Advanced Software Defined Radio Capabilities and Information Dominance - Adapting ANDRO's Transmission Cyberspace for a Five-node SDR Prototype Networ

This effort proposes to customize ANDROs Transmission Cyberspace (TC) concept developed in Phase I for rapid installation on the prototype SDR hardware and testing in a small network configuration in tactical environment. Three modules Cyber, ISR Force Protection and DSA will be derived from TC and ported to Thales SIGINT/EW Mission Module (SEMM) that attaches to the tactical radio AN/PRC-148B MBITR2. The five-node network tests will demonstrate technical capabilities of SDRs networked via SRW. These capabilities are expected to enable enhanced situational awareness and cyber protection of our forward deployed forces relying on a small network of radios. The first demo is scheduled at Thales extensive networks communication facility. For visualization we will leverage RadiantBlues ROVER display capability. Two laboratory tests will be followed by two field demonstrations at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds and Fort Benning, GA in March and June 2015. The laboratory tests and the demonstrations will be configured as up to a five-node network in increasingly representative tactical environments.