Space Coast Intelligent Solutions, Inc. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: A17-144

Description

Demonstrate the feasibility of leveraging open standards commercially available technologies to develop hardware and waveform for the Next-Generation Encrypted Aircraft Wireless Intercom System (NG-EAWIS). A trade study will be performed between 802.11n (MIMO) and LTE to determine which waveform will meet performance specification in a high EMI environment. The proposed solution is a low risk approach leveraging mature open standards waveforms; available commercial hardware; Open-Source Software elements; rechargeable battery backs and an optional Type 1 Encryption module. This approach will keep Non-Recurring Engineering (NRE) development costs low by simply integrating and ruggedizing commercially available low Size Weight and Power (SWaP) single board computer, rechargeable battery back and optional NSA Type 1 Encryption Module. To keep production cost low the proposed approach utilizes Open-Source Software (OSS) elements and low-cost Wi-Fi or LTE Hardware. In addition to keeping the development and production costs low use of Open-Source Software (OSS) and Open Standards waveforms eliminates proprietary designs and keeps the solution open for multiple sources with the possibility of multi-vendor interoperability within the same Intercom system. SCIS has a proven track record of leveraging open standards with Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) hardware to develop Type 1 Encrypted communication for the Army.