Jerry Owen Tuttle (December 18, 1934 – October 30, 2018) was a vice admiral in the United States Navy.

After studying at the Naval Postgraduate School, Tuttle was awarded a bachelor's degree in Communications Engineering in 1965.

[4] In Vietnam, Admiral Tuttle was decorated for personal heroism three times, flying 260 missions in the single-seat light attack A-4.

JOTS was capable of receiving various data and message input such as Link 11, Link 14, Tactical Data Information Exchange System-A (TADIXS A), Officer in Tactical Command Information Exchange System (OTCIXS), High Interest Track (HIT) Broadcasts, and U.S.

This obviated astronomical logistical and security costs while also closing vast communications espionage vulnerabilities thought, until that time, to be inherently unavoidable.