Author: Ashley Brumbaugh

Groundbreaking solution recognized with highest honor

Fuse today announced that its Tactical Edge Network solution has received a 2025 Military + Aerospace Electronics Innovators Award, recognizing outstanding innovation in the defense and aerospace engineering industry. Selected by a panel of engineering judges, the Fuse TEN earned the program’s highest honor – Platinum level – designated for “superb innovation, characterized by a groundbreaking approach to meeting a need, and/or a new level of performance, efficiency, ease-of-use, or other beneficial quality.”

Fuse TEN is a modular software-based network management and optimization solution that extends connectivity around the world. It securely connects distributed air, sea, and land platforms to enable warfighters with the information they need, when and where they need it.

“Fuse was purpose-built to enable warfighters on the battlefield with enhanced situational awareness, faster decision-making, reduced data delays, and fortitude in contested environments,” said Fuse CEO,

Sumner Lee. “Our TEN solution does exactly that and we’re proud that Military + Aerospace Electronics is recognizing this innovative and essential technology.”

TEN enables the U.S. military and joint forces to exchange ISR and C2 data in contested environments. Its integrated IP and Tactical Data Link architecture is open and agile, designed to meet specific military requirements and adapt to changing needs from global areas of responsibility.

TEN has repeatedly been flown successfully on multiple aircraft, providing a TEN architecture ready for deployment today.

About Fuse Integration

Fuse is a warfighter-focused engineering and design firm providing innovative communications, networking and computing solutions for defense customers. The company’s virtualized network systems, tactical edge network and airborne networking gateway products improve the sharing of information, video, text and voice among warfighters throughout airborne, maritime and ground environments. Founded in 2010, Fuse is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business with headquarters in San Diego and a corporate office in Washington, D.C. www.fuseintegration.com

Fuse Integration CEO Sumner Lee recently joined the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast to discuss how artificial intelligence is redefining how military communications and networks are leveraged in contested environments.

In the conversation with host Woodrow Bellamy III, Lee emphasized, “AI is touching every aspect of modern communications — from sensors and radios to data routing and prioritization.”

He described how Fuse’s CORE and KRAKEN product lines simplify multi-domain communications by integrating SATCOM, mesh, and data link networks into a unified system, enabling warfighters to focus on their mission rather than managing complex communications tools. “By integrating AI into our network tools and enabling third-party developers through our API, we’re expanding how fast and how far these capabilities can evolve to benefit the warfighter,” he added.

Looking ahead, Lee noted that AI and software-defined systems are transforming how quickly the Department of Defense can adapt and field new capabilities. “We’re going to be able to change radios, frequencies, and waveforms through software updates, not hardware overhauls,” he said. “That agility will be a game-changer for future operations.”

Listen to the full Aerospace & Defense Technology episode, “AI-Powered Communications at the Tactical Edge,” here.

About Fuse Integration

Fuse is a warfighter-focused engineering and design firm providing innovative communications, networking and computing solutions for defense customers. The company’s virtualized network systems, tactical edge network and airborne networking gateway products improve the sharing of information, video, text and voice among warfighters throughout airborne, maritime and ground environments. Founded in 2010, Fuse is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business with headquarters in San Diego and a corporate office in Washington, D.C. www.fuseintegration.com

Fuse Integration has been named a 2025 EDGE Award honoree for its AIRE (AI Radio Environment) + RANGER (Radio and Network Guidance, Evaluation and Response) solution in the Communications & Networks category. The EDGE Awards, supported by the Engineering Design & Automation Group at Endeavor Business Media, champion the year’s most innovative technologies, as recognized by the engineering community.

“Recognition by the EDGE Awards validates our relentless focus on delivering solutions that directly strengthen the warfighter’s advantage at the tactical edge,” said Sumner Lee, CEO of Fuse. “AIRE and RANGER demonstrate how quickly and effectively Fuse can bring advanced technologies to the fight — today, not tomorrow. That’s what sets us apart: speed, agility, and a proven ability to meet the needs of the mission with solutions that work in the harshest conditions.”

Developed in late 2024, AIRE is a novel application interface that allows third-party AI developers to seamlessly integrate advanced capabilities into Fuse’s flagship CORE® family of multi-function network controllers. Built to operate in the most rugged environments across multiple security domains, CORE provides secure and reliable networking for manned and unmanned platforms at the tactical edge. By embedding AI solutions directly into CORE, AIRE enables real-time interaction with the Fuse Tactical Edge Network (FTEN) to optimize critical network parameters such as latency, throughput, and reliability.

Complementing AIRE is RANGER, an innovative GenAI tool designed to enhance system usability for non-technical warfighters. RANGER employs a Mixture of Experts (MoE) architecture to deliver AI-powered guidance and optimization on small SWaP edge devices, ensuring high performance in contested and constrained environments. Together, AIRE and RANGER provide the warfighter with resilience, adaptability, and efficiency in mission-critical communications.

“This award shows how Fuse is pushing the boundaries of what’s possible at the tactical edge,” said Allen McAfee, Director of Engineering and Technology at Fuse. “AIRE gives third-party AI developers turnkey control over radios and routing already supported within the FTEN architecture, and its integration into our Virtual Network Test Bed makes it easy to train and refine those AI models. At the same time, warfighters are already excited about how RANGER can cut down the cognitive load in complex missions. That’s the Fuse difference: we move fast, we stay agile, and we make sure our solutions are built for the realities of the fight.”

AIRE and RANGER are available today to support missions across platforms.

Readers of Machine Design, Electronic Design, Power & Motion, Microwaves & RF, Automation World, Control, and Control Design chose the 2025 EDGE Award honorees.

About Fuse Integration

Fuse is a warfighter-focused engineering and design firm providing innovative communications, networking and computing solutions for defense customers. The company’s virtualized network systems, tactical edge network and airborne networking gateway products improve the sharing of information, video, text and voice among warfighters throughout airborne, maritime and ground environments. Founded in 2010, Fuse is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business with headquarters in San Diego and a corporate office in Washington, D.C. www.fuseintegration.com

Addition to CORE® family of products fulfills DoD vision for open architecture

Fuse Integration announced today the release of CORE® VPX, the latest addition to its CORE family of multifunction network controllers. This new 3U VPX form factor controller delivers resilient, secure communications for mission-critical systems across air, sea, and land domains.

“Warfighters need communication systems that just work — securely, reliably, and across domains,” said Sumner Lee, CEO of Fuse. “With CORE VPX, we’re delivering exactly that. It’s standards-based, open, and customizable to meet multiple mission needs.”

Aligned with Modular Open Systems Approach and Sensor Open Systems Architecture standards, CORE VPX is custom-built to be paired with a variety of apertures — including those that are digitally enabled. It supports both data and voice transmission over Global Lightning and commercial pLEO satellite networks, enabling Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS) connectivity in contested environments.

CORE VPX is a multifunction device, purpose-built for integration into multiple joint platforms leveraging open architecture systems. Key features include SOSA-aligned plug-in cards, configurable with industry-leading CPU, GPU, FPGA/MPSoC; AI accelerators; and storage, network switching, and IO. This makes the system ideal for multi-domain operations requiring real-time intelligence, targeting data, and secure command-and-control links enabling communications, sensors, and network effects.

The system supports integrated transceiver modem cards and apertures for flexible deployment across airborne, shipboard, and ground-based platforms, including F/A-18 aircraft. Its compact, ruggedized design delivers high performance in a small footprint — accelerating decision advantage for joint and coalition forces.

CORE VPX is available now.

About Fuse Integration

Fuse is a warfighter-focused engineering and design firm providing innovative communications, networking and computing solutions for defense customers. The company’s virtualized network systems, tactical edge network and airborne networking gateway products improve the sharing of information, video, text and voice among warfighters throughout airborne, maritime and ground environments. Founded in 2010, Fuse is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business with headquarters in San Diego and a corporate office in Washington, D.C. www.fuseintegration.com

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Joyce Bosc
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CORE® demo to showcase secure, resilient, and adaptable communications for the modern battlespace

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3, 2025 – Fuse Integration, a warfighter-focused engineering and design firm, today announced it will deliver a live, collaborative demonstration of network connectivity at the 2025 Air, Space & Cyber Conference, September 22-24 in National Harbor, Maryland. A joint demo of the company’s CORE® multi-function controller with Ultra I&C’s ADSI® gateway product will showcase the capability to transmit and receive a variety of text and image messages, ultimately improving situational awareness for joint and coalition forces across multi-domain operations. Additionally, the company will highlight other tactical edge networking products and solutions that provide modular, airborne networking capability.

“We’re bringing CORE to Air, Space & Cyber to show how our technology answers one of the toughest challenges in modern combat: delivering high-probability, low-latency, resilient connectivity exactly where warfighters need it most,” said Sumner Lee, CEO of Fuse. “With the CORE family, we’re proving how secure, adaptable networks give joint and coalition forces the real-time advantage to see, decide, and act across domains.”

The company’s theme at the conference is, “Where AI meets tactical edge networking.”

“This year, we’ll be showcasing a live demonstration of our multi-function network controllers: CORE® 4, CORE® 5, and the newly developed CORE® 6. In this demo, you’ll see how these solutions strengthen the kill chain by enabling Find, Fix, Track, Target, Engage, and Assess (F2T2EA) operations — set in a simulated Indo-Pacific theater,” said Jon Klaus, director of business development at Fuse. “Please come visit us at Booth 1666 to explore how our products and networking solutions are advancing mission readiness and resilience.”

FUSE BOOTH | Interactive Demos and Resources

Booth: 1666

Demonstrations

Live over-the-air network capability

Featured Solutions

CORE® multi-function network controllers, including CORE 6, CORE 5, and CORE 4

AIRE, or AI Radio Environment, transforming AI app development to optimize performance of DOD IP and tactical networks at the edge 

Roller CORE ruggedized SWaP networking technology in a FAA-compliant carry-on bag

Kraken-18 multi-platform gateway pod

To schedule an interview with Lee at or before Air, Space & Cyber 2025, contact Joyce Bosc at 301-717-9529 or jbosc@boscobel.com.

About Fuse Integration

Fuse is a warfighter-focused engineering and design firm providing innovative communications, networking and computing solutions for defense customers. The company’s virtualized network systems, tactical edge network and airborne networking gateway products improve the sharing of information, video, text and voice among warfighters throughout airborne, maritime and ground environments. Founded in 2010, Fuse is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business with headquarters in San Diego and a corporate office in Washington, D.C. www.fuseintegration.com

Growth reflects defense sector trust in mission-ready tactical edge networking solutions

Fuse Integration, a warfighter-focused engineering and design firm, today announced it has earned a place on the 2025 Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States. Fuse is ranked 2742 overall, 51 in San Diego and 35 in the Engineering industry. Fueled by increased adoption of its tactical edge networking solutions across the defense sector, this marks the third year that Fuse earned a spot on the prestigious list.

“Fuse is fielding mission-ready technologies and rapidly integrating next-generation, AI-enabled capabilities to ensure U.S. forces maintain the information advantage in any fight,” said Sumner Lee, CEO of Fuse. “Being named to the Inc. 5000 for the third year is a testament to our mission impact and the trust defense agencies place in us to deliver the tactical edge networking solutions they need today and into the future.”

Companies on the 2025 Inc. 5000 list are ranked according to their three-year revenue growth rate.

Over the past three years, Fuse has successfully executed a growing number of live demonstrations and exercises leading to program adoption of its solutions across multiple platforms. In 2024, NAVAIR selected the company’s CORE 4.0 multi-function network controllers for its E-2D Advanced Hawkeye program of record.

Demonstrations and exercises are ongoing, with the successful test flight of Fuse’s Tactical Edge Network Targeting in a Contested Long-Range Environment (TENTaCLE) architecture deployed on a B-1B Lancer, announced earlier this year.

About Fuse Integration

Fuse is a warfighter-focused engineering and design firm providing innovative communications, networking and computing solutions for defense customers. The company’s virtualized network systems, tactical edge network and airborne networking gateway products improve the sharing of information, video, text and voice among warfighters throughout airborne, maritime and ground environments. Founded in 2010, Fuse is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business with headquarters in San Diego and a corporate office in Washington, D.C. www.fuseintegration.com

Fuse’s CEO, Sumner Lee, was recently featured in a citybiz Executive Q&A where he discussed the company’s warfighter-first approach to developing tactical edge communications and networking technologies.

In the interview, Lee shares how Fuse blends the expertise of engineers and military users to design systems that meet the real-world needs of those on the front lines. “You’ve got to connect with the program office, the folks in Washington, D.C., and the users,” he says. “Out of those three things, connecting with the users is where we’re differentiating ourselves.”

He also addresses how Fuse is leveraging artificial intelligence to strengthen communications in  denied or contested environments and details the company’s work supporting unmanned and autonomous systems — most recently flying agile mesh networks with multiple radios over Camp Pendleton to support the U.S. Marine Corps.

Read the full interview here: citybiz Q&A with Sumner Lee

About Fuse Integration

Fuse is a warfighter-focused engineering and design firm providing innovative communications, networking and computing solutions for defense customers. The company’s virtualized network systems, tactical edge network and airborne networking gateway products improve the sharing of information, video, text and voice among warfighters throughout airborne, maritime and ground environments. Founded in 2010, Fuse is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business with headquarters in San Diego and a corporate office in Washington, D.C. www.fuseintegration.com

Blog outlines how artificial intelligence can strengthen warfighter comms in DDIL environments

“Cross-radio stitching in a geographically dispersed network with U.S. Joint and coalition partners operating across air, land, and sea isn’t easy. . . But what if AI could help the network think for itself?”

That excerpt from a new Military Embedded Systems guest blog by Fuse President Scott Rosebush captures the challenge of achieving resilient communications in today’s contested, congested, and data-intensive battlespaces — and the emerging role of artificial intelligence in overcoming it.

The blog, “Smarter, tougher networking – How AI can help in DDIL environments,” outlines how AI can autonomously monitor, adapt, and optimize network performance across a diverse mix of radios, links, and platforms — with no human in the loop and no hardware modifications required.

It touches on:

• The operational realities of DDIL environments and the limitations of relying on any single comms system
• The promise of AI-enabled network controllers that can self-learn, self-heal, and dynamically reroute traffic in real time
• How existing hardware and architectures can support these smart capabilities today — without waiting for the “next generation”

The full story is now available online at Military Embedded Systems. 

About Fuse Integration

Fuse is a warfighter-focused engineering and design firm providing innovative communications, networking and computing solutions for defense customers. The company’s virtualized network systems, tactical edge network and airborne networking gateway products improve the sharing of information, video, text and voice among warfighters throughout airborne, maritime and ground environments. Founded in 2010, Fuse is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business with headquarters in San Diego and a corporate office in Washington, D.C. www.fuseintegration.com

The TENTaCLE architecture integrated the aircraft into a live tactical network from thousands of miles away

Fuse Integration, supporting the B-1 System Program Office at Tinker AFB and the 337^th Test and Evaluation Squadron at Dyess AFB, announced a successful test flight of its Tactical Edge Network Targeting in a Contested Long-Range Environment (TENTaCLE) architecture, deployed in a B-1B Lancer. This first-of-its-kind deployment integrated the aircraft into a tactical network operating thousands of miles away demonstrating secure, wideband global connectivity directly to the cockpit, enabling live tactical data exchange between the aircraft and ground users. Fuse delivered its TENTaCLE capability, providing live global mission updates in all operating environments.

“The B-1B is an exceptional aircraft with firepower that is unmatched across the U.S. arsenal,” said Sumner Lee, CEO of Fuse. “We are proud and honored to equip the Bone with advanced networking capabilities that provide resilient, beyond-line-of-sight communications directly to the cockpit.”

During the test flight, a Fuse Kraken Expeditionary Gateway (KEG) on the ground received Link 16 and Tactical Targeting Network Technology (TTNT) data from other tactical platforms in theater. The KEG and B-1B maintained data flow even when global secure networks were disconnected. The dynamic PACE (Primary, Alternate, Contingency, Emergency) plan for the B-1 ensured the aircrew received continuous tactical updates, even when the on-site terrestrial network went down.

As part of the TENTaCLE initiative, the B-1B can integrate multiple satcom links, directional mesh networks, and tactical data sources, ensuring seamless communication across diverse systems. This communications diversity gives the B-1B a tactical advantage.

Fuse’s TENTaCLE architecture delivers hybrid satellite communications in a compact, deployable solution. Ready to fly today, it provides global connectivity for both legacy and advanced platforms.


About Fuse Integration

Fuse is a warfighter-focused engineering and design firm providing innovative communications, networking and computing solutions for defense customers. The company’s virtualized network systems, tactical edge network and airborne networking gateway products improve the sharing of information, video, text and voice among warfighters throughout airborne, maritime and ground environments. Founded in 2010, Fuse is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business with headquarters in San Diego and a corporate office in Washington, D.C. www.fuseintegration.com

Fuse Integration proudly announces the addition of two decorated Navy veterans to its growing team. With more than 50 years of combined military experience, Robert Wasson and Dave Miceli bring unmatched operational insight and leadership to the company’s mission of delivering resilient, tactical edge networking solutions that directly support joint warfighting priorities. Wasson, a Joint Interface Control Officer (JICO) Subject Matter Expert known by his Navy callsign “Reckless,” joins the company as an Operations Analyst and Demos and Experiments (D&E) Program Manager. Miceli, callsign “Duck,” has been named Program Manager and Rotary Wing and Expeditionary Warfare Subject Matter Expert.

“As the U.S. military and its partner nations continue to operate at the forefront of combat, they need the ability to process and display tactical data quickly and efficiently at the edge, while transmitting that information back to command centers,” said Sumner Lee, CEO of Fuse. “Reckless and Duck bring exactly the kind of mission-first, operationally driven leadership we value at Fuse. Their firsthand experience in the battlespace and deep technical expertise will help us stay ahead of evolving mission demands.”

Wasson brings 29 years of active-duty U.S. Navy service and unmatched experience in Tactical Data Links (TDL) and Joint All-Domain Command & Control (JADC2) operations. His new role focuses on overseeing the planning and coordination of product demonstration and experimental events; analyzing data and operations to improve efficiencies; and providing specialized JICO knowledge and guidance in the TDLs employed by the U.S. military. The position is a new one for Fuse, created to help ensure that Fuse products like Kraken are showcased and refined through real-world, mission-relevant demonstrations.

A former Deputy JICO in the Navy, Wasson has served aboard multiple ships and in key ashore commands. His leadership in data networking architectures, team development, and tactical planning continues to improve combat readiness and interoperability across the joint force and allied partners.

Miceli is a distinguished military leader and recognized expert in rotary wing platforms, technologies, and tactics. He brings 21 years of Naval aviation experience and advanced degrees in aerospace engineering to Fuse. In this new position, he will guide product and program alignment and help drive strategic growth in the rotary wing and expeditionary market.

Miceli has accumulated over 2,800 flight hours in the SH-60F, HH-60H, MH-60S, and MQ-8B, and has been awarded numerous medals and decorations. A long-time advocate for improved tactical communications within the Navy helicopter community, Miceli will play a key role in expanding Fuse’s impact in contested maritime and expeditionary environments.

These new roles underscore Fuse’s commitment to advancing joint force interoperability, supporting the Department of Defense’s shift toward contested and expeditionary environments, and ensuring that cutting-edge technology is guided by warfighter operational expertise.


About Fuse Integration

Fuse is a warfighter-focused engineering and design firm providing innovative communications, networking and computing solutions for defense customers. The company’s virtualized network systems, tactical edge network and airborne networking gateway products improve the sharing of information, video, text and voice among warfighters throughout airborne, maritime and ground environments. Founded in 2010, Fuse is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business with headquarters in San Diego and a corporate office in Washington, D.C. www.fuseintegration.com