WASHINGTON – The National Spectrum Consortium, in partnership with the Department of War (DoW), today announces the selection of Peraton Labs as the first project awardee under the Advanced Spectrum Coexistence (ASC) Demonstration program, previously known as Advanced Dynamic Spectrum Sharing Demonstration (ADSSD).
For this effort, Peraton Labs has partnered with several innovative companies and universities including ANDRO Computational Solutions, Nexcepta, Inc., Virginia Tech Applied Research Corporation (VT-ARC), and the University of Kansas. Funds to implement the project, which has a total value of just over $10 million, will be awarded through NSC’s prototype Other Transaction Agreement (OTA).
The ASC Demonstration was created by the DoW to validate and showcase spectrum sharing solutions with the intent to strengthen both national security and economic competitiveness. For the first time, the White House has listed spectrum sharing as a critical and emerging technology among its R&D budgetary priorities, stating under the category of Advanced Communications Networks that research efforts should focus on “AI techniques optimized for wireless systems, novel approaches to spectrum sharing, and application of AI to communications and cybersecurity, toward the goal of secure and trusted applications.”
The Peraton Labs award represents an important milestone for spectrum sharing development and will help to drive greater spectrum resilience for US interests across both the federal and commercial sectors.
“Congratulations to Peraton Labs and their partners on the momentous award,” said Joe Kochan, CEO of NSC. “In combination with future dynamic spectrum sharing demonstration projects enabled through ASC, this represents a collaborative effort between government and industry that will advance research, create investment incentives, and build trust among stakeholders who rely on wireless connectivity.”
About the National Spectrum Consortium
The NSC’s mission is to build bridges between key stakeholder groups – government and industry; industry stalwarts and startups; and civilian and military suppliers and users – to deliver two essential outcomes: breakthroughs in spectrum- and spectrum-using capabilities; and policy and regulatory insights to enhance, inform and sustain U.S. technical leadership. For more information, visit spectrumconsortium.org
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