USSOCOM to deploy next-generation communications for sUAS in contested scenarios
Blackwave is designed to be a secure, digital link. (Photo: Performance Drone Works)
SOCOM will operate the PDW Blackwave system, which enables critical communications and the operation of small drones in highly congested environments.
The US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) will deploy the Blackwave next-generation UAS communications. Produced by Performance Drone Works (PDW), the solution is designed to be a secure, digital link that is resistant to intentional and unintentional interference.
The system enables critical communications and the operation of small UAS in highly contested and congested environments.
Speaking to Shephard, the PDW’s CEO and co-founder, Ryan Gury, explained that Blackwave is a radio ‘built from scratch’ to overcome EW threats and use ‘as much of the radio spectrum as possible to deliver a solid signal’ regardless of how much enemy EW
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