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We recently hosted an RF spectrum emerging technologies technical exchange open house at our Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), Maryland based PALADIN Lab on January 28th, 2026.
Parsons teams and nine of our industry partners demonstrated emerging technologies, including spectrum sensing and awareness, signature management, SIGINT, cybersecurity, miniature SDR, and Electronic Warfare (EW) capabilities, to government leaders and engineers from the APG C5ISR Community.
The open-house-style event enabled extensive technical conversations that participants recognized as very relevant and valuable to their mission. Furthermore, this event was the latest in the Parsons Tech Demo Series that we host. The series helps accelerate the development and delivery of emerging technologies in support of the Army’s C5ISR mission.
What Is The PALADIN Lab?
Designed to foster new technologies and capabilities for the warfighter, PALADIN Lab, owned and operated by Parsons Corporation, is located on Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. From here, this innovation incubator connects industry, academia, and the Department of Defense. This connection enables us—and our customers—to leverage imaginative people and open, available technology. As a result, we can answer the DoD’s biggest challenges.
The PALADIN Lab provides a low-risk venue where the government and industry can collaborate to prototype proofs of concepts, emerging hardware, algorithms, and software technologies with existing government architectures. Through this process, the government can rapidly determine which commercial capabilities are worth pursuing. The process also reveals which technologies don’t translate well to DoD requirements.
Featured Parsons Demos
- TReX®: Signal emulators for testing, training, MILDEC, & Decoy applications.
- Silver Palm: Multi-channel RF sensors for RF solutions and system conditioning.
- CTI (Merlin): Advanced visualization of the Battlespace (EW Modeling and Simulation).
- QRC® Demos: Industry-leading cellular, wireless, and Bluetooth network detection & characterization.
- CTI (Whisper): Covert, high-bandwidth RF comms (LPI/LPD)
Featured Partners
- DCI Solutions: Anomaly detection platform that counters data-centric threats.
- CIS Secure: Mobile tactical kits (Reduced RF signature and secure comms).
- Rajant: Bread Crumb Kinetic Mesh Radio/Network (Automated PACE).
- Sciens: MORA & SOSA aligned tactical comms on VPX hardware.
- Xone Technology (Outrider ISR): RF deep sensing and operation at the tactical edge.
- Brown Deer Technology: RISCV-DSP processing cores for DSP applications