DOODLE LABS | GOVERNMENT OPPORTUNITY INTELLIGENCE | UPDATED OCTOBER 12, 2026

Possible government opportunity: Army C5ISR is seeking resilient multi-waveform radios for the next Human–Machine Integrated Formation increment

Three specific signals

• April 21 Army APBI: C5ISR Networking & Communications identified ‘Resilient Communication — Spectrally agile broadband multi-waveform radios’ with next-increment HMIF as the use case. C5ISR FY26 industry briefing (GovTribe copy).
• July 7 Army confirmation: C5ISR conducted the Radio Rodeo, evaluating vehicle-mounted industry radios with simulated denied/disrupted communications and EW stressors. U.S. Army technical story.
• August 27 follow-up: the C5ISR Center used its Real-Time Network Effects Emulator in the 4th Infantry Division’s Ivy Mass exercise to assess tactical network vulnerabilities. Army field experiment.

What Doodle Labs brings

• Mesh Rider Dual Radio: Doodle announced two independent OEM radio modules on separate frequency bands on September 14, 2026. The specific engineering pitch is robust PACE-network continuity or handoff under band-specific interference—not the unsupported claim of a fully jam-proof link. Manufacturer announcement.
• OEM integration: company describes Ethernet/USB/UART interfaces, self-forming mesh, and tactical integration across unmanned aerial and ground platforms. The relevance is mixed human/unmanned teams where network nodes move or are blocked by terrain. Mesh Rider OEM family; UGV networking use cases.
• Important limit: two independent frequency-band radios are not automatically a government-approved multi-waveform radio. Clarify what the Army means by multi-waveform, spectrum access, waveform ownership and network-layer interoperability before pitching.

Named contact: best informed initial guess

• Daniel (Dan) Duvak — Assistant/Associate Director, Network & Communications, DEVCOM C5ISR Center. The Army’s FY26 APBI lists him responsible for Networking & Communications; C5ISR’s own 2026 discussion also identifies his role. Best-guess technical routing contact, not a verified HMIF radio source-selection official. Official C5ISR Center post.
• Program-level technical counterpart: LTC Keirn (Clarke) Brown III, Product Manager, Network Modernization, PM C2 Transport, appears in the 2026 TechNet Augusta network modernization panel. Could be useful for transition planning; his assignment to HMIF’s actual radio choice is not established. 2026 AFCEA event roster.
• Legitimate official routing: DEVCOM_Partnerships@army.mil or the DEVCOM partnership portal to request Duvak’s networking team and an authorized technical interchange. Do not guess his personal email address.

Concrete technical entry strategy

• Prepare a measured, unclassified Dual Radio experiment card comparing link performance during single-band jamming, handoff/failover time, throughput under EW degradation, total platform power, network node count and software-defined configuration. Separate achieved metrics from proposed tests.
• Address the note to Daniel Duvak by name via the official DEVCOM industry/partnership channel. Ask who owns the HMIF resilient-radio experiment and whether C5ISR will run a further vendor radio evaluation after the Radio Rodeo.
• Ask for the precise multi-waveform requirement and whether two-band mesh plus exposed networking APIs would be evaluated alongside, rather than in place of, tactical radio waveforms.
• If a new experiment is announced, use the sanctioned technology intake/test mechanism. Do not imply Doodle Labs is a new vendor to the Army in general—its prior DoD/Blue UAS engagements are documented.

Suggested first approach

Subject: C5ISR Networking & Communications — HMIF resilient radio evaluation

Dear Mr. Duvak — Doodle Labs develops low-SWaP tactical mesh radios and recently announced a Dual Radio platform built from independent radio modules on separate bands. We saw C5ISR’s April resilient/multi-waveform radio priority for HMIF and the public Radio Rodeo results. Could your team point us to the HMIF communications experiment owner and advise whether an unclassified comparison of our contested-spectrum mesh/failover capabilities would be useful? We can provide measured interfaces, RF, SWaP and link recovery data. We recognize this is a technical qualification request, not a claim of an open acquisition.

Key qualification questions

• What spectrum bands, tactical waveforms and security requirements define ‘multi-waveform’ for the next HMIF increment?
• Is the C5ISR team evaluating government test radios or fully integrated incumbent nodes, and who owns an external integration decision?
• Can a dual-radio mesh architecture legally/technically contribute an additional transport layer or relay node to a human-machine team?
• Will there be another Radio Rodeo, RNEE stress test or approved government lab comparison, and what baseline performance data are required?

Already-engaged check / risks

Doodle Labs publicly works with PDW, Teal, Teledyne FLIR, Auterion and other UAS integrators; it holds earlier Army/DoD technology activities. We found no public proof that Doodle Labs is already a selected supplier in this **specific HMIF/C5ISR radio evaluation**, but absence of a public mention cannot prove novelty. Verify internally before approaching. The April APBI is technical demand signaling, not an invitation to submit a priced offer.

Source ledger and confidence

• C5ISR FY26 industry priorities and named networking director
• Army C5ISR Radio Rodeo, July 7
• Army RNEE / Ivy Mass testing, August 27
• Doodle Labs Dual Radio product announcement
• Doodle Labs existing partners and case studies
• DEVCOM industry collaboration routing

Confidence: high on current stated technical priority and testing activity; moderate on Doodle’s measurable RF fit; unknown on upcoming vendor selection, technical eligibility, current incumbent, and economic opportunity.