SOLUTION BRIEF
Peer-to-peer Data Sharing in Degraded Environments
Resilient and Secure: AmiShare ROS & ATAK Integrations
US Air Force
Secure real-time data sharing for GPS & communications contested or denied environments
Kinnami AmiShare™, resilient data management platform, integrated with ROS & ATAK, in combination with West Virginia University’s positioning and navigation algorithms for drones
Customer:
Challenge:
Solution:
The 563rd Rescue Group (563rd RQG) directs flying operations for the US Air Force’s active duty rescue wing dedicated to Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR). The group seeks to employ advanced technologies and tools to ensure the safety and rapid rescue of isolated personnel.
AmiShare integration with Robot Operating System (ROS) and Android Tactical Assault Kit (ATAK) provides a resilient data fabric enabling secure peer-to-peer sharing of sensitive information critical to mission success.
Situation
During CSAR missions, rescue teams need to be able to accurately locate personnel in harsh environments and extract them safely.
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Network connectivity and GPS is often degraded or denied.
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Personnel might be injured or immobile.
Operations information must be shared securely with team members and other CSAR teams in parallel. Rescue mission assets, such as drones, Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing aircraft (eVTOLs) and helicopters, must communicate with each other, the Personnel Rescue Coordination Center (PRCC) and other command and control agencies.
AmiShare—Resilient & Secure Data
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AmiShare integrated with ROS & ATAK provides a resilient data fabric for secure data sharing across team members and assets.
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Situational awareness, biometrics and other ATAK app data can be shared across multiple domains in "real-time".
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Data is moved according to the best available route and pre-defined policy.
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Any rescue team member or drone can establish short-range communication with isolated personnel, helicopter or PRCC.
RESILIENT DATA CHALLENGE
The 563rd RQG needed to be able to accurately locate isolated personnel and coordinate rescue missions in network or GPS degraded or denied environments. To do this, they needed a way to securely share location data and situational awareness information, including biometrics from isolated personnel, with all team members in real-time.
SOLUTION:
PEER-TO-PEER DATA SHARING
Kinnami AmiShare will be deployed providing a resilient data fabric for secure peer-to-peer data sharing. Integrations with ROS and ATAK enable secure data hopping across all rescue team members and assets.
AmiShare is suitable for sensor data, and audio, video and map imagery files used for situational awareness in ATAK. Position data, chat, mission planning and shared overlays can be shared securely using the ATAK integration with AmiShare.
AmiShare operates autonomously when connectivity is denied, prioritizing urgent data to offer the best “real-time” data delivery.
LOCATION DATA
EDGE ENVIRONMENTS - HUMANITARIAN AID - DISASTER RELIEF
Kinnami and WVU’s combined solution can also be used for operations in other edge environments including disaster relief, humanitarian aid, or logistics supply missions, where terrain may be rugged, conditions can be harsh and networks may be degraded or absent.
Environments
Distributed networks & storage
Peer-to-peer networks
IoT & edge devices
Autonomous & robotics
Unsecured networks
Secure & Protected
Smart data movement
Client-side encryption Replication & versioning
Auto-data recovery
"Partnerships like this help us field tomorrow's Air Force faster and smarter, and we're excited to be working with Kinnami and West Virginia University on this important research."
-U.S. Air Force Col. Peter White, 563rd Commander
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
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Gartner Cool Vendor in Edge Computing
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Space Innovation TechConnect
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NATO Innovation Challenge
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America’s Data Hub Innovation Challenge
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National Geospatial Intelligence Agency Accelerator
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The Catalyst Accelerator