AERON (Autonomous Edge Routing Overlays with Negotiated PQ Encryption) is a lightweight, resilient communications protocol engineered for autonomous systems operating in bandwidth-constrained, adversarial environments. Built from the ground up for mission survivability, AERON ensures secure, multi-hop routing across distributed edge platforms, without reliance on traditional infrastructure or centralized coordination.

Designed to scale across heterogeneous networks, AERON enables peer-to-peer communication and autonomous decision-making in conditions of denied or intermittent connectivity. Its modular architecture supports a wide range of hardware platforms and RF substrates, allowing seamless integration into unmanned systems, ground sensors, and edge-deployed compute nodes.

AERON’s cryptographic foundation incorporates next-generation post-quantum security primitives to protect link integrity and message confidentiality against emerging threats. These protections are enforced without compromising power efficiency or latency, making AERON ideal for low-SWaP applications where performance and trust must coexist under operational pressure.

Its lightweight runtime enables true peer-to-peer mesh formation among small, embedded nodes, eliminating the need for pre-configured routes, centralized key exchanges, or dependency on persistent cloud uplinks. AERON nodes autonomously establish and manage trust relationships, negotiate routing paths, and maintain synchronization across mobile, dispersed elements in real time.

In field environments, AERON offers clear advantages for ISR coordination, distributed targeting, and autonomous loitering operations. It enables dismounted teams, tactical edge devices, or unmanned swarms to maintain secure coordination, even in the absence of SATCOM, cellular networks, or conventional command and control (C2) backhaul. This makes it particularly well-suited for expeditionary operations, perimeter denial, and maneuvering without infrastructure.

Whether embedded in airborne systems, ground units, or maritime platforms, AERON delivers a secure, self-forming communications backbone designed to persist through disruption, degrade gracefully, and adapt dynamically—enabling decisive action when conventional networks fail.

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