On September 29, Parry Labs announced that it worked alongside the Joint Staff J6 and United States Marine Corps during Northern Edge 2025 (NE25) to experiment with its Phantom network gateway prototype, exploring new approaches to secure, ‘colorless’ data transport in contested environments.
The demonstration explored Phantom’s ability to conceal encryption signatures and blend traffic into routine flows across operational networks, with the goal of improving survivability of mission-critical data in future deployments.
Phantom was tested across multiple transport layers including satellite communications (SATCOM), commercial cellular, and mesh radio networks, as part of efforts to evaluate resilient connectivity options.
“Northern Edge gave us an invaluable opportunity to learn alongside Marines as we refine Phantom,” said John Parkes, Chief Executive Officer of Parry Labs. “Experimentation with prototypes in operational environments helps us accelerate improvements and ensure future systems meet the demands of the battlefield.”
NE25 was a U.S. Indo-Pacific Command-led, joint multi-domain exercise held in August 2025 in Alaska and the surrounding ocean, featuring approximately 6,400 personnel and multiple U.S. and Canadian forces, including the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group. The exercise aimed to test new capabilities, strengthen joint interoperability, and enhance combat readiness for high-end warfighting across air, land, sea, cyber, and space domains within the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex.
Source: Parry Labs
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