Sherpa 6 will feature a selection of its technology solutions at the 2023 TechNet Bragg this week at Fort Bragg, NC.
You should know: TechNet is the largest trade show at Fort Bragg for the U.S. Army & Special Operations Community. This year’s event will feature more than 10,000 attendees and 75 exhibitors.
At booth #830, Sherpa 6 Subject Matter Experts will demonstrate a variety of technology solutions, including:
Sherpa 6 personnel provide embedded C4 Field Service Representatives (FSRs) at Special Operations Forces (SOF) units, focused on integrating and training Tactical C4 systems, including the SOF Deployable Node (SDN) and the Tactical Local Area Network (TACLAN). Our focus is proficiency training, through various proven methods, to train SOF Communicators on these SOF-Specific communications systems fielded by PEO-C4. Our SOCOM team is set to train approximately 1,500 SOF Service Members on 500 SOF-specific C4 systems in our first year of support.
With years of experience and a diverse military background, Sherpa 6 Integrators help our mission critical customers solve complex issues across a multitude of problem sets. Working hand in hand with several Acquisition Programs of Record, Sherpas provide cutting edge solutions that streamline processes and enhance capabilities, taking the burden off the Warfighter. Our Integration team provides program support on sustainment training, systems and network integration, troubleshooting, and software upgrades for existing customers. They also assist in identifying discrepancies, anomalies, and defects in products provided to their customers. Sherpa 6 Integrators support the Army’s IT modernization initiatives by testing, evaluating, and providing constructive feedback on hardware and software solutions. They spend countless hours assisting both Engineers and FSRs with new equipment fielding and training. Entering our sixth year in business, Sherpa 6 strives to remain relevant with the most cutting-edge technologies by investing in personnel training and education while staying tied into both industry and customer needs.
Sherpa 6 is a leader in designing, integrating, and testing private 5G mobile networks at the tactical edge. The network team recently announced that they successfully demonstrated that 5G mobile capabilities increase operational and tactical efficiency for Soldiers on the frontlines. This demonstration was done in partnership with global wireless leader JMA Wireless.
Tap on the link below to read more about this demonstration and the many tangible benefits that a 5G standalone mobile network can bring to critical tactical applications.
Sherpa 6 Trainers have been directly involved in the development and incorporation of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) since its inception. The IVAS capability set includes squad and leader radios, Tactical Cloud Package (TCP) network equipment, and cloud-based services including Adaptive Squad Architecture (ASA) and Squad Performance Metrics (SPM). Within the IVAS Program, our trainers are responsible for the development and implementation of the Program of Instruction (POI) for the Tactical Cloud Package(TCP). The TCP is a ruggedized package consisting of industry leading networking, computing, and routing/switching components designed to operate at the edge in austere environments. The TCP provides operational units with the ability to seamlessly employ the future of transportable C5ISR systems. The TCP hosts a central compute server used for cloud management of mission planning, map data, friendly force tracking and IVAS provisioning capability via the Watchtower application.
Developed by Sherpa 6, Watchtower is a powerful tactical Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) solution used to provision and manage Android, Android Enterprise, and Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) devices. Watchtower was designed to support numerous mission Concepts of Operation (CONOPS) and end-user capability sets in unclassified, tactical collateral secret, and secret enclaves. Watchtower provides a complete and secure Life Cycle Management (LCM) capability in constrained environments at-the-edge. Watchtower provides a single ecosystem for device configuration management (CM), provisioning, governance, security, app management, and analytics. Unlike traditional commercial off-the-shelf MDM solutions, Watchtower provides mechanisms to automatically configure components at an enterprise level that typically require manual touchpoints in a tactical environment, including apps such as ATAK and ATAK plugins. A significant benefit to our customers is that it can be customized to fit specific military applications.
Sherpa 6 developed the Tactical Readiness Asset Key-Terrain Reconstitution (TRAKR) plugin for the TAK ecosystem (TAKX and ATAK) to demonstrate 5G cellular capabilities in tactical environments. TRAKR allows the Warfighter to maintain situational awareness (SA) through one common operational picture (COP), either TAKX or ATAK depending on the echelon, to enable units to identify, track, and collect assets (equipment or personnel) in real-time using GPS beacons which could be applied to A-TTL applications. These features include categorizing and organizing information for reporting digital data with exporting capabilities. TRAKR is currently being tested by the 82nd ABN DIV (2-325 AIR) during day and night airborne operations and is successfully showcasing the location and movement of identified cargo assets. Sherpa 6 supports the 82nd ABN DIV to locate and manage personnel and cargo assets during outload, INFIL, and directed missions.
Sherpa Air, Inc. was established in 2021 to serve as a niche, special mission support for both commercial and government customer sets. Sherpa Air supports long range operations with a capacity of 7,500 lbs. and seating for 20 passengers. We are cleared to operate in North America, Canada, the Caribbean, and both Central and South America.