Smæsh

Smæsh will be a low-cost multi-frequency mesh network intended for secure communication in conflict and disaster areas, sensitive maritime zones, or in areas that are affected by cyber or kinetic disruptions (large scale power or internet infrastructure outage).

Smæsh will provide C&C links and real-time video streams for (FPV) UAVs, but will also allow voice communications and secure messaging services.

Smæsh can also be used in order to receive GNSS positions and due to the known location of each deployed node, it can detect and report fine-grained information not only about jamming but also about spoofing. For spoofing it potentially can generate correction data similar to EGNOS and distribute this via the C&C links to UAVs.

Smæsh will be deployed on demand. Each node will be completely autonomous (battery powered) and provides a reliable command interface that allows to dynamically switch the network on and off and to reconfigure it depending on the current need/use-case.

Smæsh will provide standard 2.4 Ghz and 5.8 GHz WiFi and Bluetooth to the clients as well as a dedicated UAV C&C link.

Smæsh can be augmented by satellite communication in order to provide long range communications to an operations center and/or the internet.

Smæsh nodes can also be deployed on vehicles and UAVs in order to further increase the flexibility and range of the system.

Due to the sensitive nature of the project, currently we do not provide a public source-code repository. We have the GMAT satellite constellation simulation scripts and our model-based systems engineering digital model of the system in our public GitHub under: https://github.com/Smaesh. Also we are happy to explain and show the current state of development to interested parties.