AUSTIN, TX, September 14, 2011---The U.S. Navy has awarded Kuma Signals, LLC a $750,000 contract to further develop their Dillo platform, a wireless communications technology providing connectivity in extreme conditions. Kuma lands the contract as an extension of their $100,000 Phase I effort demonstrating the feasibility of Dillo.

The 2-year effort, which includes a $500,000 base contract with a $250,000 option, began in September and will result in a real-time demonstration of Dillo on military-grade software defined radios. Rockwell Collins, Inc. is providing their FlexNet radio platform as subcontractor on the effort.

"In the Phase I, we worked out the fundamental details of Dillo and prototyped it on a commercial software radio. Transitioning that prototype to an SCA-compliant platform during the Phase II contract will put us in a great position to quickly develop and market a deployable Dillo radio," said Kuma Signals CEO Steven Peters.

Dillo integrates into the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS), the next-generation of wireless systems planned for the U.S. military. JTRS's design for interoperability between forces must be easily maintained for future upgrades.

Executive Vice President of Engineering Robert Daniels is the Principle Investigator on the project, which was competitively awarded as part of the Small Business Innovation Research program. He says the Dillo platform is just the beginning of Kuma's involvement in JTRS. "This contract is just the latest example of the relationships we've been building with the Department of Defense and their biggest contractors."

AUSTIN, TX, February 9, 2011---The US Navy has activated the Option on Kuma Signals LLC's Phase I contract to extend JTRS radio operation in extreme environments. The Phase I project is being funded by the Joint Program Executive Office (JPEO) Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) through the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR).

"The activation of this Option validates our work in the Base contract to develop and test the Dillo platform, and puts us in a strong position for Phase II," said Kuma Signals CEO Steven Peters. The competitive Phase II contract is worth up to $750,000.

The Option, which is a bridge between Phase I and Phase II funding, will last for three months, during which Kuma will develop a real-time software radio platform for testing and verification of their Dillo design.

AUSTIN, TX, October 28, 2010---Kuma Signals, LLC has been awarded a contract with the Department of Defense to study and develop low-complexity blind MIMO receivers. The project is being funded by the National Security Agency's Laboratory for Telecommunications Sciences (LTS).

"Kuma will bring the state-of-the-art closer to reality with this research," said Kuma Signals CEO Steven Peters. "In a typical structured network, the receivers know how and when the transmitters are sending data. In a blind system, such as a cognitive radio capable of adapting to its environment, that information has to be learned from scratch. This research will really push cognitive radio to its limits."

AUSTIN, TX, May 24, 2010---Kuma Signals, LLC has been awarded a contract with the US Navy to develop and commercialize robust communication algorithms for very difficult operating environments. The Phase I project is being funded by the Joint Program Executive Office (JPEO) Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) through the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR).

The JTRS Wideband Networking Waveform (WNW) utilizes orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), which is highly sensitive to the Doppler effect when the communicating platforms are moving. The key to Kuma's design is the Dillo platform, which enables the platforms to be moving as fast as Mach 1 and still communicate successfully using JTRS WNW.

"Dillo can be easily incorporated into the current WNW system without much modification to enable communication in traditionally extremely tough scenarios," said Kuma Signals CEO Steven Peters. "Kuma's award of this contract in a highly competitive research environment further reaffirms our position as a leader in wireless engineering."

PALM SPRINGS, CA, May 6, 2010---Kuma Signals, LLC Executive Vice President of Engineering Robert Daniels presented his latest research on positioning with commodity Wi-Fi hardware at the IEEE/ION Position Location and Navigation System (PLANS) Conference in California. The work was performed in collaboration with Kuma VP of Innovation Dr. Robert W. Heath, Jr.

"Although this research is still in its early stages, enabling position measurement in Wi-Fi and other existing platforms will allow position integration in platforms where GPS is insufficient, too power hungry, or too expensive," said Kuma Signals CEO Steven Peters. "Applications for this type of technology include first responders, cell phones, and laptops."