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Wave Relay MPU5

We are a leading Defense Technology company providing mobile networking solutions for military, first responder, government, and commercial markets.

We engineer and manufacture our Wave Relay® MANET and Cloud Relay™ technology to transmit voice, video, and situational awareness in contested and congested environments. Through the Wave Relay® Ecosystem, an alliance of industry-leading companies, Persistent unites warfighters, UGVs, UAVs, sensors, cameras, and devices on a common network.

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The Wave Relay MANET

The Wave Relay MANET is a dynamic routing algorithm that delivers reliable, fast, and highly scalable connectivity – the heart and soul of Persistent’s networking devices.

Our technology transforms UAVs, UGVs, cameras, sensors, and people into a global fabric of connectivity to stream uninterrupted audio, video, and data even in difficult urban, subterranean, mountainous, or maritime environments.

With a single device, warfighters and first responders get real-time knowledge to make the informed, split-second decisions necessary to complete their mission and return safely.

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Persistent Systems pushes its Wave Relay MANET technology to a new scalability record — 800 nodes — in support of the U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division ahead of Project Convergence Capstone 6 (PC-C6) at Fort Carson. In this video, Persistent Systems team members break down the evolution of their scalability testing (from 100, to 300, to 700, and now 800 nodes), the vision behind a fully autonomous battlefield, and what this new capability means for large-scale maneuver forces in the field. Hear directly from the team on how the platform has evolved from the MPU1 to the MPU5 — and what's coming next. For more info on the Wave Relay® MANET, check us out at https://bit.ly/1FiPrO6 Subscribe: http://bit.ly/2UXaBg7 Follow Us on Linkedin: http://bit.ly/2N7vwd Follow Us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2BBW4PI Follow Us on Instagram: https://bit.ly/36B7K5E Like Us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2USsixc #PersistentSystems #WaveRelay
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Inside Persistent Systems' Biggest Battlefield Scalability Test Yet

June 27, 2026

Chris Kluchkuhn was the first Coast Guard helicopter to launch after the Twin Towers fell on 9/11. He was racing toward New York City when he heard the first building collapse over the radio. He watched the second one fall. And he never made it there in time to help a single person. That moment broke something open in him — and for the next 25 years, he refused to let it go. From pioneering airborne comms with a backpack full of air cards during Hurricane Katrina, to kicking open attic doors during Superstorm Sandy to restore the Port of New York, to building a drone network capable of flying 1,000 miles of search track in under an hour with a single pilot — Chris Kluchkuhn has spent his career doing what the system said couldn't be done. In this episode, he gets into what 9/11 actually felt like from the cockpit, why being the most innovative guy in the room often means making zero friends, what he learned building and selling his company AB Watch, and why he believes the network — not the aircraft — is what will transform the future of aviation and search and rescue. This is a story about showing up too late once — and spending a lifetime making sure it never happens again. 00:00 - Introduction 00:45 - "I heard the first tower collapse on the radio" - 9/11 origin story 10:46 - Zero rescues during Katrina (and why that was the right call) 13:13 - Meeting Herb and Dave: "You guys have PhDs, I've got a plane" 23:03 - Flying over NYC at 13,000 ft - the moment that got him hired 25:42 - Deepwater Horizon: "This thing's going to die, I'm dying" 36:03 - Superstorm Sandy: kicking open attic doors to restore comms 45:57 - The future of unmanned aviation 46:00 - The Civil Air Patrol mid-air collision story 50:43 - Why he didn't stop after selling his company 51:36 - Final thoughts and thank you For more info on the Wave Relay® MANET, check us out at https://bit.ly/1FiPrO6 Subscribe: http://bit.ly/2UXaBg7 Follow Us on Linkedin: http://bit.ly/2N7vwd Follow Us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2BBW4PI Follow Us on Instagram: https://bit.ly/36B7K5E Like Us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2USsixc #PersistentSystems #WaveRelay
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Coast Guard Pilot to Tech Visionary: The Man Who Rewired How America Responds to Disaster

June 20, 2026

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2026 Marine Recon Challenge | MAX GAIN is live on the channel. Shout out to the participating teams

June 15, 2026

Nearly 30 miles. Camp Pendleton, California. The Annual Recon Challenge is one of the most brutal physical tests built around the demands of the reconnaissance community — a long-distance ruck through some of the roughest terrain in Southern California, with events along the route ranging from engaging targets with T/O weapon systems to amphibious skills, obstacle courses, med evac, land navigation, and more. Recon Marines are the eyes and ears of the battlefield. Trained in stealth, surveillance, and deep infiltration, they gather the intel that shapes missions and saves lives. Reconnaissance Marines maintain advanced capabilities in maritime interdiction, small boat operations, long-range patrolling, CQB, breaching, VBSS, and multi-domain collection — supporting heliborne, airborne, and waterborne forces at the tactical, operational, and strategic level. Every Recon Marine is trained in SERE, military freefall and static-line parachuting, and combatant diving, with many serving as subject matter experts in advanced communications, JTAC, HRST, assault climbing, sniper operations, and close-quarters tactics. The Recon Challenge is built around that standard. The Challenge is the final event of the Gold Star Family Retreat, hosted by the Marine Recon Foundation to honor fallen Reconnaissance Marines and Special Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsmen (SARCs) and to support their families. Teams compete in pairs, each running for a specific fallen teammate — carrying that name with them across the course while Gold Star families watch from the sidelines. Javid, a member of our Field Operations team out of NYC, ran the Challenge this year and currently serves with 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company. To support the event, Persistent Systems brought out MPU5 radios paired with cameras and used Wave Relay® to stream live HD video from some spots out on the course. Pendleton's hills and canyons would cut off a typical cellular signal in minutes — but Wave Relay forms its own self-healing mobile ad-hoc network on the spot, hopping the signal radio-to-radio with no towers, satellites, or pre-positioned infrastructure required. It's the same technology that keeps units connected in places where phones don't work. Here, it let families and viewers watch real-time HD footage of teams making their way across the course. This Max Gain episode covers the day — the terrain, the teams, and the reason behind it all. You can find info about the Marine Recon Foundation @ https://www.reconfoundation.org/ Force Recon Association: https://www.forcerecon.com/ Recon Sniper Foundation: https://www.reconsniperfoundation.org/ Learn more about Wave Relay® MANET: https://bit.ly/1FiPrO6 Subscribe: http://bit.ly/2UXaBg7 Instagram: https://bit.ly/36B7K5E LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/2N7vwd X: http://bit.ly/2BBW4PI Facebook: http://bit.ly/2USsixc #PersistentSystems #WaveRelay #MPU5 #MaxGain #MarineRecon #GoldStar #ReconChallenge #CampPendleton #ForceRecon #ReconnaissanceMarines #SARC #USMC #MANET #TacticalCommunications #raider #MARSOC
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Marine Recon Challenge 2026 | MAX GAIN

June 13, 2026

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The real test of a network isn’t standing still. It’s what happens when everything starts moving

June 2, 2026

In this episode of Max Gain, we joined Forward Observations Group at The Ranch in Dilley, Texas, for an advanced breaching and CQB workup. The training centered on breaching, close-quarters engagements, hostage rescue scenarios, and rapid decision-making. The teams there were already experienced Wave Relay and MPU5 users, so the focus shifted from basic operation to some more advanced topics and sustainment training. From explosive breaches to dynamic CQB runs, this episode offers a look at how experienced operators train, communicate, and solve problems when speed matters.
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FOG Breaching Workup | MAX GAIN

May 31, 2026

For more info on the Wave Relay® MANET, check us out at https://bit.ly/1FiPrO6 Subscribe: http://bit.ly/2UXaBg7 Follow Us on Linkedin: http://bit.ly/2N7vwd Follow Us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2BBW4PI Follow Us on Instagram: https://bit.ly/36B7K5E Like Us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2USsixc #PersistentSystems #WaveRelay
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CQB Breaching Course - Dilly, TX | MAX GAIN Highlights

May 23, 2026

700 Wave Relay nodes at Fort Carson. Real mobility. This is what large-scale tactical networking actually looks like. Most guys still think tactical comms is about whether one radio can reach another. Like… “can this radio reach that radio?” That’s the old way. Most of you do not care about routing theory. You probably do care when ATAK stops updating, the drone feed disappears, the robot loses link, or your team has to stop moving because comms became the problem. Modern ops push way more than voice. A platoon can easily have double or triple the number of networked devices — radios, EUDs, ATAK, PLI, drone feeds, ISR video, vehicle systems, robotics, sensors, cameras, and supporting assets. Scale that to company or battalion level and the data load gets heavy fast. RF is physical. Terrain changes it. Buildings change it. Steel changes it. Ship decks change it. Vehicles turning corners change it. Aircraft movement changes it. Teams moving inside, outside, below decks, or across terrain change it. One radio link is going to break eventually. That’s why the network matters more than the radio. Wave Relay turns every node, every MPU5, into a router and relay. More nodes do not choke it — they give it more paths. When the geometry changes, the network finds another route, self-forms and self-heals automatically, no user intervention, and keeps information moving. That’s what it was built for, because nothing in combat stays static. Flat network means everyone is living in the same network space instead of being chopped into little islands that need gateways and workarounds to talk. Once everything rides the same network, platforms stop being isolated tools. Vehicles, UAS, sensors, and robots start supporting each other. A drone is not just a feed. A robot is not just a robot. Each one becomes another node, another relay, and another way to move information. At Fort Carson they stood up a 700-node flat Wave Relay network. Then they added real movement. Groups of 25 nodes went out in vehicles, broke away, rejoined the larger network, and kept pushing PLI, voice, and HD video across multiple hops while the topology kept changing. You may never run 700 nodes. That’s not the point. Any minor improvements made at this scale roll down to every user, whether they are running five nodes or five hundred. In a congested or contested environment, more paths mean you’re harder to shut down. In this episode we talk with the team members on the ground including Persistent Systems Co-Founder & CTO Dr. Homer about: Why scalability and mobility together beat old point-to-point thinking How the network becomes the nervous system of the battlefield What multi-hop routing looks like when formations are moving and stretched SOF Week is underway. Visit Persistent Systems at Booth 540, Tampa Convention Center, Level 3, to see Wave Relay demos live and talk to the team. If you’ve ever sat there watching ATAK freeze or a drone feed die while your team waited or even if you learned something new from this video, drop your thoughts below. What's something you want us to include on the next Max Gain? Like, comment, subscribe #WaveRelay #PersistentSystems #LargeScaleTacticalNetworks #MANET #Network #Node #Mesh #MilitaryCommunications #SOFWeek #BattlefieldNetworking #MPU5 #MUMT #VideoOverMesh #ScalableTacticalComms #TacticalEdge #ATAK #PLI #ISR #MobileAdHocNetwork #homelab #MaxGain
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Large Scale Tactical Networks | MAX GAIN

May 20, 2026

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