Rapidly Deployable 5G Telecommunication Sensor Package for Reliable Communication in Austere Locations

Faer Defense LLC is developing and demonstrating a next generation tube-launched telecommunication sensor package for real-time communication, site investigation and situational awareness for mobile dispersed units. Capable of being tethered or free flying, the system (1st generation prototype developed by the U.S. Naval research laboratory)  employs an efficient rotary-wing, tube-launched, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) platform, which carries a wide array of sensor packages for increased communication and situational awareness in variable conditions. A final demonstration of a 3rd generation variant of the system will be performed during this project.Addressing needs for Operational Imperative 04: Tactical Air Dominance and Imperative 05: Resilient Basing, the proposed system provides significant improvement over current technologies for Communication in Remote or Compromised Environments, Interoperability and Joint Operations, and Enhanced Situational Awareness and Command Control . Relative to other tube-launched equivalent fixed-wing options, the hardware platform has more payload volume, ability to hover and track relative to slow-moving targets, and the ability to point independent of vehicle velocity. Additionally, the hardware platform utilizes a fully built in sensor package including telecommunication/radio communication, EO/IR camera feeds, and RF detection sensors. Additionally, the new fully integrated swarm-based operating system enables a single operator to simultaneously monitor, launch and operator multiple platform, for increased coordination of a mesh communication network across dispersed areas.