EP 84 — Ashish Parikh on Building Mesh Radios That Frequency-Hop Faster Than Jammers Can Track скачать в хорошем качестве

EP 84 — Ashish Parikh on Building Mesh Radios That Frequency-Hop Faster Than Jammers Can Track

Doodle Labs engineered mesh radios that frequency-hop in milliseconds, outpacing jamming attacks in contested environments where satellite latency makes real-time drone control impossible. The multi-band capability originated from a US Army SRR program requirement 5 years ago, where logistics teams wanted to avoid swapping hardware for different countries' frequency regulations. When conflict in Ukraine started, Doodle repurposed this architecture for anti-jamming by hopping between bands faster than adversaries could track and jam. Ashish Parikh, Co-CEO, walks through their monthly software release cadence driven by field engineers embedded with Ukrainian operators, where mission requirements emerged directly from combat: silent mode mesh networking for operators who become targets the moment they emit RF, and coordinating multiple drones plus ground users while one expeditionary asset pushes 100+ kilometers into heavily jammed territory. Chapters: 00:04 Introduction 00:28 From McKinsey to hardware leadership: founding journey 03:14 Smart Bridges origin story: pioneering long-range WiFi 05:14 Spinning out Doodle Labs for defense applications 07:32 Company mission: connecting people and vehicles 08:00 Connected vehicles and autonomous coordination 10:46 Point-to-point mesh vs satellite vs cellular networks 14:03 Range definitions: short (20km), medium (100km), long (300km+) 15:26 Go-to-market: selling to OEM engineering teams 17:40 Ukraine market entry and transformation 19:52 Complex mission profile: multi-drone coordination under jamming 22:34 Electronic warfare: the cat and mouse game 23:24 Multi-band capability: from logistics to anti-jamming 24:25 Staying ahead: faster frequency hopping and jam-proof architectures 26:11 Ukraine team: monthly releases from front-line feedback 28:51 AI and intelligent networks for drone swarm coordination 29:45 Tactical radio modernization beyond walkie-talkies 32:01 Security standards: DIU validation and NDAA compliance 33:34 Hardware vs software: supply chain and manufacturing flexibility 35:43 Leadership structure and span of control 36:51 Commercial applications: warehouse robotics and humanoid platforms 40:09 Connect with Doodle Labs