CUTTING EDGE INNOVATION
Developing, improving, and perfecting state-of-the-art technology to deliver the performance our users want and deserve.
Who We Are
Persistent Systems is a leading Defense Tech company, providing mobile networking solutions for military, first responder, government, and commercial markets. We engineer our Wave Relay® MANET and Cloud Relay™ technology to transmit voice, video, and situational awareness under the most difficult conditions. With our Wave Relay® Ecosystem – an alliance of industry-leading companies – we deliver a communications fabric uniting warfighters, UGVs, UAVS, sensors, cameras, and devices on one common network.
Our Vision
A communications fabric uniting
humans, machines, and
knowledge
Our Mission
Network the battlefield.
Connectivity drives mission success.
OUR VALUES
PASSION FOR EXCELLENCE
Caring about what we do motivates us to pursue the bigger picture and stay determined to deliver excellent capabilities and support.
HONESTY & INTEGRITY
The way in which we achieve our goals is as important as the goals themselves.
Herbert B. Rubens, Ph.D.
Founder & CEO
David Holmer, Ph.D.
Founder & CTO
Our Leadership
Leslie Hulser
Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy
Eric Stern
Executive Vice President, Engineering & Operations
Brian "BR" McDonald Jr
Vice President, Field Technical Services & Support
Joseph Bartel
General Counsel & Director of Ecosystem Partnerships
Persistent Systems Team - 2012
Persistent Systems Team - 2024
Our Story
Pre-2000
As a teen in New Jersey, Herb Rubens launched his own computer services company. He set up office systems for local businesses in construction and health care.
This experience created Herb’s entrepreneurial spark and desire to start his own firm
2000
While Undergrads at Johns Hopkins, Herb Rubens and David Holmer were frustrated with poor cell service in their apartment. So, they began a project in their Distributed Systems class to create better wireless connectivity.
Spring 2001
Herb and David developed an early MANET routing protocol. While early designs fell short of expectations, they realized the importance of scalability in motion to their algorithm design.
2004
David and Herb created a highly scalable network called the Wave Relay® MANET. They simulated it with 5,000 mobile radios and built a 100-radio test bed at Johns Hopkins. They realized the Wave Relay MANET could deliver tremendous value for entities needing reliable communication under extreme conditions.
2007
David and Herb founded Persistent Systems, a 2-person company operating out of an apartment in Baltimore, MD.
2008
Persistent Systems moved to New York City to ensure our products and capabilities delivered optimal performance in the most complex RF environments.
2009
We launched Cloud Relay™, a capability that extended the Wave Relay network’s Layer 2 connectivity over a Layer 3 transport (4G/LTE, SATCOM, or Standard Internet). Cloud Relay is a networking solution that expands a local Wave Relay MANET to anywhere in the world and bridges Line of-Sight (LoS) networks to Beyond Line-of-Sight.
Learn More About Cloud Relay
2012
We leveraged knowledge from commercial partners like Caterpillar and John Deere to build out our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility and processes, which we used for the GEN4 MPU4 radio.
The MPU4’s seamless Layer-2 Ethernet connectivity facilitated plug-and-play operation of cameras, video encoders, IP sensors, and other devices.
2013
The success of the MPU4 led to significant company growth.
2014
The power of the MPU4 and the Wave Relay MANET led to further integration into unmanned systems.
Learn more about our solutions for UAS Platforms
2016
The MPU5 - the world’s first smart radio – was launched. The goal was to revolutionize the MANET world by introducing a high-throughput radio designed to be a battlefield-ready networking device.
Learn more about MPU5
2017
Persistent Systems launched the Wave Relay Ecosystem to empower warfighters with robots, sensors, and cameras that use a common network. We launched the Embedded Module to give manufacturers the ability to integrated the Wave Relay MANET directly into their platforms.
Learn more about the Embedded Module
2020
Our dramatic growth required expansion.
We moved our manufacturing, production, and engineering facilities to a new, 60,000 square foot
space on the West Side of New York City.
Today
We continue to strengthen the future battlefield with our Wave Relay capabilities and empower warfighters with wireless communication, reliable network connectivity, and future-forward technology.
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