MINC to build secure network overlay software to manage agile, self-healing networks of networks to support kill webs in contested environments.
Military + Aerospace Electronics
Jan 4, 2024
U.S. military researchers are moving forward with a project to develop fast self-healing web-like networking that connect sensors and weapons on land, on and under the sea, in the air, in space, and in cyberspace, with a $9.5 million order to Peraton Labs Inc. in Basking Ridge, N.J.
Officials of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., are asking Peraton to continue the company’s work on the Mission-Integrated Network Control (MINC) project.
MINC seeks to build and demonstrate software that creates a secure network overlay with control mechanisms that enable distributed management of agile, self-healing networks of networks to support multi-domain kill webs in contested dynamic environments.
The program is a vital part of mosaic warfare, which seeks to assemble individual warfighting platforms like the ceramic tiles in mosaics to make a larger intelligence picture and a larger force package. The idea will be to send so many weapons and sensors at the enemy that its forces are overwhelmed.
The MINC program seeks to ensure that critical data finds a path to the right user at the right time in contested environments using secure control of any available communications or networking resources, DARPA officials say.
This capability of connecting sensors to shooters replaces the manual static configuration of separate tactical networks and limited internetworking capabilities.
