Persistent Systems supports U.S. Navy’s Silent Swarm 24 Exercise in Michigan
Company’s Wave Relay? mobile ad hoc network connected small, multi-domain unmanned systems to demonstrate early-stage Electromagnetic Warfare (EW) payloads in an operationally relevant environment
NEW YORK, New York. – September 24, 2024 – Persistent Systems, LLC (“Persistent”), a leader in mobile ad hoc networking (MANET) technology, announced today?that it provided network support to Silent Swarm 24, held from July 15-26 at the National All-Domain Warfighting Center in Michigan.?
Sponsored by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD), Integrated Sensing and Cyber, and led by the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NWSC Crane), the annual Silent Swarm exercise experiments with electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) capabilities on small, unmanned systems in an operationally relevant environment.
“Silent Swarm takes new, mostly commercial-off-the-shelf technology and pushes it to the very edge of its capabilities to develop new techniques, tactics, and procedures,” said Hunter Harding, Director of Business Development, Naval Aviation and Range Modernization at Persistent Systems. “This helps direct future R&D and procurements.”
In Silent Swarm 24, Persistent’s Wave Relay? MANET was the data fabric connecting the various experimental platforms and payloads for testing. Employed by multiple Programs of Record, the Wave Relay technology enables seamless, peer-to-peer transfer of voice, video, text, GPS, and sensor data to support hundreds of nodes.
“Our participation in Silent Swam proved our ability to integrate our Wave Relay? MANET into any platform. We took unmanned systems that had never been integrated together and quickly networked them to perform swarm operations,” Harding said. “This demonstrates a critical capability for unmanned system operators on the battlefield, who just want to grab a new platform and have it running collaboratively with other manned and unmanned systems in no time.”
Silent Swarm is a continuation of Persistent’s naval efforts. Earlier in July, the company announced that the Navy Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific awarded it a $1.3 million contract to supply its handheld MPU5 MANET devices and compatible Integrated Sector Antennas for littoral warfare operations. In February, the same Navy center awarded Persistent a $3.6 million contract to provide MPU5s for integration with various sensors.
“With each new contract and exercise, we are deepening our relationship with the Navy,” Harding said.
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2 个月Having participated in military exercises, in and out of uniform, for almost two decades I can honestly say that Silent Swarm is unique. The cross-industry and government collaboration to fail fast and iterate in real time was both eye opening and inspirational. I’m honored to have represented Persistent Systems, LLC technology as it enabled this group of true patriots in industry and government to create dynamic, all-domain capabilities that adapted to mission, physical environment, and commander’s intent at the speed of need. I’m super excited to see the technology and data we connect into the decision space between now and the next #SilentSwarm to keep moving the needle in the right direction!