Observed arrival · 2026-11-04
OffGrid’s terrain-placed mesh network
OffGrid is developing Cairn, a mesh-radio system with a drone designed to place nodes across terrain, alongside Docket, software for recording defense acquisition decisions.
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- Defense teams assessing mesh communications and acquisition records
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- The site labels its 7.1 km radio test a pointer, not proof, and distinguishes built hardware from the still-unbuilt drone.
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Cairn’s proposed workflow uses free government elevation data to choose node positions between two marked locations. The site separates completed work from development: it reports built mesh radios and field loggers, while identifying the four-node VTOL Carrier as designed but not yet built. Its first radio test uses four radios over 7.1 km and is explicitly framed as an initial pointer, not proof.
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