Now in its 44th year, MILCOM has been the preeminent forum bringing together thought leaders in government, industry, and academia to discuss the innovative research and cutting-edge technologies that are shaping the future of military communications.

Cambridge Consultants’ Taylor Pearlman, Next-Generation Networks Lead, will be moderating a panel session focused on ‘Autonomous networks for the next generation of military connectivity.’

Driven by advances in AI technology, autonomous and AI-driven networks are poised to offer a new paradigm of connectivity for the D.O.D. These offer fundamentally new capabilities to military networks, including the potential to dynamically adapt networks to a changing battlefield, automatically detect and mitigate threats and attacks, and seamlessly route connectivity to warfighters in the most difficult, adverse environments. Autonomous networks that offer more flexibility, resiliency, and adaptability allow the D.O.D. to effortlessly maintain situational awareness and reliable communications in combat environments and improve on-base wireless performance.

Conversely, these networks demand a new paradigm in cybersecurity to ensure secure operation. Autonomous and AI-driven networks open an entirely new attack surface to nation-state actors that will require a new series of tools, tactics, and strategies to secure and maintain.

This panel will address the potential and the complications of autonomous networks for military use, including the key questions:

• What do highly autonomous networks look like in a D.O.D. context (both on-base and on-battlefield, and what value would they bring?
• What aspects of autonomous networks can be leveraged from the telecoms industry, and what cannot (or shouldn’t)?
• How can such networks be secured from sophisticated, peer-peer adversaries?
• What actions should the DoD, integrator, and research community do now to pave the way for military adoption of AI-enabled networking?

Panelists include:

• Ayodele Damola, Director of AI/ML Strategy, Ericsson
• Gustave Anderson, Associate Fellow, Lockheed Martin
• Bishal Thapa, Research Leader, RTX
• Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Pimentel, Communications Officer and Electronics Engineer, Marine Corps

Going to IEEE MILCOM? Let’s meet: taylor.pearlman@cambridgeconsultants.com

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Taylor Pearlman

Next-Generation Networks Lead | View profile

Taylor is passionate about developing technology that has a disruptive impact in its market rather than an incremental advance, and loves doing so with ambitious, driven individuals and organizations.