An image of ‘The Cube' variant for ground and mobile applications of the new cross-domain system displayed at AUSA 2024 from 14 to 16 October 2024. (General Micro Systems)
General Micro Systems (GMS) showcased four new commercial off-the-shelf (COTS)-based cross-domain systems (CDS) at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) 2024 annual conference in Washington, DC, on 14 October.
CDS equipment sorts and moves data between secure, classified, and insecure links through intelligent edge computing on the battlefield.
The four systems on display are an airborne version for fitment on a fighter aircraft, a ground-based version for a tactical operations centre (TOC), a smaller transportable version dubbed 'The Cube' for ground and mobile applications, and the Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) open-standard version.
GMS confirmed to Janes that the airborne version is the result of a US Department of Defense (DoD) customer request. “It was a quick turn. Our customer needed this system developed in less than 12 months so they could put it on an aircraft,” GMS chief technology officer Chris Ciufo said.
Following the completion of TEMPEST (Telecommunications Electronics Materials Protected from Emanating Spurious Transmissions) and other certifications in early 2025, deployment for the airborne version is anticipated by the middle of that year.
The other three versions were the result of internal company development as a follow-on to the initial customer-requested airborne version.
CDS provides the gateway between the classified ‘Red' secure US DoD Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet) and ‘Black' Non-classified Internet Protocol Router Network (NIPRNet), which may be public and unsecured.
The system filters and sorts which data can pass between the domains and encrypts or decrypts that data “in real time”, according to the company press release.
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