Tactical Edge Super-Node & Mobile Classified-Data Vault
What is Reinventy Shield and Why Does It Exist?
For decades, tactical computing meant truck-mounted racks, satellite vans, and fragile radio chains.
Reinventy Shield was born to break that paradigm. Conceived by a cross-disciplinary team of AI engineers, materials scientists, and former SOF operators, Shield answers a single question:
“What if the entire ground-station, CI/CD pipeline, secret-vault and AI analytics stack could be worn by one operator— with all radios cold until the exact millisecond they’re needed?”
Shield is therefore the world’s first wearable micro-datacenter that simultaneously delivers:
- 150+ TOPS of on-body AI (NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX) for real-time object detection, SLAM, EW pattern-recognition or µ-LLM mission chat.
- Dual-layer BioPrint™ security—fingerprint + chemical skin signature—ensuring that only an authenticated, physiologically-verified user can unlock mission data.
- Mission-adaptive connectivity able to burst on LTE/5 G, Starlink Direct-to-Cell or MANET mesh for seconds, then disappear (Open → Close → Vanish™).
- Air-gapped DevSecOps allowing a full Git-to-drone OTA workflow without touching any external cloud.
- Triple-layer, 3-D-printed shell (ESD resin EMI liner, high-temp fire barrier, Kevlar-reinforced carbon nylon armour) so rugged and sealed that the unit survives IP-67 submersion, lithium-pack fire, and battlefield fragmentation—all while weighing under 800 g.
No other product—commercial, military or research—combines all of these attributes in a single, fan-less, MOSA-aligned form-factor.
Where Does Shield Sit in the Global Landscape?
| Capability | COTS GCS Laptop | Prime-Contractor Pack | “Tactical Smartphone” | Reinventy Shield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wearable form (< 1 kg) | ✖ | ✖ | ✔ | ✔ |
| > 150 TOPS AI on-device | ✖ | ✖ (30-80 TOPS typical) | ✖ (< 10 TOPS) | ✔ |
| Dual biometric and biochemical auth | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✔ |
| DevSecOps CI/CD in air-gap | ✖ | Partial | ✖ | ✔ |
| Selective RF burst / Starlink D2C | ✖ | Partial | Partial | ✔ |
| Fully open-source stack | 40 % | ≈ 0 % | 30 % | 100 % |
Core Value Proposition
Operate autonomously when satellite links fail.
Burst-connect via LTE, 5 G or Direct-to-Cell Starlink, then disappear (Open → Close → Vanish™).
Run DevSecOps in an air-gap—from git push to drone OTA—without external infrastructure.
Protect classified material on-body or on-prem with vault-grade encryption and audit trails.
MOSA/SOSA & 100 % FOSS/COTS—no vendor lock-in, fully auditable, rapidly fork-able.
Hardware & Materials — Triple-Layer Shell
| Layer | Material & Process | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Inner EMI Liner | Formlabs ESD Resin (SLA, carbon-nanotube filled) | RF/EMI attenuation, antistatic control |
| Thermal / Fire Barrier | Formlabs High-Temp Resin core (HDT > 238 °C) | Heat-sink & flame-stop in lithium-runaway scenarios |
| Outer Armour | Nylon-12 CF (30 % chopped carbon) + Kevlar® continuous fibre inlay (SLS/MJF) | Ballistic-grade impact resistance, vibration damping, radar-absorbing matte finish |
Fully sealed, fan-less, IP-67; illuminated red “R” emblem.
Compute & Sensors
NVIDIA® Jetson Orin NX 16 GB
157 TOPS (INT8) · 50 TOPS (FP16) · 7 TFLOPS (FP32)
8 × Arm Cortex-A78AE @ 2 GHz · LPDDR5 16 GB @ 102 GB/s
Typical 15–25 W, software-throttlable
BioPrint™ Dual-Layer Sensor
5 µm fingerprint CMOS + CNN inference
Sebaceous-impedance spectroscopy via 0.025 mm nickel filaments
Delivers identity + physiological state in one gesture
I/O & Power
Dual 1 GbE (PoE) · USB 3.2 Gen 2 · Wi-Fi 6E · GNSS tri-band
Hot-swap smart battery; cold-start → drone-link < 90 s
Mission-Adaptive Connectivity
| Radio Link | Throughput | Mode | Emission Logic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 G / LTE Cat 20 | 3 Gb s-¹ / 900 Mb s-¹ | Quectel RG502 | Burst-On™ (3 s TX-window) |
| Starlink Direct-to-Cell | ~17 Mb s · 50–70 ms | Gen-2 µKu phased array | Low-probability chirp; auto-mute |
| Iridium Certus® | 176 kb s | 9770 modem | Fallback AES-GCM |
| MANET Mesh | 4 × 4 MIMO · 20 W PEP | Silvus SC-4400 | 250 mW stealth throttle |
Open → Close → Vanish™ Workflow
Open (TX burst) → Close (RF dark) → Vanish (LPI/LPD or blackout) → Re-Open on target.
Cyber & DevSecOps Stack
WireGuard + Headscale mesh VPN
HashiCorp Vault for KMS & secret rotation
Vaultwarden for 2-FA user credentials
Suricata + TheHive/Cortex NIDS & automated incident response
Gitea + Drone CI/CD offline pipeline → container images signed & deployed to drones without leaving the air-gap.
Use-Case Spectrum
| Domain | How Shield Adds Value |
|---|---|
| Stealth UAS Swarms | Native planner for Fenice H-3 drones; RL-based deconfliction on-edge. |
| SOF Long-Range Patrol | Portable vault, COMMS burst on Starlink/LTE, BioPrint access control. |
| Field HQ in a Box | Local CI/CD, secrets management, NIDS—all on one rugged node. |
| Industrial Classified Labs | In-house “dark” Git, Vault & AI inference without touching external networks. |
Limitations & Boundaries
Max sustained compute ≈ 25 W—not a substitute for GPU racks.
Burst-connect links are data-capped (Starlink D2C ≈ 17 Mb s-¹).
Requires trained personnel for Docker-based maintenance.
Does not provide wide-area SATCOM relay; operates at operator/detachment scale.
Competitive Landscape (Snapshot)
| Feature | Shield | Prime-Contractor C4ISR | COTS Mission-Planner | Cloud Edge Box |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Form-factor | Wearable, < 800 g | Vehicle / rack | Laptop | Mini-server |
| AI Compute | 157 TOPS | 10–40 TOPS typical | 1–5 TOPS | 15 TOPS |
| Dual Biometrics | ✔ (physical + chemical) | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ |
| DevSecOps Air-Gap | ✔ | Partial | ✖ | ✖ |
| Open-Source Transparency | 100 % | 0–20 % | 60 % | 40 % |
| Cost (5-yr TCO) | $$$ | $$$$$ | $$ | $$$$ |
Result: Shield offers the best AI-per-gram and the only open, dual-biometric, air-gap DevSecOps solution.
Classified-Data Policy Core
Full Data-Sovereignty Mode – All mission data remain on the device; no cloud dependencies.
One-Shot Keys – AES-GCM keys generated per radio burst, zeroised on completion.
Tamper-Erase – Hardware secure element monitors intrusion; triggers vault-wipe < 150 ms.
Audit Chain – HashiCorp Vault + drone-side attestation logs time-stamped, immutable Merkle proofs.
Accreditation Path – Designed to meet NSA CSfC & NATO “SECRET” handling with minor delta certification.
Your entire ground station, worn—not driven.
Mission & Rationale
Modern operators are expected to manoeuvre farther, faster and deeper than ever, yet still bring the analytic punch of a full command post. Shield On-Body Mode answers that challenge by compressing compute, comms, cyber-defence and a classified vault into a single plate-carrier module. It was engineered for:
Special-operations patrols operating 72 h+ beyond line-of-sight.
Long-range reconnaissance teams who must burst-upload imagery, then disappear.
Disaster-response units that need edge AI and secure data custody where all infrastructure is gone.
Deep-Dive Feature Set
| Cluster | Capability | Tactical Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| Edge AI (Orin NX) | 157 TOPS INT8 · 50 TOPS FP16 | Detect enemy armor at 2 km, run SLAM in GPS-denied canyons, or interrogate a µLLM for immediate mission summaries—all offline. |
| BioPrint™ Security | Fingerprint + sebum-impedance scan | Two independent biometrics = zero spoof risk; also reports operator dehydration, stress and fatigue. |
| Open → Close → Vanish™ | 3-second LTE / Starlink D2C burst, then RF mute | Push imagery or receive taskings without granting SIGINT adversaries a continuous beacon to lock on. |
| Swarm Control | Native planner for Fenice H-3 stealth drones | Uplink 10+ UAS, run reinforcement-learning de-confliction, and pull high-resolution sensor packages into Shield’s vault. |
| Triple-Layer Shell | EMI liner (Formlabs ESD Resin) + High-Temp core + Kevlar-reinforced carbon-nylon armour | Survives rain, salt spray, IP-67 submersion, battery fire and 9 mm fragmentation—all at < 800 g. |
Field Workflow (Example)
- Insert & Boot – 60 s: Smart battery snaps in; system auto-checksums all containers.
- Silent Cruise: Drones fly waypoint stack; Shield’s radios remain dark, AI inference continues.
- Burst-Connect: Operator opens 5 G link for 3 s → vault pushes encrypted image slab → link mutes.
- On-Target: Shield detects LPI radar threat → switches to MANET 250 mW stealth mesh; drones adopt “dark-cruise” protocol.
- Exfil & Wipe: Optional tamper-switch zeroises secrets; export mission hashes into base HQ Shield via local Li-Fi handshake.
Boundaries (Know Them)
Continuous 4 K video streaming exceeds power/thermal budget.
Requires container skillset for patching; not a consumer gadget.
RF duty-cycle < 1 % by design—plans that need constant SATCOM backhaul should use a relay asset.
A classified server-room, the size of a hardback.
Why an In-House Variant?
Some missions never leave the building: red-team cyber ranges, black-program R&D, or legal-hold forensic archives. Shield mounts in a cradle or safe and serves as a sealed, zero-emission micro-cluster—offering the same DevSecOps tool-chain found in Fortune-100 CI pipelines, but wholly air-gapped and auditable.
Facility-Grade Capability Matrix
| Stack Element | In-House Function | Advantage Over Traditional Racks |
|---|---|---|
| Gitea + Drone CI | Full Git, container registry, signed builds | One tiny node vs. multi-U GitLab clusters; no licence cost, no vendor telemetry. |
| HashiCorp Vault / Vaultwarden | Secrets KMS + 2-FA password safe | FIPS-140-2 crypto in a wearable; rotates keys automatically; audit ledger exportable to SIEM. |
| Suricata + TheHive / Cortex | Inline NIDS & automated sandbox | Detects insider malware without mirroring core switches; alert triage on the same appliance. |
| Edge AI Inference | Vision, NLP, EW models | Rapidly validate new networks without sending IP to external clouds. |
| Triple-Layer Shell | Fan-less, EMI-tight hardware root of trust | Eliminates dust, reduces acoustic signature, blocks RF egress for TEMPEST compliance. |
Lab / HQ Deployment Scenario
- Desk-Edge Mount – Plug into PoE switch; Shield boots into “continuous low-RPM” mode (15 W).
- Developer Push – Engineers commit code via LAN; Drone CI builds & signs containers, stored in Vault.
- AI Prototyping – Data scientists run inference benchmarking locally; Orin NX delivers GPU-rack latency at a fraction of the wattage.
- Incident Response – Suricata flags anomalous packet; Cortex sandbox fires; report stored immutably in Vault.
- Power-Fail – Lab mains drop; hot-swap battery keeps Shield vault alive for 2 h, preserving chain-of-custody.
Boundaries & Best Practice
Max concurrent DevSecOps users ≈ 20; attach NAS for larger teams.
Training > 7 B parameter models should occur on external GPU clusters.
Default setting disables all LTE/SAT radios to satisfy no-emission policy; enable only in shielded test bays.Bottom-Line Distinction
| Attribute | On-Body Mode | In-House Full Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Prime Role | Deployed C4ISR node | Classified DevSecOps & vault |
| Mobility | Worn, < 800 g | Desk/safe mount, silent |
| Connectivity | Burst LTE/5 G/SAT, MANET | LAN-only (radios off by default) |
| Power | Smart battery 15–25 W | Wall + UPS 15 W steady |
| Data Custody | Tamper-erase if captured | Hardware root stays on-prem |
One hardware platform—two theaters of dominance.
Shield Secure Network Gateway
Turning Shield into a portable, classified VPN & Proxy core
Reinventy Shield is more than a compute node; it can assume the role of a cryptographic hub, standing up a self-contained, zero-trust enclave wherever it is deployed.
| Capability | Technical Realisation | Operational Advantage |
|---|---|---|
| Mesh VPN Concentrator | WireGuard + Headscale in server mode, dynamic key rotation, dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 | Instantly forms an encrypted overlay; every client receives a unique key-pair and micro-segmented routing. |
| Reverse / Forward Proxy | Hardened Nginx with TLS 1.3 + ModSecurity WAF | Expose a single HTTPS endpoint while concealing real back-end IPs; inject HSTS and CSP headers for application hardening. |
| SOCKS5 / HTTPS Egress | Privoxy or Dante container (policy driven) | Funnel selective traffic through Shield to obfuscate origin or enforce content controls; optional DPI disabled by default. |
| Full-Tunnel Gateway | All remote clients forced to tunnel via Shield; DNS-over-TLS resolver baked-in | Creates a one-stop bastion that encrypts, sanitises and logs every byte before it touches the wider net. |
| Threat-Aware Auto-Shutdown | Suricata + TheHive rules trigger ConnEx™ Daemon to drop VPN/Proxy listeners on hostile scan | Services “vanish” until threat subsides, denying adversaries a persistent beacon. |
Deployment Scenarios
- Field Detachment Mesh
Issue WireGuard profiles to team devices → press Connect → a cloaked, end-to-end-encrypted mesh is live, even while hopping between LTE, MANET or Starlink Direct-to-Cell. - In-House Bastion
Mount Shield on a rack shelf; run it as a reverse-proxy front-end for Git, Vault and NIDS while isolating them from the corporate LAN. - Ad-hoc Remote Ops
Pop Shield on a hotel desk, power from a battery, and all laptops tunnel through a classified enclave invisible to the local ISP.
All VPN and proxy events are immutably logged and timestamp-sealed inside HashiCorp Vault, preserving a complete chain-of-custody without touching any third-party SIEM.
Outcome: whether riding on a plate carrier or sitting in a safe, Reinventy Shield can be the heart of a hardened, emission-controlled network enclave—spun up in minutes, torn down in seconds, and invisible to hostile SIGINT.
Reinventy Shield fuses edge-grade AI, emission-controlled connectivity and vault-class security in a single wearable.
Where legacy systems are bulky, closed and costly, Shield is light, open and sovereign—ready to dominate the battlespace or safeguard the most sensitive data within your walls.
Wear it. Launch in minutes. Own the mission.
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