August 17, 2025
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Awarding Agency: Department of the Navy
Contract Number: Phase I - N6833524C0170, Phase II - N6833525C0170
Description: SmartBeam QRC™ is a next-generation, AI-driven, quantum-resilient communications platform engineered to provide secure, low-probability-of-detection (LPD), low-probability-of-interception (LPI), and anti-jam (AJ) links for unmanned and crewed systems operating in contested electromagnetic environments. Unlike legacy communications systems that rely on static radio links, PKI chains, or bulky key loaders, SmartBeam QRC™ employs neuromorphic AI-controlled adaptive beamforming and CNSA 2.0–compliant post-quantum encryption (Isidore Quantum®) to autonomously sense, evade, and deceive electronic threats.
Demonstrated in U.S. Navy exercises such as Silent Swarm 2025, the platform delivered a 3× improvement in LPI/LPD performance and 60× bandwidth gains over standard SDRs, while being four times harder to detect than protocol-based radios.
This compact, low-SWaP device enables resilient, protocol-free, covert communications across UAVs, USVs, UUVs, and mobile command posts—even in GPS-denied and SATCOM-limited environments. In contrast to current EW technologies, which often require heavy cryptographic infrastructure and are vulnerable to quantum-era decryption or RF jamming, SmartBeam QRC™ integrates AI-driven RF deception, stealth, self-healing mesh networking, and ephemeral key generation to eliminate COMSEC burdens and future-proof communications. By merging stealth, autonomy, and quantum resilience, SmartBeam QRC™ extends the U.S. military’s ability to maintain secure spectrum dominance, ensuring operational advantage under JADC2, Ghost Fleet Overlord, and distributed maritime operations initiatives.
Key Words
Artificial Intelligence, electronic warfare (EW), AI-driven communications, covert communications, quantum-resilient encryption, post-quantum cryptography, CNSA 2.0, low probability of detection, low probability of interception, LPD/LPI, anti-jam communications, adaptive beamforming, beam agility, RF deception, covert communications, protocol-free communications, neuromorphic processing, FPGA, software-defined radio, SDR, Isidore Quantum, ephemeral key generation, non-CCI device, PKI-free, mesh networking, multi-channel bonding, stealth communications, contested environments, GPS-denied operations, SATCOM-limited environments, unmanned systems, UAV, UUV, USV, mobile command posts, JADC2, Ghost Fleet Overlord, Silent Swarm 2025, resilient datalinks, tactical edge, low-SWaP, autonomous mission execution, and Navy SBIR
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