High-throughput, cyber-secure multiuser superposition covert avionics system

With the ever-growing attention on advanced cyber threats to aerospace systems, research activities on cyber resiliency have accelerated in both academic and industrial communities. For example, in mobile wireless devices, machine-to-machine architectures, as well as broadband transport computing technology, protection and security are a shared responsibility and liability across both government and commercial sectors [1]. Airborne networks are envisioned as an infrastructure consisting of Internet protocol-based airborne nodes and onboard platforms that provide interconnectivity between terrestrial and space networks [2]. The airborne networks will be critical for avionics systems communication, navigation, display, and control [3]. As a consequence, airborne systems, as well as satellite communication (SATCOM) systems, require fast and robust data transfer in a hostile action or adverse conditions.