDL to disband the TDL overseas team I then formed my own company 'TDL Systems Ltd' in July 2013 in order to provide ongoing TDL consultancy support to existing and new TDL customers.

I particularly enjoy testing MIDS/Link 16 on various platforms, especially testing multi-terminal ground based command and control systems with live assets. The complexity of these systems, and how best to test them, is always a challenge which I enjoy facing.