ANDRO Computational Solutions, LLC of Rome recently announced a contract award from Peraton Labs, in support of their U.S. Department of War (DoW) Advanced Spectrum Coexistence (ASC) Demonstration prime contract awarded by the National Spectrum Consortium (NSC). Under the prime contract, Peraton Labs is leading efforts to develop, deliver, and demonstrate advanced spectrum‑sharing capabilities intended to strengthen national security while fostering closer, sustained collaboration between the defense industrial base and the commercial sector. ANDRO’s support centers on developing Fifth-Generation Radio Access Network (5G RAN) software that pushes beyond current open‑source capabilities by incorporating advanced dynamic spectrum‑sharing techniques for 5G micro/small cell topologies operating in the 3.1–3.45 GHz spectrum band.
Called COALESCE, for Course-of-action Outcome Appraisal Layered EMBRSS Security Capability Enhancement, Peraton Labs’ solution will demonstrate secure coexistence of Federal and commercial wireless users in accordance with the Emerging Midband Radar Spectrum Sharing (EMBRSS) report for spectrum bands critical for U.S. military radar systems.
The ANDRO team is led by Tim Woods, Chief Information Engineer, along with the engineering team consisting of Sean Furman, Zachary Smith, and Dominic Catena. Woods stated, “Our teams’ combined work with Peraton Labs in spectrum coexistence is a critical path to demonstrating that with advanced spectrum coexistence policies, a 5G RAN can prevent harmful interference to the DoW incumbent users while simultaneously ensuring that commercial 5G cellular providers can maintain acceptable quality-of-service at scale.”
“ANDRO develops and deploys advanced spectrum technologies in cooperation with our customers and industry partners such as Peraton, to overmatch and outpace our adversaries in the domains of spectrum superiority, information dominance, and cyber assurance,” added Dr. Andrew Drozd, president of ANDRO. “We do this by complementing our partners’ capabilities to deliver superior expertise and solutions in Artificial Intelligence (AI), autonomy, and beyond 5G telecommunications technologies. We aim to support the goals of DoW spectrum sharing and coexistence of diverse systems operating together in theatre while assuring operational efficiency, resilience, and on-demand availability.”
About ANDRO: ANDRO provides research, engineering, and technical services to defense and commercial industries in advanced spectrum exploitation, secure wireless telecommunications, software-based waveform development, cognitive software-defined radio networking, multi-sensor data fusion, and sensor resource management. For more information on ANDRO, including job placements, visit www.androcs.com.
About Peraton Labs: Peraton is a next-generation technology and national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As one of the world’s leading mission capability integrators and transformative enterprise IT providers, Peraton delivers trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies from threats across the digital and physical domains. Peraton supports every branch of the U.S. Armed Forces and serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies that sustain our way of life. Visit peraton.com to learn more.