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Archaius Demonstrates Breakthrough C2 Resilience in JIATF 401 Field Test at Eglin Air Force Base

GRALE C2 maintains uninterrupted drone command and control links while operating within feet of active jamming systems

Durham, North Carolina — October 23, 2025 —
Archaius, a North Carolina–based defense-technology company pioneering resilient communications and Position, Navigation & Timing (PNT) systems, today announced successful completion of live operational testing with the Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF 401) at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.

The two-week exercise—part of Falcon Peak 2025—brought together Department of Defense and interagency partners to evaluate emerging counter-UAS and spectrum-resilience technologies against live jamming threats. Archaius was invited by JIATF 401 to field-test its GRALE C2 platform, designed to preserve drone command-and-control (C2) links even in electronically denied battlespaces.

Proving Mission Assurance in a Denied Spectrum

During the field test, Archaius successfully maintained continuous C2 connectivity while operating within feet of active jamming emitters, demonstrating that GRALE C2 can sustain control of unmanned aircraft in conditions that routinely break conventional systems.

“Our mission is to ensure that friendly systems never go dark,” said James Upson, CEO of Archaius. “GRALE C2 proved that even in a fully denied spectrum—where every other link fails—our architecture holds the connection, maintains control, and completes the mission. That’s what operational resilience looks like.”

The demonstration validates Archaius’s physics-based approach to signal protection, integrating adaptive waveform control, multi-band redundancy, and real-time interference mapping to deliver near-lossless connectivity under electronic attack.

Supporting the JIATF 401 Mission

Established in 2025 under Executive Order 14305, JIATF 401 consolidates the Department of Defense’s counter-small-UAS (C-sUAS) and spectrum-protection efforts to accelerate delivery of capabilities that restore U.S. airspace sovereignty.
Archaius’s participation underscores the Department’s interest in deployable, field-ready solutions that give operators a decisive edge in contested electromagnetic environments.

“Being selected by JIATF 401 to demonstrate alongside the Services and defense agencies reinforces what we’ve built,” Upson added. “Our systems are not theoretical—they’re tested, proven, and ready for the mission.”