On March 5, Crow Industries announced a strategic partnership with Parry Labs that solves a critical challenge facing military robotic operations: maintaining reliable command and control when adversaries are actively trying to sever communications. By integrating Parry Labs’ edge compute and autonomy infrastructure into the Fenris Group 2 Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs), the partnership delivers capabilities that keep unmanned systems connected, protected, and under operator control in contested and communications-denied environments.
Modern military operations increasingly depend on unmanned systems, but those systems are only as effective as their ability to receive commands and transmit data. The Crow Industries and Parry Labs integration addresses these vulnerabilities head-on. When one communication pathway is jammed or disrupted, the system can switch communication bands to maintain connectivity. Additional capabilities help protect communications from detection and interference, while enhanced remote control functionality ensures operators maintain control in contested electromagnetic environments.
“Integrating Phantom into Fenris and bringing their UGVs into the GEMMI ecosystem demonstrates how advanced U.S. technologies can work together to deliver immediate operational advantage,” said John “JD” Parkes, CEO of Parry Labs. “This partnership addresses a critical gap in contested environments—ensuring our operators maintain control when adversaries try to deny communications. This is exactly the kind of rapid, mission-focused integration that modern defense demands.”
“This partnership with Parry Labs provides the type of technical capabilities our defense customers have been asking for,” said Dr. James Crowell, founder and CEO of Crow Industries. “Communications switching ensures our Fenris UGVs maintain connectivity regardless of the operational environment and helps reduce the risk of warfighters on the battlefield with state-of-the-art technology.”
The partnership extends beyond keeping individual platforms connected. Crow Industries has also integrated Fenris into Parry Labs’ GEMMI (Ground-based Edge Mission Management Infrastructure), creating a unified command center for coordinating multiple unmanned vehicles across different domains. GEMMI enables commanders to coordinate multiple unmanned vehicles across domains from a unified interface, supporting future autonomous operations.
The collaboration builds on Crow Industries’ momentum developing and deploying Fenris across U.S. and Allied military organizations. The addition of Parry Labs’ proven edge computing capabilities further strengthens Fenris’ position as the leading American-made solution in the critical Group 2 UGV category.
Source: Crow Industries
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