ARC Nano
Edge AI electronic warfare for contested spectrum: detects unknown emitters, auto‑protects links, and reports via CoT/ATAK — all on a low‑SWaP module.
Open‑Set RF Sensing
Adaptive EP (Bandit)
ATAK / CoT
DDS Bus
>99.9%
Link Availability
≤0.2s
Avg. Recovery
<100ms
Action Latency
~12W
Total Power
>90%
Unknown TPR
~0
False Alarms
Layered Architecture
- RF Front‑End (SDR) → Radio‑HAL feature extraction
- ES‑Lite open‑set detector + EP‑Lite contextual bandit
- Policy, Telemetry & Hash‑chained Audit Logs
- DDS Pub/Sub bus (Redis fallback)
- ATAK/CoT outputs for C2 integration
Operational Flow
👂
Listens
24/7 RF monitoring
🎯
Detects
Open‑set threat ID
🛡️
Protects
Auto countermeasures
📢
Reports
CoT / ATAK alerts
Technical Specifications
Hardware Stack
| Compute | NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano 8GB (≈40 TOPS) |
| CPU / GPU | 6‑core A78AE / Ampere 1024 CUDA + 32 Tensor |
| Power | 7–15 W configurable (≈12 W system typical) |
| SDR Options | USRP B205mini‑i (70 MHz–6 GHz, 56 MHz BW) or LimeSDR Mini v2 (10 MHz–3.5 GHz) |
| Interfaces | USB 3.0, GbE, SMA/TNC RF, 12/24 V DC |
Performance
| Unknown Detection | TPR ≥ 90% @ ≈0 false alarms/day |
| Protection Latency | <100 ms decision; 0.2–0.6 s link restore |
| Availability (jammed) | >99.9% vs ~46% baseline |
| Telemetry | CoT JSON; <0.2 Mbps backhaul |
| Form Factor | ~20×15×5 cm; <2 kg; IP54+ rugged |
Deployment Configurations
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Dismounted
Rucksack unit, 12+ hr battery, MOLLE mount.
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Vehicle
12/24 VDC, multi‑channel SDR, extended antennas.
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UAV
Lightweight payload with networked ARC nodes.
Proven Under Jamming
- 3× improvement in link availability (≈50% → >99.9%).
- ~55% throughput gain under attack (≈0.29 → ≈0.45 Mbps).
- Sub‑second autonomous recovery; human‑out‑of‑the‑loop option.
Full experimental methods and results in the ARC Nano research paper.
Bring ARC Nano to Your Formation
Schedule a demo, request integration details for your radios, or ask for a capabilities brief tailored to your mission set.