Prototype
Marmot Hermes
Handheld / Mobile
A compact dual-channel field radio for dismounted operators and mobile Condor participation.
Field Hardware / Edge Communications
MARMOTBring resilient communications into the field.
Marmot is BLK_MTN's field hardware family—combining portable radios, deployable backbone nodes, and edge compute designed to carry Condor into real environments.
Conceptual field configuration
≈ 11 FT DEPLOYED6 FT RETRACTED
HERMESCH 1 / CH 2
HERMESCH 1 / CH 2
From hand to backbonePortable user radios and a deployable Piston backbone node share the same Marmot hardware family.
The Marmot Family
One hardware family. Multiple deployment roles.
Marmot defines the radio and electronics family. Role-specific models adapt the same BLK_MTN communications philosophy to handheld, backbone, and future airborne platforms.
Architecture
Marmot Atlas
Piston / Backbone
The communications, compute, timing, health, and buffering electronics package for a persistent deployable Piston backbone node.
Planned
Marmot Orion
Airborne / UAV
A future low-mass airborne role for Condor routing, telemetry, and georeferenced edge collection.
Marmot Atlas + Piston
A backbone node you can carry, place, and extend.
The Piston is the deployable mechanical antenna platform. Marmot Atlas is the electronics package mounted at its base, providing the compute, radio, health, timing, and local buffering required for backbone operation.
≈ 11 FT DEPLOYED
GROUND
≈ 6 FT retracted
Telescoping antenna
4–6 in primary tube
Atlas electronics / power / health
Conceptual dual-channel handheld configuration
HERMESCH 1 — PRIMARY
CH 2 — SECONDARY
CH 2 — SECONDARY
HERMESNETWORK READY
LINK ACTIVE
LINK ACTIVE
Marmot Hermes
Condor in the operator's hand.
Hermes is the handheld/mobile role within the Marmot family: compact field communications hardware designed around mobility, local controls, Condor networking, and a clear separation between radio-critical traffic and the operator interface.
Hardware Capabilities
Designed around deployment, not the lab bench.
RF
Radio Integration
Modular radio interfaces allow Marmot hardware to participate directly in Condor communications.
EC
Edge Compute
Local compute supports communications, device control, telemetry, buffering, and field interface functions.
IO
Physical Interfaces
Buttons, navigation, display, telemetry, and local hardware control remain isolated from critical network processing.
BH
Backbone Role
Atlas extends the family toward persistent backbone deployments with greater power, storage, and timing budgets.
HL
Health & Recovery
Field hardware is designed around observable device state, controlled reset paths, and recoverable subsystem behavior.
MD
Modular Design
Separate compute, radio, display, collection, and support functions can evolve without redefining the entire platform.
From Edge to Network
Hardware becomes useful when it becomes part of the system.
Marmot gives Condor a physical home in the field. Handhelds, deployable backbone nodes, and future platform-specific variants become network participants rather than isolated radios.
Hermes
Portable user radio and local interface.
Condor
Authenticated, resilient multi-hop networking across available links.
Atlas + Piston
Deployable higher-persistence node for extended field coverage and collection.
Conceptual product relationship — not a radio-path or RF-performance diagram.
Where Marmot Fits
Hardware for teams that cannot assume infrastructure is waiting for them.
01 / Field Teams
Mobile Operations
Put Condor-capable communications directly with people moving through the operating area.
02 / Backbone
Temporary Sites
Deploy a persistent Piston/Atlas node where a stronger local communications presence is needed.
03 / Disaster
Emergency Response
Establish local communications hardware when conventional infrastructure is damaged or unavailable.
04 / Remote
Remote Operations
Extend field communications into terrain and locations that fixed networks do not serve.
The BLK_MTN Platform
The physical edge of the BLK_MTN stack.
Marmot hosts the radios and edge compute. Condor creates the resilient network. MMGR coordinates mission services. Basecamp gives operators the complete operational view.
BasecampOperator Interface
MMGRMission Services
CondorResilient Networking
MarmotEdge Hardware
Development Status
Prototype Hardware
Hardware Bring-Up
Marmot Hermes prototype hardware and the supporting Condor hardware-integration path are under active bring-up. Marmot Atlas and the Piston backbone architecture are in active hardware planning and system-design work. Field qualification, production enclosure design, final radio selection, and broader multi-node hardware validation remain part of the development program.
BLK_MTN Technologies
The network starts with something you can actually deploy.
Explore how Marmot turns the BLK_MTN software stack into portable, field-deployable communications hardware.