Waveform Validation Testbed at Virginia Tech
Abstract
Over the past 6 years, the Hume Center for National Security and Technology (~Hume~) at VirginiaTech has worked to integrate the ed"ucational objectives of the university with advanced researchin support of our national defense partners. Key innovation areas at Hume include the useof software-defined platforms for a variety of missions; multi-function RF signal processing andwaveform design" supporting DoD communications, electronic warfare, RADAR, SIGINT, andPNT; establishment of an academic SATCOM ground station; and" a broadly-defined ElectronicSystems (ES) research portfolio that leverages cleared student participation within Hume~s securefaci"lities. Hume researchers~ experience with and contributions to open standard communities likeGNU Radio and Redhawk, hands-on hardwa""re/software design for LPI/D secure waveforms, andoperational experience deploying and using these reconfigurable platforms in DoD" and IC missions.The ultimate goal at Hume is supporting the creation of new DoD / IC mission capabilitiesthrough sponsored TRL 2-"6 research, while simultaneously preparing students to join the nationaldefense workforce.This DURIP proposal requests funding to" establish an ITAR waveform validation testbed at theHume Center in support of continued research in (1) secure communications wave"form design, (2)multi-function reconfigurable RF systems that combine PHY / MAC-layer protocols for simultaneouscomms / EW / RADAR"" / SIGINT / PNT missions, and (3) hands-on minds-on laboratoryexperimentation for US Citizen students in areas of SATCOM, machine l""earning applied to SIGINT systems, co-channel signal excision, small sat payloads, and cyber-physical systems security(CPSS) applic""ations. Each of these capabilities support broader educational and researchobjectives within the DoD and IC, yet the proposed equip"ment is generally outside the purchasingcapability of any individual DoD-sponsored research project at the Hume Center.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- May 05, 2017
- Source ID
- N000141712503
Entities
People
- Alan J. Michaels
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- Virginia Tech