Fuse Products and Services:
Fuse's portfolio of military communications solutions feature products for ground, airborne and maritime deployments. These include computing, networking and communications solutions. Please see below for products/services offered:
Products:
CORE Virtualised Network Systems
- Enterprise-grade advanced routing
- Tested to meet MIL-STD-810G environmental, MIL-STD-461G electromagnetic and MIL-STD-704F power requirements for mobile and aircraft installation
- NSA-certified encryption for secure computing environment (Type I Suite A/B, and Suite B)
- Enterprise standard firewall (optional embed)
- ≥ 1/4 ATR size, to minimise footprint
- Distributed, decoupled network management software for cross-node visibility into enterprise-wide system configuration and metrics
- A system of multiple enclaves can be formed by multiple interconnected units
- Flexible system adaptation enabled through use of virtualised environments and separation of key components
- CORE can adapt to changing needs through the use of virtualised subsystems to negate the need for costly changes to hardware or footprint
- Integrated multi-enclave network controller
- Minimized SWaP and integration requirements built on reliable solid-state designs with integrated NSA-Cert Type 1 HAIPE
- FIPS 140-2 Data at Rest Encryption algorithms
- Wide variety of standard interfaces are supported – 10 GigE, 3 serial for each enclave – and legacy flight protocol MIL-STD 1553 as well as emerging high bandwidth STANAG 7221
- Third party applications are supported via flexible software architecture to enhance mission effectiveness
- State of art cybersecurity – supported the first Cyber Tabletop for a JCTD to analyze system vulnerabilities in an integrated virtualized network environment
- CORE architecture combines a holistic network management system with platform components for enterprise awareness
CORE®:
- Small, weight and power (SWaP) networking solution
- Can access secure and unclassified networks to ensure adaptability
- Fully ruggedized physical components ensure CORE’s tactical data link (TDL) and internet protocol (IP) networking platform is equipped for battlefield conditions
- Ensures a reliable connection between ground operations to airplanes, ground vehicles, and ships
Roller CORE®:
- Ruggedized SWaP networking technology, housed in a discreet FAA-compliant carry-on bag for portability
- Leverages a flexible architecture, multiple interfaces, and removable computers
F10 Tactical Edge Networking
F10 Tactical Edge Network Management and Optimisation:
- Modular software-based network management and optimization solution particularly suited for distributed airborne networks.
- Runs in a virtualised environment
- Designed to leverage existing proven fielded comms assets
- Close to the radio waves—autonomous algorithms address issues like directional beam handoff, radio selection, active energy management, control plane optimization, co-site interference, bandwidth optimization, etc.
- Tightly integrated with the Fuse network management system, including web-based user interface for holistic network view
- Incorporates advanced networking
- Tactical Technologies Toolset (T3) architecture with a web-based user interface, master autonomous network integrated advanced controller with access points (MANIAC/AP) and a unified heterogeneous radio controller
- Autonomous or user-defined changes to: Waveforms and data rates, Tuning of network parameters including QoS, Discovery of participating nodes and pointing antennas, and Management of radio aware routing signaling
- Provides heterogeneous cross layer optimization with coordination across autonomous radios, networks and antenna control
- Ao100 algorithms: improve airborne network availability with optimized antenna section, continuous pointing algorithms, multicast CDL compliant LPI discovery, radio aware routing, radio agnostic coding and modulation control
- CIRCLE (Co-Site Interference Rejection Collaboration Link Executive) allows for multiple RF systems on a single platform with minimal co-site interference
- Heterogeneous MANET can move data across any available links
- Fuse emulation technologies – Virtual Network Test Bed (VNTB) & Tactical Airborne Network Simulator – can help define network architecture and pre-plan for specific missions (platform orbits, information exchange requirements, network outages)
- TAC-OP (Tactical Optimization) network techniques to enhance legacy application functionality over challenged links like HF and extremely high LPI/LPD links
- Uses open architectures – Open Mission Systems support, open libraries, GFI code wherever possible
T3 Remote Network Management
Tactical Technologies Toolset (T3) Remote Network Monitoring and Management:
- Remote network monitoring and management solution for multi-domain operations
- Intuitive layout of Tactical Data Link (TDL), network and radar settings and status to show an enterprise view of distributed fleet networks and systems
- T3 incorporates an optimized bandwidth management protocol
- Allows authorized users remote insight of: System settings, Network status, Tactical information, Legacy information/historical analysis, System operational parameters
- Utilizes minimal bandwidth on existing networks
- Allows the user to determine type and amount of data displayed
- Aggregates data from multiple sources
- Provides an intuitive user interface
- Comprehensive and integrated network and system monitoring and management (all network layers) of heterogeneous devices, open aggregator interfaces support rapid device integration
- Web based – zero weight web browser functionality on any asset, IA qualifications reduced
- Designed to see entire multi-platform network, meta-data transfer mechanism (sqlPEP) optimized for Disconnected, Intermittent, Low Bandwidth (DIL) links, with virtually no impact on user data
- Network Decision Support System – designed with collaboration from JICOs to assist decision making and automatically validate network configurations
DARE Airborne Networking Gateway
DARE Airborne Networking Gateway:
- Combined TDL and IP networking with crossbanding
- Connects to the aircraft with MIL-STD-1760 power, MIL-STD-1553 serial data, and ethernet
- DARE shell can support different radio configurations, depending on requirements
- Standardized under-wing mounted pod airframe built to fit MIL-STD-8591 mounting brackets
- DARE pod currently integrates with: TTNT, Link 16, ANW2 Mesh, Dual Ku-band CDL and TrelllisWare amongst other options
