ANDRO was recently awarded a $3.2 million Air Force contract for development of a novel next-gen Waveform Agile Systems Pallet (WASP) system that reduces the time and cost in validated deployment of communication waveforms on military platforms. Read more from some of our local news sources: Rome Sentinel (external link) CNY Business Journal (external link)
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ANDRO Drives IoT Solutions for Autonomous Vehicles
In a recent article published by IoT World Today, ANDRO founder and CEO Dr. Andrew Drozd provided insight into the use of AI at the Edge in the increasingly relevant case of autonomous vehicles. Drozd stated, “It’s likely autonomous vehicles will use a combination of edge computing and networking advances to support core functions. The data processes for mapping spectrum, finding routes, using AI/ML and preventing accidents need to happen on the vehicle itself. Safe and effective autonomous vehicles must be able to make near-instantaneous decisions and calculations. This can’t be achieved by routing data through a cloud server while a vehicle is in motion. New multi-access edge computing sensors provide the spectrum awareness, low-latency performance and distributed decision-making capacity to achieve this as opposed to relying on a bottlenecked centralized cloud approach”. Read more about AI at the Edge Using IoT (external link to IoT World Today).
ANDRO Details How Monetizing Spectrum Sharing can Advance 5G Edge IoT
ANDRO founder and Chief Scientist Dr. Andrew Drozd details how novel monetization of spectrum sharing can help expand 5G access and alleviate the cost of 5G densification. You can read more at the following sources: 5G Evolution World (external link) iot for all (external link)
ANDRO Wins Army Contract to Develop Adaptive Radios for Unmanned Vehicle Communications
October 2, 2020 CNY Business Journal NEXTGEN
BY ERIC REINHARDT
ROME– The U.S Army has awarded ANDRO Computational Solutions, LLC a $1.1 million contract to develop a next generation, miniaturized tactical radio called ARROW (adaptive radio for robotic warfare) for use in unmanned ground vehicles (UGV) and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). A UAS includes a drone and equipment used to control its flight.
ANDRO, which has been in business for just over a quarter century, is located at the Beeches Business Park in Rome. ANDRO’s Marconi-Rosenblatt artificial intelligence and machine-learning lab will perform the work. Anu Jagannath and Dr. Jithin Jagannath, both part of ANDRO’s advanced research and development team, will lead the work, the company said.
The ARROW research will combine “unique” signal-processing approaches to develop a next-generation radio that can :”sense and avoid” contested spectrum environments. ARROW, as a radio product is also envisioned to enable resilient communication for the Army, first responders, and other rescue operators who depend on unmanned aircraft systems.
“This is a strategic opportunity but just one in series of new contracts that are in the award pipeline for ANDRO, many of which will leverage the state of the art in artificial intelligence, and machine learning that are also being extended to counter small UAS scenarios,” Andrew Drozd, President of ANDRO, said in a statement. “The company continues to make steady growth strides and is looking to fill new jobs in the areas of wireless commands, control, communications, cyber, and computational technologies for edge service.”
Read the full story here from the Central New York Business Journal
ANDRO Awarded Army Contract to Develop AI Radios
ANDRO Computational Solutions of Rome has been awarded a $3 million Army Rapid Innovation Fund contract to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) based radio called DEEPLink under its I-ROAM (Intelligent RadiO with Agility via Machine-learning) project.
The company, headquartered in the Beeches Business Complex on Turin Road, said that the DEEPLink radio will be capable of self-learning and autonomously adapting to its environment to optimally enhance the reliability and survivability of tactical communications in harsh operating conditions.
The work will be performed under ANDRO’s Marconi-Rosenblatt Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Lab headed by Dr. Jithin Jagannath and Anu Jagannath and will be in support of the Army Futures Command-Cross Functional Team mission partner.
The DEEPLink will employ a unique self-organizing wireless mesh network for expanding wireless coverage together with using distributed transmission power control for cooperative dynamic spectrum sharing.
“This is a next step in our plans to get critical technologies to the warfighter including solutions that will benefit the civilian and commercial sector,” said Dr. Andrew Drozd, ANDRO president and chief scientist.
“The world is moving fast towards AI-assisted, agile spectrum managed, edge-based communications which has major implications on the defense industry and beyond including 5G, autonomous vehicles, and the drone market, and we are in the critical path of all this,” Drozd said.
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ANDRO briefs the G46 Working Group at the 2020 IEEE EMC + SIPI Virtual Symposium
ANDRO continues redefining real-time spectrum management to accelerate worldwide availability of high speed wireless communications. To advance edge-based spectrum knowledge for the benefit of humanity, Mr. Timothy Woods of ANDRO Computational Solutions briefed the G46 EMC Committee at the 2020 IEEE EMC+SIPI Virtual Symposium on August 25th. G46 has a long history in spectrum technologies and is a strong community to advance the knowledge base. The days of static frequency assignments and long spectrum cycles are over, while the need for true ubiquitous connectivity and real-time spectrum sharing is becoming a reality. Mr. Woods and his team of world-class engineers consisting of Chris Maracchion, Sean Furman, John Hrabik Jr., and Katlyn Goode, are developing these technologies and advocating for a distributed spectrum access paradigm through a series of community presentation in 2020 and into 2021.
Rome-based company, ANDRO, receives patent for device
ANDRO was granted a patent for its Heterogeneous Efficient Low Power Radio (HELPER) technology. ANDRO’s HELPER Network is a low cost, low SWaP, intelligent IoT radio device that enables critical communications in logistically difficult deployment scenarios. Read more at the source: Rome Sentinel Story (external link)
ANDRO wins Army contract to develop adaptive radios for unmanned vehicle communications
ANDRO was rewarded a U.S. Army contract for next-generation, miniaturized tactical radio called ARROW. Read more at the source! Rome Sentinel Story (external link)
Rome Science Hall of Fame has inducted 32 since 2007
ANDRO founder Dr. Andrew L. Drozd was recently inducted into our local Science Hall of Fame. Read more at the source: Rome Sentinel Story (external link)
Telehealth in New York: How Telemedicine is Reaching Growing Medical Deserts in Rural NY
See how ANDRO’s HELPER Network and other telemedicine approaches are advancing telehealth in New York State. Read more from the Democrat and Chronicle (external link)