SALT LAKE CITY, Ut. -- Palladyne AI announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued the company a U.S. Patent, titled "Closed Loop Tasking and Control of Heterogeneous Sensor Networks."

The patent serves the company's intelligent swarming technology for autonomous systems.

The patent defines a method where autonomous systems communicate and collaborate. Utilizing feature-based communication, devices with different sensors, including cameras, radar, and RF nodes, share critical information they extract. This information is fused into a common understanding of the environment, allowing a network to continuously re-task and coordinate itself through a closed-loop feedback system.

Source: Palladyne AI
Associated URL: https://investor.palladyneai.com/news-releases/news-release-details/palladyne-ai-secures-us-patent-advanced-swarming-and-autonomy-0

MUNICH - a4ESSOR S.A.S (Alliance for ESSOR - European Secure Software Defined Radio), a multinational joint venture that develops secure software defined radio (SDR) technology, has signed a procurement contract with the intergovernmental Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR) to carry out the capability deployment of the ESSOR High Data Rate Waveform - EHDRWF.

The waveform can be ported to national software-defined radios; through this unique approach, any nation can use its own radio and be interoperable with other nations in their tactical communications. The contract for the ESSOR Development Stage #4 (ES4) is valued in excess of 47 million EUR.

The six nations involved and their respective industry leaders (Finland - Bittium, France - Thales, Germany - Rohde & Schwarz, Italy - Leonardo, Poland - Radmor, Spain - Indra) have then been working to add new features, such as electronic protection measures and support of modern cryptographic standards, leading to several successful interoperability demonstrations and qualification tests and to the adoption of ESSOR High Data Rate Waveform as NATO STANAG 5651 in 2023.

Source: Rohde & Schwarz
Associated URL: https://www.rohde-schwarz.com

AL UDEID AIR BASE - U.S. Central Command said Monday that the United States and Qatar opened the first bilateral Combined Command Post for air defense in the Middle East at Al Udeid Air Base. CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper and Lt. Gen. Jassim Al-Mannai, Qatar's armed forces chief of staff, led the ceremony. Cooper said the new center will deepen military ties and strengthen regional security cooperation.

The opening follows a Sept. 29, 2025, executive order by President Donald Trump pledging U.S. diplomatic, economic and, if necessary, military responses to future attacks on Qatar. The order came weeks after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered an attack on a Hamas delegation in Doha that had been negotiating a Gaza cease-fire with the United States. Doha sought a public apology from Israel during talks with Trump, and the White House released photos of an "apology call."

Last month, the Pentagon also announced plans for a new facility at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho to train Qatari F-15 pilots.

Source: Al Arabiya
Associated URL: https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2025/11/03/us-qatar-open-firstofitskind-bilateral-air-defense-post-in-middle-east-centcom