Holistic Interoperable Directional Data Enhancement Network

Currently fielded multi-beam CDL systems have been developed in an ad-hoc manner consisting of a collection of poorly integrated off the shelf technologies where controllers, radios, routers, firewalls, encryptors, and antennas are bolted together to reduce time to field. Proprietary API’s, electrical interfaces, and hardware interfaces impede the success of the approach and result in a sub-optimal system where components cannot utilize all of the capabilities of other components in the system. Holistic Interoperable Directional Data Enhanced Network (HIDDEN) will consist of a holistic suite of technologies to utilize high bandwidth CDL links to create a powerful seamless airborne network of tightly coordinated radios and antennas.