Aug 1, 2006 12:00 PM

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency chose BAE Systems to develop a next-generation, wireless tactical network protocol for the U.S. military. The contract calls for the company to research, design, develop and evaluate a new protocol stack for networks of autonomous mobile communication devices, known as ad-hoc networks. In these networks, each node operates as an end-system and as a router capable of forwarding traffic and forming a network without a fixed infrastructure. The contract includes a base award of $7.78 million over 18 months with a potential of up to $13.3 million over 30 months, according to BAE.

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