BioCABLE: Bio-inspired System for Command & Control of Multiple Unmanned Air Vehicles in Anti-Access/Area-Denial & Bandwidth-Limited Environments

US Navy must execute missions with multiple Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs) in hostile environments, where the presence of A2/AD technology by enemy force may result in limited communication bandwidth and/or periodic disruption to our UAV assets. To ensure the safety and success of UAVs in such missions, we proposes the Bio-inspired System for Command & Control of Multiple Unmanned Air Vehicles in Anti-Access/Area-Denial & Bandwidth-Limited Environments (BioCABLE) as a robust command, control and communication solution. BioCABLE first enables robust and autonomous navigation of multiple UAVs operating in hostile areas in constant adaptation to the observed level of communication threats (or disruptions). Our advanced swarming capability allows UAVs to dynamically reposition themselves, in a fully autonomous manner, in response to constantly changing communication threat levels being monitored at individual UAVs, while attempting to maintain robust & reliable multi-hop network topology in order to ensure timely transmission of critical information. Second, BioCABLE is empowered with declarative and cognitive networking capability which ensures that heterogeneous UAVs and other assets can instantly form secure networks without a priori planning, and provide robust connectivity & dynamic adaptation to both intentional and unintentional threats on communication resources of UAVs.