That means downlink speeds of five to 12 megabytes and uplink speeds of two to five megabytes a rate that Melone compared to shrinking a 14-hour plane flight to 80 minutes.
This particular box would be installed in a fighter jet, permitting the pilot to upload video at a rate of 2MB per second, presumably fed from another plane, satellite or nearby ground troops.
Although all three versions of the plane are making steady progress, production has not ramped up at the rate Lockheed hoped, and a recent government report on various glitches encountered in development suggests the program is still not ready for high-rate production.