Sponsoring GRCon has a significant impact on the project and the community. GNU Radio has grown to the point that our expenditures for running the project are significant. Without our sponsors, we would not be able to make the conference happen.
Our Sponsors
DIAMOND
 | Ettus Research, an NI brand, is the world’s leading supplier of software-defined radio platforms, combining ease of use and a robust open-source software community. From wireless research to deployment, we empower you with the SDR tools, systems, and support you need to bring the next generation of wireless technology to life. It’s time. Let’s Engineer Ambitiously™. |
PLATINUM
 | Analog Devices Analog Devices (Nasdaq: ADI) is the leading global high-performance analog technology company dedicated to solving the toughest engineering challenges. We enable our customers to interpret the world around us by intelligently bridging the physical and digital with unmatched technologies that sense, measure, power, connect and interpret. |
 | Epiq Solutions develops cutting edge RF tools that provide situational awareness and detailed insight into RF environments to identify and take action against wireless threats. With more than a decade serving government-focused industries, Epiq Solutions understands how important speed, cost, and performance are for defense and security applications. Our radically small, state-of-the-art SDR transceiver modules and turnkey RF sensing tools lead the way in size, weight, and low-power consumption. Whether the need is to develop mission-critical defense communications for the battlefield or to protect sensitive information, Epiq Solutions is the trusted RF solution provider. |
 | Elbit Systems Ltd. is an international high technology company engaged in a wide range of defense, homeland security and commercial programs throughout the world. The Company, which includes Elbit Systems and its subsidiaries, operates in the areas of aerospace, land, and naval systems, command, control, communications, computers, intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance ("C4ISR"), unmanned aircraft systems, advanced electro-optics, electro-optic space systems, EW suites, signal intelligence systems, data links and communications systems, radios and cyber-based systems and munitions. The Company also focuses on the upgrading of existing platforms, developing new technologies for defense, homeland security and commercial applications and providing a range of support services, including training and simulation systems.
For additional information visit: elbitsystems.com, follow us on: Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook or visit our official YouTube Channel. |
GOLD
 | What matters to our customers, matters to us. We create new technologies, advance emerging technologies and deliver innovative solutions that work at scale and in complex, real-world environments—making an impact in defense, communications, energy, transportation, finance and life sciences. |
 | Aaronia is an internationally-renowned high-tech company headquartered in Strickscheid, Germany. Since 2003, we specialize in measuring, tracking and monitoring technology. Our experience, products and patents enable us to provide comprehensive and intelligent drone detection and defense systems with an extremely high range, precision and reliability. |
 | Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) supports and promotes amateur radio, scientific research, education, experimentation, development, open access, and innovation in information and communications technology. Visit our website or email giving@ardc.net to learn how we can help make your idea real. |
 | DeepSig is pioneering the use of deep learning for signal processing and radio systems, developing fundamentally new methodologies for the design and optimization of wireless communications. Our approach uses AI to learn optimized models directly from data rather than manually designing specialized algorithms, creating communications systems that excel in complex environments and are optimized end-to-end. By creating new tools, algorithms, and approaches for signal processing systems, DeepSig is able to achieve unparalleled results in system performance. DeepSig’s engineers have published many of the seminal scientific papers in this area, and are the technical leaders in building real-world practical systems with this technology. |
 | ORNL uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to develop solutions in near real time that optimize communications in complex RF environments with no prior training knowledge. We also have teams working on protocol development and RF over fiber that provide a wide range of research opportunities. The Lab has recently installed a ground station for long-range and space-to-ground communication development solutions. Utilizing ORNL’s expertise as the home of the fastest supercomputer in the world, we are creating complex simulations of 5G environments on HPC supercomputers. |
 | SkySafe provides world-class drone defense and airspace control solutions. Founded in 2015 in San Diego, CA, our team consists of drone experts from MIT, UC San Diego, the Air Force Research Lab, and more. Our industry and intellectual experience includes leaders from the fields of security research, RF engineering, academia, and the military. We are a collection of diverse, capable, and hard working professionals who enjoy attacking the hardest challenges–we also have a lot of fun. |
 | Rampart Communications, Inc. is based in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. The founders are physicists, mathematicians, RF engineers, and computer scientists with deep experience building, defending, and attacking wireless communication systems. Our vision is to revolutionize the science of wireless communications and make fundamental advances in digital security by offering the world’s only fundamentally secure means of wireless communication. Rampart's patented technology (implemented in SDR, FPGA, 5G, and Wifi) makes it impossible to intercept, reverse engineer, or exploit a wireless network. |
 | Established in 1984, Aldec is an industry leader in electronic design verification and a leading provider of advanced verification tools and solutions for FPGAs and SoC FPGAs, including mixed-HDL simulation, static linting, CDC analysis, functional coverage, code coverage, FPGA development boards and hardware-assisted verification. |
 | Microsoft is driving the intersection of satellite and terrestrial communications with the cloud, making these technologies more accessible, affordable, and widely available through our Azure Orbital product family. Open Source is a cornerstone of Microsoft’s strategy and execution, and Microsoft represents one of the largest OSS contributors on the planet. |
SILVER
 | Red Wire Technologies is a customer focused systems engineering company that is passionate about developing innovative solutions to meet complex challenges. Our expertise and experience covers the entire R&D process chain from concept to finished product. Red Wire produces fully embedded high-performance software defined radios, available on our website. RWT offers design services - hardware and RF design, embedded software design, and digital signal processing solutions for both turn-key and developer focused applications. |
 | BCubed Engineering Corporation is an advanced software and engineering company, focused on delivering innovative solutions to address rapidly evolving needs across the DoD, IC, and commercial sector. Our team's expertise in Digital Signals Processing, Machine Learning, and Cloud/On-Premises Computing, combined with cutting-edge GOTS / COTS technologies, allows us to deliver low-cost, reliable solutions that empower end users. |
 | Deepwave is an innovative startup that supplies AI-enabled hardware and software solutions for a wide range of radio frequency (RF) applications at the edge. Our software defined radios (SDRs) tightly couple GPU, CPU, and FPGA processors, and include the software tools expected by a modern software engineer. This includes native support for most AI frameworks, signal processing toolboxes, container environments, and parallel computing tools. By incorporating AI functionality, customers are able to improve performance of many signal processing applications including signal classification and cognitive radio. |
 | Shift5 is a transportation data company whose customers run smarter, safer, and more efficiently by unlocking their fleet’s data. Fleets generate massive amounts of data every day, and fleet owners deserve technology solutions that turn this data into real business value. Our data-driven solutions integrate directly onto existing platforms, collecting and enriching data from all their electronic components. Shift5 customers employ this data to automate menial tasks, improve reliability and safety, and make smarter business decisions. The US Military and commercial fleet operators alike trust Shift5 with their most critical assets. |
 | WhiteFox is internationally recognized as one of the most influential thought-leaders in the counter-drone and airspace management industry. A California-based company whose mission is to protect the nation's airspace against the evolving drone threat.
WhiteFox is the leading solution provider for detecting, identifying, tracking, and, when necessary, safely mitigating drones in critical airspace. The rapid evolution of drone technology and widespread commercial availability of increasingly capable drones dramatically raise the potential risk to sensitive installations and infrastructure. WhiteFox provides a comprehensive, standardized, intuitive suite of products for drone identification and management that enables seamless, cross-agency coordination and response. |
PARTNERS
 | The SETI Institute’s mission is to explore, understand, and explain the origin and nature of life in the universe and the evolution of intelligence. Founded in 1984, the SETI Institute, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit scientific research institute headquartered in Mountain View, California, employs more than 130 scientists, educators, and administrative staff. Work at the SETI Institute is anchored by three centers: the Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Universe (research), the Center for Education and the Center for Outreach. The SETI Institute operates the Allen Telescope Array, a 42-element radio array consisting of 6-meter dishes, at the Hat Creek Radio Observatory. The SETI Institute is a key research contractor to NASA and the National Science Foundation, and collaborates with industry partners throughout Silicon Valley and beyond. As of 2020, the Institute manages contracts, grants, and related administration for the GNU Radio project, and engenders collaboration with the community around shared interests in science, engineering, and education. |
 | Berkeley SETI Research Center is a world-leader in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence – the quest for a scientific answer to one of humanity’s oldest questions: Are we alone in the Universe? Housed in the Astronomy Department at the University of California, Berkeley, the team at BSRC leads the science program for the $100-million Breakthrough Listen project. Listen uses cutting-edge instrumentation at the world’s most powerful telescopes, gathering, analyzing, and archiving many petabytes of data per year in the search for artificial signals from beyond Earth. BSRC’s director, Dr. Andrew Siemion, is also Chair of SETI Research at the SETI Institute, and several members of the Berkeley science and engineering team are Visiting Scholars at the SETI Institute. A particular focus of these collaborations is the development of new capabilities on the Allen Telescope Array, including deeper integrations with GNU Radio. |
PATRON
 | Cambridge Radio Instruments offers a wide range of consultancy services including the design and fabrication of RF and microwave technologies. Our services include antenna design, RF device modeling and PCB layout as well as digital design services for real-time signal processing systems based around FPGA, GPU, and CPU processing platforms.
We are involved in developing ultra wideband transceivers based on Xilinx System-on-Chip architectures for use in a variety of applications including software-defined radio. Our latest offering, codenamed "Sparrow" is a tunable dual-input baseband receiver with up to 400MHz bandwidth employing onboard White Rabbit technology for sub-nanosecond synchronisation of data packets. We look forward to taking on new projects, working from conceptual design all the way to fabrication and testing. Contact email: nimarazavi@gmail.com |
 | Verus Technology specializes in Counter UAS Systems for Drone Detection. Human life, strategic interests, and commercial endeavors are under increasing threat due to the intrinsic versatility and stealth of a drone. Counter drone and UAS technology successfully minimizes safety risks in the airspace. |
 | RL Marlow Consulting LLC provides FPGA and USRP design services and expertise. Founded in 2017 by Ryan Marlow and now based out of his home office in Durham, NC. Ryan has worked directly with Ettus Research/NI and their customers. Some examples of this work: wrapped proprietary ip cores into the RFNoC framework to run on a USRP device, developed custom RFNoC blocks that meet customers' needs, devised multi-USRP schemes to control multiple devices for MIMO tasks, and porting a custom SDR platform into the UHD environment to send/receive commands and data samples to/from GNU Radio. Ryan has directly contributed to the UHD github codebase. Some applications of his DSP work include: MIMO radar system, beamforming algorithm development and implementation, and signal detection using high speed FFT and frequency sweeping. In addition to DSP related work, Ryan has worked in hardware-level cybersecurity and custom EDA tools that have given him a deeper understanding of low level FPGA architecture. |
 | AirIn Technologies provides advisory and consulting services throughout the entire satellite payload life cycle. We facilitate initial R&D, discuss and match requirements, and enable testing. We also complete anomaly resolution and work with operations. Our areas of expertise include digital communications, advanced DSP, phased array and array processing, geo-location, RF receiver design, antenna modeling and design, electromagnetic propagation, computational electromagnetics, and machine learning. |
 | USDR is a project that aims to eliminate the drawbacks of using SDR by web approach. No special software, drivers, version incompatibilities, configuration files, just a web browser that makes everything work easy and time-wise. All signal processing can be done directly in the browser tab, thus enabling global collaboration in decoding and signal processing worldwide. |
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