AERPAW and POWDER among the 11 Real-World Application Prototyping for ISAC Demonstrations (RAPID) Program Awardees
WASHINGTON – November 4, 2026 – Yesterday the National Spectrum Consortium (NSC), in partnership with the FutureG Office in the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering OUSW(R&E), announced eleven awards totaling more than $50 million under the Real-world Application Prototyping for ISAC Demonstrations (RAPID) program.
North Carolina State University with University of Utah and Mississippi State University were awarded $3 million for their INSPIRED: Integrated Networked Sensing Platform for ISAC Research Experimentation and Development.
The investment underscores FutureG’s commitment to developing integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) technologies, which will play a critical role in the emerging 6G wireless standard and provide valuable new capabilities across the military and commercial network landscape.
Read NSC’s full announcement here.
