Honest question: how does a point-to-point communication system on an F-35 work differently than one through a satellite?

I was wondering the same thing about the GPS in the F-35... I’m assuming there is compass pointing towards magnetic north to fall back on?

hmmm... to me, that begs the question - which I realize is moot and we’ll never really know - whether we could have built a better communication network for drones had we invested half of the time, money and resources that were expended on the F-35.

I understand the F-35 is more of a wrapper around an intelligent & mobile weapon system, where the pilot essentially acts as a wizard sys-admin, but it seems like there would be far too many parts moving for any single person to be able to keep up with. So what really is the distinct advantage that the F-35 is…

Was a paratrooper for a few years and now working on a phd in augmented reality; I’d love to get my hands on one of these helmets. I have so many questions about what is actually shown to the pilot and how the data is gathered and rendered.