Drone-hosted autonomous radio mesh activity: biological inspired swarming at scale (DHARMA-BLISS)

Andy Duque; Ben Strasser

doi:10.1117/12.3013508

7 June 2024 Drone-hosted autonomous radio mesh activity: biological inspired swarming at scale (DHARMA-BLISS)

Andy Duque, Ben Strasser

Proceedings Volume 13055, Unmanned Systems Technology XXVI; 130550F (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3013508
Event: SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing, 2024, National Harbor, Maryland, United States

Abstract

Recent advances in tactical communications allow high bandwidth, directed line-of-sight (LOS) peer-to-peer information sharing between both manned and unmanned assets, yet current high-bandwidth communications infrastructures for ground and air lack the flexibility to support highly dynamic and mobile operations. Current communications solutions often require manned ground stations and established, planned-out infrastructure, yielding a rigidity which can struggle to meet the demands of highly dynamic Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) environments. Drone Hosted Autonomous Radio Mesh Activity (DHARMA) seeks to augment JADC2 networks when needed and aid in network re-construction in the face of large-scale degradation of these networks. Prior work on DHARMA demonstrated the ability to augment tactical networks with a small swarm of radio-equipped drones in a sprawling urban environment. This work expands DHARMA capabilities to function in a multi-domain environment and allow significant scalability of swarm size over substantially larger and more diverse geographic areas.

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Andy Duque and Ben Strasser "Drone-hosted autonomous radio mesh activity: biological inspired swarming at scale (DHARMA-BLISS)", Proc. SPIE 13055, Unmanned Systems Technology XXVI, 130550F (7 June 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3013508

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