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Vencore supporting DARPA with jam-resistant networks

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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Ian Wilkerson, 718th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron communication navigation specialist, checks the radio systems of an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter during a pre-flight inspection, April 26, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Maintenance and inspections are conducted before and after every mission to ensure aircraft safety and longevity. (U.S. Air Force photo by Naoto Anazawa)

Vencore has been awarded a DARPA prime contract to develop jam-resistant networks.

The Dynamic Network Adaptation for Mission Optimization project aims to develop airborne networks that can function despite heavy jamming. The Vencore contract is worth $2.5 million if all options are exercised.

“Vencore Labs’ unique approach is designed to maintain connectivity in spite of jamming, singular outages or aircraft motion by dynamically shifting and re-routing the flow of information to alternate paths to ensure delivery,” a company news release said. “The framework will dynamically select connection points between different waveforms and then adaptively shift the communication over those alternative network paths, much as modern traffic applications.”

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Michael Peck is a correspondent for Defense News and a columnist for the Center for European Policy Analysis. He holds an M.A. in political science from Rutgers University. Find him at theuncommondefense.com. His email is mikedefense1@gmail.com.