TrellisWare Technologies, Inc. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: A10-173

Description

Existing increments of the Mounted Soldier System provide wireless voice communications; future increments will further require untethered video connectivity to a distance of 500 meters. Owing to the sensitivity of the transmitted data and the size, weight, and power (SWaP) constraints of helmet-mounted systems, a number of unique requirements can be identified for an Untethered Secure Video Transmission sub-system of the MSS including: a low signature/high data rate waveform, operation in harsh multipath environments, low transmission latency and low size, weight and power. Furthermore, the Untethered Secure Video Solution would benefit from the ability to form a network of units that is self forming, self healing, multi-hop extendable and transparent to the soldier. In addition to providing real-time streaming video to a soldier’s helmet mounted display, such a network would be capable of providing Blue Force track locations of dismounted units. TrellisWare Technologies, Inc. (“TrellisWare”) presently proposes to develop and demonstrate Untethered Secure Video Transmission prototype hardware that meets precisely these requirements.