Machete

NIAP and CSfC certified routers for tactical communications

Machete is a family of secure, flexible and ruggedized routers for ground and aerial tactical communications for expeditionary warfighters.

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Rugged Systems

SWaP-optimized, rugged embedded systems provide superior networking performance in extreme environments.

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Lab Systems

Low-cost platforms with industry-standard connectors for normal operating environments.

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Machete Technical Specifications

Hardware	Intel E3845 with 32 GB of secondary storage
Software	ATCorp Routing and Encryption Suite (ARES) Plug-ins for network management, crypto-aware network optimization, advanced QoS control
Protocols	OSPF (v2 & v3), RIP, RIPng, ISIS, BGP, PIM, LDP, IKEvt
Conformance	Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation ▪ Part 2: Security functional components CCMB-2009-07-002 V3.1 R4 ▪ Part 3: Security assurance components CCMB-2009-07-003 Collaborative Protection Profile for Network Devices v2.0 Extended Package VPN Gateway, Version 2.1 CSfC IPsec VPN Gateway NIAP Certification: CCEVS-VR-VID11414-2024

Ground and Aerial Applications

Secure LTE

The blend of LTE technology and our NIAP and CSfC-approved Machete enables battlefield use of commercial tablet and smartphone hardware as well as the creation of Secure LTE networks ideal to support communications in expeditionary tactical environments. Multi-modal (WiFi, LTE, MIMO) broadband network provides seamless mobile access to tactical cloud services. The suite of Machete devices has been extensively tested with with commercial EUDs (Samsung Galaxy S7, Microsoft Surface Pro) and a mobile/portable WiFi and LTE hotspot.

Aerial communications

Machete enables air-to-air and air-to-ground communications over a variety of radio waveforms such as TTNT, CDL, SRW, Wave Relay, ANWA and ANWB.