Wireless can be exposed
Over-air systems can be jammed, detected, congested, degraded by terrain, or limited by line of sight.
Infrastructure on Demand
Physical networks that come back online.
Hard-linked connectivity for immediate field use.
FiberMesh brings deployable physical backbone connectivity closer to where teams operate, then monitors and restores links when the network is damaged.
Network status
Live restore loop
The problem
Reliable field connectivity is too slow to create and too fragile to restore under pressure.
Wireless is fast but exposed; ground deployment is reliable but slow. FiberMesh is a third option — physical connectivity deployed, monitored, and restored at field speed.
Satellite is part of the stack
Satellite and wireless can help, but they do not always provide the local physical layer a team needs.
Manual deployment is slow
Traditional cable and fiber are reliable once installed, but slow, manual, and dangerous to deploy or repair in the field.
Why now
Demand from the front line. Mandate from NATO.
“…an essentially unlimited network of fiber-optic communication connections… arranged in a complex grid-like matrix allowing for the direct connection of multiple UAV launch pads… the network needs to be set up immediately.”
And the requirement is already institutional:
“Self-configuring and autonomously deployable mesh networking technologies that provide resilient communications without reliance on fixed infrastructure.”
Exactly what FiberMesh is building — and we're applying to the DIANA challenge.
What FiberMesh does
One workflow, from endpoint to restoration.
FiberMesh is a deployable hard-linked field connectivity system: a physical network layer that recovers from damage, extends to new nodes, and keeps the network alive. Current deployments are operator-assisted — a receiving person at each endpoint connects the deployed segment.
01
Define nodes and receivers
Select the origin, endpoints, and receiving operators who will complete the physical connection at each node.
02
Deploy prepared segments
Drones carry or lay prepared fiber/cable link segments along mission-defined routes between nodes.
03
Connect and validate
The receiving operator connects from the deployed device via optical or Cat6. FiberMesh validates continuity, link state, and network readiness.
04
Monitor, extend, restore
The system monitors the physical mesh, localizes faults, and supports replacement routes, backup legs, or new nodes as the network changes.
Deployment patterns
One kit, any network shape.
Not tied to a fixed layout — the same elements form whatever shape the operation needs. And it's a mesh: traffic flows both ways, and when a node or segment drops, it reroutes over the remaining links. Three common shapes, sketched as they'd be on a map:
In defense
Holding ground. The command post is hard-linked to each position: links stay where they are placed, bandwidth is predictable, and routine traffic produces no emissions.
Delaying action
Falling back in phases. Links are recovered or redeployed as positions displace, and every new link is validated before the old route is released.
Dispersed positioning
Spread out, still connected. Small teams across a wide area aggregate through intermediate nodes, so coverage scales while each team keeps a short, quiet link.
Hardware
Two nodes, one mesh.
A small node family — aggregation hub and edge leaf: fanless, no RF in normal use, hot-swap battery, high-throughput and low-latency. In low-power sentry standby a node holds the mesh for days unattended — long enough to host persistent sensor or camera nodes. Front faces drawn to scale.
FM-N8 · HUBAggregation
ComputeMulti-core Arm SoC · hardware switching
Fabric4× SFP fiber (2× 10G-capable uplinks) · 2× RJ45 · 4× USB-C
SwitchingHardware TSN · deterministic real-time traffic
CoolingFanless · passively cooled · zero-RF
PowerHot-swap Li-ion pack · multi-day
EnduranceAll-day under load · multi-day unattended standby
Form~300 mm · ~2.9 kg with battery · man-portable
FM-N4 · LEAFEdge
ComputeMulti-core Arm SoC · integrated TSN switch
Fabric2× SFP fiber · 2× RJ45 · 2× USB-C
SwitchingHardware TSN · deterministic real-time traffic
CoolingFanless · passively cooled · zero-RF
PowerHot-swap Li-ion pack · multi-day
EnduranceAll-day under load · multi-day unattended standby
Form~1.85 kg with battery · man-portable
Preliminary targets: figures are engineering estimates from a design-exploration session, not measurements from production hardware. Idle/sentry runtimes assume active power management still to be validated on silicon.
Roadmap
Operator-assisted now. Fully automated is the goal.
Q4 2025
Project started
The idea took shape and we started exploring it.
Q1 2026
Problem validated
Confirmed the problem is real and worth solving.
Q2 2026
Concept proven
End-to-end testbench assembled and tested.
July 2026
First field prototype
Operator-assisted field demo: drone-flown fiber segment, connected endpoint, validated link.
Q3 2026
Partnerships & funding
Investor and pilot-partner conversations — funding starts the clock.
Funding + ~6 mo
Prototypes in the field
A first batch of units in the hands of real users.
Next
Automated connection — R&D
Then the hard problem: connecting the fiber at the endpoint with no operator.
Goal
Autonomous connection
The endpoint connects itself in the field — a hands-off, self-healing mesh.
Use cases
Designed for environments where communication failure has operational cost.
FiberMesh is for teams that need reliable local connectivity when existing infrastructure cannot be trusted, accessed, or restored quickly.
Defense and security
Hard-linked field connectivity where exposed over-air systems, damaged infrastructure, and operational pressure create risk.
Disaster response
Rapid local network links for earthquakes, floods, storms, fires, disrupted cities, and temporary response coordination.
Civil protection
Deployable communications support when public networks are unavailable, congested, or degraded.
Remote field operations
Physical links for mines, energy sites, border areas, forests, research stations, and remote industrial work zones.
Network restoration
Replacement physical links when an existing connection is damaged and manual cable crews are too slow or exposed.
Sensor and camera networks
Local hard-linked connectivity for cameras, sensors, edge gateways, compute boxes, command posts, and field nodes.
Contact
Building deployable hard-linked connectivity.
For partnerships, technical discussions, pilots, field validation, or early collaboration.