Caird Systems

Caird

Communication that holds when the network fails.

See how it works About Caird
Main network
Online
Devices linked
0 / 0
Route
Through tower

The network is the first thing to go.

In a conflict or a disaster, cell towers, satellites, and central servers are some of the first targets and the first failures. Jamming and cyber attacks can take them out without firing a shot.

When that happens, teams lose their maps, their messages, and their picture of where everyone is. Most systems are tested in perfect conditions and break in the exact moment they were built for.

Caird Systems is building for that moment.

How Groundlink works

Connected

Every device talks through the main network. Maps, messages, and locations flow normally.

Jammed

The signal gets attacked or overloaded. Messages start dropping and the picture goes stale.

Cut off

The main network is gone. With most systems, every device on the team is now alone.

Groundlink holds

Devices connect straight to each other and pass information along. When the network comes back, everything syncs on its own.

Groundlink is field communication software for military and emergency teams. It runs on the laptops, tablets, and rugged devices teams already carry, and it does not need the internet or a central server to work.

It is built to be simple under stress: big controls, few menus, and support for physical buttons so it works in the dark or with gloves on.

Offline maps

Maps and marked locations stay on the device, so they are there when the signal is not.

Device to device messaging

Messages hop from device to device across the team without a tower.

Team locations

See where everyone is, and know right away whether that information is live or old.

Supply tracking

Keep track of equipment and what each person needs, even while cut off.

Current status: early development. Groundlink is a concept in progress, and prototype work is underway.

Built to bring people home.

Groundlink is not a weapon. It is built to keep people alive, so they can find each other, call for help, and get back safe.

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