Cobham Enables Airbus A330 Air-to-Air Refuelling Flight Demonstrations — Press Release
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Cobham Enables Airbus A330 Air-to-Air Refuelling Flight Demonstrations
WIMBORNE, United Kingdom – Cobham air-to-air refuelling pods have successfully demonstrated the ability to transfer fuel from the Airbus Military A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) to Spanish Air Force F-18s with a series of “probe-to-drogue” contacts during recent flight trials.
The 905E refuelling pods, built by Cobham Mission Equipment at Wimborne, UK, represent the Company’s latest generation Aerial Refuelling System, which is the first and only hose & drogue system in the world to employ a dual redundant hose response system — a major contributor to world leading mission availability. During a series of contacts conducted during November 2009, the refuelling system transferred fuel to receiver aircraft and demonstrated effective hose response throughout the trials.
“These ‘wet contact’ flight trials are a major milestone in the development of the A330 MRTT’s tanker capability,” said Iain Gibson, vice president of Cobham Mission Equipment. “This achievement reinforces Cobham’s expertise and position as the world leader in delivering air refuelling solutions to meet the strategic and tactical tanker requirements of air forces around the globe.”
The Royal Australian Air Force A330MRTT platform used for these flight tests is similar in configuration to the solution that Northrop Grumman intends to propose to the US Air Force in response to the KC-X Tanker requirement. The A330 MRTT with 905E pods has also been selected for the UK MoD FSTA programme, the Saudi Arabia Air Force and the United Arab Emirates Air Force.
About Cobham:
Cobham’s products and services have been at the heart of sophisticated military and civil systems for 75 years, keeping people safe, improving communications, and enhancing the capability of land, sea, air and space platforms. The Company has four divisions employing more than 12,000 people on five continents, with customers and partners in over 100 countries and annual revenue of more than £1.4bn / $2.1 billion.
Cobham Mission Equipment is the world market leader for air-to-air Refuelling, providing fourth generation ‘nose to tail’ solutions from the cockpit of the donor aircraft to the tail of the receiver platform. To date, more than 1,000 systems have been delivered for buddy-buddy refuelling and for tactical and strategic tanking for fixed and rotary wing aircraft, with expertise now extended into the development of autonomous UAV to UAV refuelling.
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Contracts for November 30, 2009
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Contracts for November 30, 2009
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Air Force Buys Five Global Hawks
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Despite the debate in Congress over how many Global Hawks could be ordered with the 2010 money the Air Force went ahead and used their Continuing Resolution Authority (CRA) money to buy five. The House had written into their version of the Defense Appropriations bill that only three could be purchased due to concerns with delays in the program. The Senate had said five. The bill currently is in Conference as the two versions are reconciled. It is proving to be a long process as their are several key differences between the two.
Dubai Debt Crisis May Affect Military Deals
The U.A.E. recently announced that a major investment firm is having debt issues. This has caused a fall in world stock markets and concern that...Humana Benefits From TRICARE Protests
Humana reported good third quarter results partly due to the fact that its protest of an award of a TRICARE management contract allowed it to keep...OSD Committed To Current KC-X Strategy
Filed under: Boeing, Congress, EADS, KC-X, KC-X Tanker News, Syndicated Industry News, logistics
Ashton Carter the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (USD (AT&L), who is the head “weapons buyer” at the Pentagon had a press availability recently. At this he stated he is committed to the current plan for the KC-X program with a final RFP coming out by the end of the year. The draft RFP in his eyes was less subjective then past ones and the questions from industry are being used to shape the final RFP. He is confident that the Air Force will get it right on their third try. It will have to be seen if this is true.
Battlefield Simulation Gets Communications Reality Boost — Press Release
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Battlefield Simulation Gets Communications Reality Boost
- A new emulation tool called software virtual networks (SVNs) closes a threatening force readiness gap by adding realistic communications effects to battlefield simulations -
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ — From Kriegspiel to DARWARS, the goals of military simulation have remained constant – predict battle outcomes and build warfighter skills. Today’s advanced battlefield simulations deliver experiential realism in force positioning, troop movement, supply routing, enemy force detection and engagement, and damage calculation. For warfighters depending on next generation network-centric systems however, there is a new domain that these wargaming systems don’t encompass.
In net-centric warfare, the warfighter’s lifeline is a flow of information being transmitted and received over ad-hoc mobile networks. Minute by minute, that lifeline is impacted by myriad invisible threats, including environmental, technical and cyber. Present day scenario planning and tactical training exercises don’t recognize these threats; they either assume perfect communications or simulate only the physical layer of communications in a rudimentary way, like line-of-sight. Nor do they take into account predictable realities like delays. This practice is creating a threatening force readiness gap by negatively training commanders and warfighters to perform in conditions based on unrealistic premises – something warfighters would be better off not getting at all.
Simulated Battlefield, Real Communications
A compelling solution to this negative training problem is a new class of advanced emulation-based tools called software virtual networks (SVNs). SVNs take battlefield simulation to a new level of realism by adding the rigors and uncertainties of in-field communications like urban environment effects, message delays or drops, signal jamming, and sophisticated cyberattacks like denial-of-service and wormholes. SVNs can interoperate with a wide range of simulation platforms without the need for extensive re-programming or systems integration.
First introduced in 2008 by Scalable Network Technologies of Los Angeles, CA, SVNs are being utilized for advanced military programs such as the U.S. Army’s Brigade Combat Team Modernization Program and the Joint Tactical Radio System. SVNs are exact digital replicas of physical networks in virtual space – indistinguishable from real networks. Unlike traditional communication simulation technologies, SVNs interoperate with existing networks and devices, software applications, network management tools, and people – at real time speed. SVNs emulate protocols at all layers of complex networks and can digitally replicate hundreds or thousands of communication points.
The communications realism of SVNs benefits simulation and training in situations that involve either large numbers of radios and computers in a single battlespace, or fighting units and support teams networked across multiple geographic areas. Today, simulations in these scenarios do not generally take into account network priorities such as voice communications interrupting and delaying the data and video streams. That’s negative training, and it’s not good enough to prepare warfighters who depend on all three communications streams to accomplish their missions. SVNs eliminate this negative training problem by connecting to real battlefield applications – like force tracking and battle command – and handling all of the communication traffic (sensor feeds, video, data, and voice) including their priorities, interference and delays.
With this realistic communications emulation in place, changes to conditions that affect battlefield outcomes can be automatically taken into account by the SVN as entity positions, network traffic and threats evolve. Or condition changes could be made manually by instructors to fit specific training scripts. Either way, the effects of traffic levels, environment/terrain, and cyber threats can be accurately modeled, and warfighters positively trained to meet real-life network conditions with tested responses.
Powerful Solution, Simple Implementation
Because SVNs are inherently designed to interoperate with real networks, devices, and applications, adding their powerful capabilities to existing simulation and training systems is a relatively simple task. With computer-generated forces (CGF) applications, the SVN can be integrated with simple plug and play application interfaces to serve as the “communication network effects” component of the system. Because of their ability to represent up to thousands of network nodes, adding an SVN to a CGF application enables commanders and planners to evaluate the effect of the “state of the network” on operations and battle outcomes at the platoon, company, battalion, and brigade command levels.
In the case of a large distributed simulation system, such as the U.S. Air Force’s Distributed Mission Operations (DMO), adding realistic communications effects with an SVN would be a simple process that would not require modifying the existing applications. Software would be installed at each site that would intercept the packet data flowing onto the wide area network. All communications traffic would be routed through the SVN during a training exercise, and the SVN would distribute the communications across the system. Changes to variables affecting communications can be automated through the SVN or controlled by commanders and instructors running the distributed training exercise.
Network Awareness Eliminates Negative Net-Centric Training
If you’re going to fight in the desert, you train in desert conditions. Network-centric warfare requires the same kind of realistic preparation. As “assets” and “targets” move rapidly to the cyber domain, warfighters need training in conditions as close to what they’ll experience in the field as possible. Adding SVNs to existing simulation and training systems can eliminate the risk of negative training by equipping forces with the knowledge and confidence to use battlefield networks to their maximum advantage before they face down a real enemy.
Scalable Network Technologies will be publicly demonstrating how SVNs can be used in battlefield simulation and training applications at the 2009 I/ITSEC Conference, booth 2719, November 30 – December 3 in Orlando, FL.
An information interview on this topic featuring Dr. Rajive Bagrodia can be viewed on YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y-ooC6jKsE. For more information on software virtual networks and their application to wargaming and training development, contact Scalable Network Technologies at (310) 338-3318 or info@scalable-networks.com.
About Scalable Network Technologies
Scalable Network Technologies (SNT) is the leader in parallel processing technology for network performance evaluation. The company develops and supports high-fidelity evaluation software tools used for predicting the performance of computing and communications networks and network devices. SNT has created a new category of evaluation tools for today’s sophisticated networks that meets the demand for real-time, real-network performance testing.
The company’s customers include major aerospace and defense contractors, the US Department of Defense, mobile network operators, as well as research agencies and universities.
Founded in 1999 and based in Los Angeles, CA, Scalable Network Technologies is a privately owned corporation. VisNet, QualNet, and EXata are registered trademarks of Scalable Network Technologies, Inc. More information on the company is available at http://www.scalable-networks.com/.
Media Contact: Camille Cox OnRamp Communications Voice 805 391 0378 camille@onrampcomm.com
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Federal Contracting Fraud Continues
The Federal Government has several set aside programs. One is for companies owned by disabled veterans. There have been issues with contracts...New Gulfstream G650 Completes First Flight — Press Release
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New Gulfstream G650 Completes First Flight
SAVANNAH, Ga., Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ — Gulfstream Aerospace, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) , today announced that its newest business jet and the flagship of its fleet, the ultra-large-cabin, ultra-long-range Gulfstream G650, successfully completed its first flight.
Flown by experimental test pilot Jake Howard and senior experimental test pilot Tom Horne, the G650 took off from Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport at 1:41 p.m. local time today with flight engineer Bill Osborne on board. Because pilots were alerted to a slight vibration in a landing-gear door, they curtailed the testing regimen as a precautionary measure. The aircraft landed 12 minutes later.
“We are pleased to announce that the G650 successfully completed its first flight today,” said Pres Henne, senior vice president, Programs, Engineering and Test, Gulfstream. “Systems were fully operational. The aircraft achieved an altitude of 6,600 feet and a speed of 170 knots. Flight controls and characteristics performed as expected. We consider this flight a success and look forward to pursuing our full flight-test plan.”
Under its own power, the G650 rolled out of the Savannah manufacturing facility on Sept. 29, 2009. It remains on schedule for type certification by 2011, followed by entry-into-service in 2012.
The G650 offers the longest range at the fastest speed in its class. Powered by best-in-class Rolls-Royce BR725 engines, the business jet is capable of traveling 7,000 nautical miles at 0.85 Mach and has a maximum operating speed of 0.925 Mach. Its 7,000-nautical-mile range means the G650 can fly nonstop from Dubai to Chicago. With an initial cruise altitude of 41,000 feet at 0.85 Mach, the G650 can climb to a maximum altitude of 51,000 feet and avoid traffic and inclement weather.
With its all-new aerodynamically optimized wing, the G650 can meet the latest takeoff certification requirements. At maximum takeoff weight, the aircraft can depart from a 6,000-foot runway.
Passenger comfort is one of the G650’s main attributes. The aircraft features the largest purpose-built business-jet cabin, which leaves room for larger galleys and lavatories, and increased storage. The jet, which seats 11-18 passengers, also has 16 Gulfstream-signature oval windows that measure 28 by 20.5 inches, the biggest in the industry
The G650 provides the most productive cabin environment. A cabin altitude of 4,850 feet at FL510 and 3,300 feet at FL410 reduces fatigue, increases mental alertness and enhances productivity. A quieter cabin allows for a better environment for conversation or relaxation.
The aircraft comes with the new Gulfstream Cabin Essential(TM) package, so a single-point failure will not result in the loss of functionality. That means a toilet always flushes; water is always available; and an entertainment source always works.
Additionally, the G650 features the PlaneView(TM) II cockpit, the most advanced flight deck in business aviation, and an Advanced Health and Trend Monitoring System (AHTMS) to support aircraft maintenance planning and enhance availability.
Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) , designs, develops, manufactures, markets, services and supports the world’s most technologically advanced business-jet aircraft. Gulfstream has produced some 1,800 aircraft for customers around the world since 1958. To meet the diverse transportation needs of the future, Gulfstream offers a comprehensive fleet of aircraft, comprising the wide-cabin, high-speed Gulfstream G150®; the large-cabin, mid-range Gulfstream G200®; the new large-cabin, mid-range Gulfstream G250®; the large-cabin, mid-range Gulfstream G350®; the large-cabin, long-range G450®; the large-cabin, ultra-long-range Gulfstream G500®; the large-cabin, ultra-long-range Gulfstream G550® and the ultra-large-cabin, ultra-long-range G650®. Gulfstream also offers aircraft ownership services via Gulfstream Financial Services Division and Gulfstream Pre-Owned Aircraft Sales®. The company employs approximately 9,000 people at seven major locations. We invite you to visit our Web site for more information and photos of Gulfstream aircraft at www.gulfstream.com.
General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) , headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs approximately 92,300 people worldwide. The company is a market leader in business aviation; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and information systems and technologies. More information about General Dynamics is available online at www.gd.com.
Source: Gulfstream Aerospace
CONTACT: Heidi Fedak, Corporate Communications, Gulfstream Aerospace,
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Last Quarter Not Good For QinetiQ
QinetiQ reported a decline in their profits for 2009 which is a big change from last year when the company made over $1 billion. The recent removal...Contracts for November 25, 2009
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Contracts for November 25, 2009
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Integrated Electrical Services Awarded Contract to Provide Electrical Systems for U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases — Press Release
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Integrated Electrical Services Awarded Contract to Provide Electrical Systems for U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
HOUSTON, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — IES (NASDAQ:IESC) , a leading national provider of electrical and communications systems and services for the commercial, industrial and residential markets, announced today that its commercial business group has been awarded a contract from Manhattan Torcon JV to install the electrical systems for the Level 4 bio-safety lab (BSL-4) replacement facility at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Md.
The new USAMRIID replacement facility will add approximately 865,000 gross square feet of constructed area, including all mechanical, electrical and other support spaces. The new USAMRIID Replacement facility, the only laboratory in the Department of Defense (DoD) equipped to safely study highly hazardous infectious agents requiring maximum containment, will provide for the decompression of existing functions and staff at the existing National Interagency Biodefense Campus.
“Level 4 bio-safety labs like USAMRIID are complex, costly, and secure facilities designed to analyze the most deadly diseases,” said Ted Baker, executive vice president of Manhattan Construction. “Our objective was to put together a comprehensive project team with the expertise to deliver to exacting standards. IES’ expertise to deliver in an extremely rigorous environment, along with their ability to execute large scale electrical systems, played a key role in our ability to secure this project.”
“Electrical and communications systems play a vital role in maintaining the secure environment called for in a facility such as this,” said Michael J. Caliel, president and chief executive officer of IES. “IES is honored to assist in the expansion of such an important facility.”
ABOUT IES
IES is a leading national provider of electrical and communications contracting solutions for the commercial, industrial and residential markets. From office buildings to wind farms to housing developments, IES designs, builds and maintains electrical and communications systems for a diverse array of customers, projects and locations. For more information about IES, please visit www.ies-co.com.
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CONTACT: Edjuan Bailey, of Integrated Electrical Services,
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General Dynamics Awarded USD$2.2 Billion Contract for Light Armored Vehicles — Press Release
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General Dynamics Awarded USD$2.2 Billion Contract for Light Armored Vehicles
LONDON, Ontario, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command, in support of the U.S. Army Security Assistance Command (USASAC), has awarded a USD$2.2 billion contract to General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada for 724 Light Armored Vehicles (LAV) for a Foreign Military Sale (FMS). Vehicle deliveries will begin in April 2011. General Dynamics Land Systems, the Canadian company’s parent corporation, is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) .
The contract was signed through the Canadian Commercial Corporation, a Crown Agency of the Canadian Government.
Dr. Sridhar Sridharan, senior vice-president of General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada, said, “We are pleased to be working once again with TACOM and USASAC in support of their Foreign Military Sales program. This contract now allows us to immediately start work on variant design and production readiness. We look forward to reaching the manufacturing portion of this contract which will help us bring stability to our production workforce.”
Vehicles provided under this contract will be the LAV II version — a 300 horsepower 8×8 vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of up to 32,000 lbs (14,500 kg). The vehicles will be produced in 10 different variants.
General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada, located in London, Ontario, Canada, is a business unit of General Dynamics Land Systems of Sterling Heights, Michigan. For over 30 years, more than 1900 highly skilled technical employees have designed, manufactured, delivered and supported to global customers a unique family of light armoured vehicles (LAV). More information on the company is available at www.gdlscanada.com
General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs approximately 92,300 people worldwide. The company is a market leader in business aviation; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and information systems and technologies. More information about General Dynamics is available online at www.generaldynamics.com.
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CONTACT: Ken Yamashita of General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada,
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BAE Systems Working On Future Royal Navy Ships
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The Royal Navy has one major program underway right now. This is the new aircraft carrier which hopefully will deliver the two largest carriers used by the service in its history. Now BAE Systems has announced that they are designing the new surface combatants that will support these ships as well as perform general duties. The company has just started on a preliminary design for the two destroyers. If all goes well a production contract will be awarded in about ten years. The RN hopefully will buy up to twenty of these ships.
The U.S. Navy’s DDG-1000 and Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) programs are their new warships but those programs have suffered from development and cost issues. Right now the DDG-1000 is on hold while the U.S. continues to build DDG-51 class ships. The LCS program was to have two different designs built by Northrop and General Dynamics but now a down select is planned for one ship only.
The British Government faces major budgetary pressures due to the world’s economic doldrums and social spending. This along with the cost of operations in Afghanistan may lead to limits on how many ships may be built in the future. The carrier program itself may be delayed if funding issues persist. Despite the need for new surface ships it is not necessarily the best time for programs like this.
A-12 Going To The Supreme Court As Boeing And General Dynamics Face Last Option
Boeing and General Dynamics lost another appeal on the A-12 military contract case. The two companies and the Federal Government have been going...Eurofighter: 200 Aircraft in service, Nothing Comes Close — Press Release
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Eurofighter: 200 Aircraft in service, Nothing Comes Close
The 200th Eurofighter Typhoon produced by the four partner companies of the European consortium, was delivered by EADS Deutschland to the German Luftwaffe today during a ceremony held in Manching, close to Munich, Germany. This milestone makes the Eurofighter Typhoon the only new generation multi-role aircraft to reach the impressive figure of 200 examples in service.
The Typhoons – produced by EADS Deutschland, EADS CASA, BAE Systems and Alenia Aeronautica – are now in service with 12 units in six air forces replacing 11 aircraft types, thus confirming that the Eurofighter is not only the best performing multi-role aircraft available on the market but also the most effective and best value solution to meet the air defence requirements of air forces and nations worldwide. To date the fleet has flown over 70,000 flying hours in total with above average operational availability and unmatched operational performances.
The Eurofighter Typhoon is the choice of the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Austrian Air Forces which have in total ordered 707 aircraft. Recently, four Royal Air Force Typhoon aircraft flew a record breaking flight of 18 hours to the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Sea, to take over Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) duties from the Tornado F3s. In similar operational roles, the Luftwaffe has been on NATO air policing duties in the Baltic states; the Italian Air Force is carrying out air policing duties over Albania and the Austrian Air Force – that has received all 15 ordered aircraft – provided security for the air space over a NATO Defence Ministers event in Slovakia.
Enzo Casolini, Eurofighter GmbH CEO, said: “This milestone is the best example of the success of this joint European programme. The Eurofighter Typhoon is not only the world’s leading frontline combat aircraft but is also the biggest industrial collaboration in Europe. Confirming the plan agreed in the past by the four nations for the production of this aircraft means the Eurofighter can keep securing 100,000 jobs across 400 different companies and the huge benefits provided to the four nations’ economies for long terms”.
Background information:
Eurofighter Typhoon is the world’s most advanced new generation real multi-role/swing-role combat aircraft available on the market and has been ordered by six nations (Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, Austria and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia). With 707 aircraft under contract, it is Europe’s largest military collaborative programme and delivers leading- edge technology, strengthening Europe’s aerospace industry in the global competition. More than 100,000 jobs in 400 companies are secured by the programme. Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH manages the programme on behalf of the Eurofighter Partner Companies: Alenia Aeronautica/Finmeccanica, BAE Systems, EADS CASA and EADS Deutschland, Europe’s foremost aerospace companies with a total turnover of approx. €88 billion (2008).
High Resolution images of the Eurofighter Typhoon can be downloaded from our web site: www.eurofighter.com/medialibrary
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An Intelligent Approach to High-Level Security: AWARE™ Rules Engine Automates Event Recognition for Immediate Response — Press Release
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An Intelligent Approach to High-Level Security: AWARE™ Rules Engine Automates Event Recognition for Immediate Response
Centralized, Easily Monitored Interface Provides Instant Detection, Analysis and Response
MOUNT LAUREL, NJ – (DATE) – Airports, military bases, high profile government agencies and industrial complexes are among the first organizations to take a new approach to the highly complex world of security. AbeoTS’s Automated Warning and Response Engine (AWARE™) takes an advanced, preemptive stance on security by automating all possible security scenarios and intelligently building rules into an engine for responding to event detection.
The sheer complexity of today’s security systems for large premises forces them to function as reactive (and often forensic) devices in the event of a security breach; with so many cameras and perspectives to monitor, security personnel are likely to miss events as they happen and spend hours manually searching for the events after they occur.
AWARE fulfills today’s security standards by providing instant detection, analysis and response in a single geospatial graphical interface, merging the dozens of separate data streams that usually result in sensory overload for monitoring personnel into a compelling GUI based on AbeoTS’s extensive 3-D expertise. The intelligent rules engine dramatically reduces false alarms, prioritizes and correlates events automatically, responds in real-time while facilitating multi-jurisdictional communication, and integrates into existing legacy systems and sensors.
“Rather than providing an expensive security system overhaul, the AWARE solution presents cost-effective, efficient security by integrating into existing security systems to greatly reduce human error with a centralized, convenient interface,” said William Adams, CEO of AbeoTS LLC. “With AWARE, organizations can custom-set the correct recipients for alerts and alarm messages for real-time event response.”
In addition to prompt response to events, the AWARE solution increases manpower efficiency through its convenient sensor monitoring interface, reduced false alarms and instant, targeted event messaging. AWARE’s flexible architecture offers a truly scalable and repeatable security solution.
Also perfect for corporate campuses and other large complexes, the AWARE system has already been integrated internationally into four airports, two military bases and several industrial complexes.
Built-In Rules and Scenario Processor
AWARE’s event correlation engine monitors events from sensors, examines events for specific patterns and generates messages when specific patterns occur. The scenarios within the rules and scenario processor define the logic for detecting event patterns and message templates for broadcast to recipients.
Adams elaborates: “If a camera goes down, AWARE reconfigures and moves to a higher threat level. The sensor automatically responds, covers the affected area and notifies the proper message recipient.”
A Geospatial Common Operational Picture (GeoCOP): The Control Center Simplified
AWARE’s geospatial control center integrates sensor data into an interface of satellite images and facility plans. The common operational picture empowers the security operator with lifelike images for intuitive navigation to isolate alerts.
Monitoring personnel can leverage the picture that GeoCOP creates to monitor vast areas, make security determinations quickly and accurately, and witness security activities as they unfold.
About AWARE
AWARE™ is a unique advanced command and control, self-aware and self-healing nucleus designed to elevate existing or new security systems to the highest levels of performance possible. Through automated detection and messaging and an intuitive interface, AWARE helps military, government, airport and industrial organizations leverage existing security equipment for maximum operational efficiency.
For more information, please visit: http://abeots.com/products/aware-platform.php.
About Abeo Technical Solutions LLC
Formed in 2008 as a conglomeration between Abeo Corporation and CT Solutions, Abeo Technical Solutions works directly with the Federal Government to build strategies, establish policies and develop technologies to fight terrorist, personal, commercial and industrial threats. AWARE, the company’s flagship security system, integrates physical and cyber security into a seamless, centralized platform with automated first responder notification features.
For more information, please visit: www.abeots.com.
Contracts for November 24, 2009
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Raytheon Partners With U.A.E. To Continue Unsuccessful U.S. Proposal
Raytheon is partnering with an U.A.E. company to continue development of an unsuccessful proposal to the U.S. military for a guided air launched…
Starting Over With Or Without The VH-71
The Pentagon discussed starting a new program to buy the President a helicopter. The last attempt was the VH-71 but this was canceled by the Obama...Contracts for November 23, 2009
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- Northrop Grumman Names Janis Pamiljans Vice President of the Navy Unmanned Combat Air System Program
- Northrop Grumman Names Steven L. Enewold Vice President of Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System Program
- House Armed Services Committee: Hearing on the FY 2011 Budget Requests from the U.S. Central Command, U.S. Special Operations Command, and U.S. Transportation Command
- DOD CONTRACTS for March 17, 2010
- Northrop Grumman Awarded Planning Contract for the Refueling and Complex Overhaul of USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)
- Today in the Department of Defense, Thursday, March 18, 2010
- National Guard (In Federal Status) And Reserve Activated as of March 16, 2010
- Contracts for March 17, 2010
- India, the New Land of Opportunity for Defense Contractors
- Sage [Grouse] Decision: Why the Feds Refused to Flip the Bird at Power Players
- Today in the Department of Defense, Wednesday, March 17, 2010
- DOD CONTRACTS for March 16, 2010
- US Navy Flag Officer Announcement
- USAF General Officer Announcement (REPOSTED)
- DOD Senior Executive Service Appointments and Reassignments
- Contracts for March 16, 2010
- Northrop Grumman Delivers 500th Directional Infrared Countermeasures System
- Lockheed Martin Awarded Task Order for Continued Production of Symphony IED Jammer Systems
- General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems Awarded $31 Million Navy F/A-18 Mission Computer Contract
- Lockheed’s JSF is Overdue, Over Budget – and Too Big to Fail
- Norad Flight Exercise Planned For Washington, D.C.
- Deputy Commanding General (Support) to Brief Live from Iraq
- Contracts for March 15, 2010
- Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) Pinpoint Protection for Afghanistan
- Marinette Marine Facility Expansion to Enhance Lockheed Martin’s Littoral Combat Ship Program
- FI Report: Near-Term Growth Expected in Medium/Heavy Military Rotorcraft Market
- General Dynamics Itronix Launches New GDAssure(TM) Program that Certifies Customer Computer Systems Prior to Installation
- Lockheed Martin Delivers Innovative Full-Motion Video Intelligence System to USJFCOM
- General Officer Announcement
- USAF General Officer Assignments
- USMC Flag Officer Announcement
- Christopher Gregoire Named Lockheed Martin Vice President and Controller
- DOD CONTRACTS for March 15, 2010
- Today in the Department of Defense, Tuesday, March 16, 2010
- Now Reports That EADS May Bid After All
- General Dynamics Awarded $9 Million Contract for U.S. Army Medical Command Lean Six Sigma Support
- Lockheed Martin Delivers 1,000th Vertical Launch ASROC Missile
- Raytheon’s Excalibur Ib Demonstrates Accuracy During First Guided-Flight Tests
- James Webb Space Telescope Core Completes Thermal Testing
- Sniper ATP Demonstrates Enhanced ISR Capability at Empire Challenge
- CNO Announces Flag Officer Assignments
- DOD CONTRACTS for March 12, 2010
- DOD News Briefing with Ashton Carter from the Pentagon
- Northrop Grumman Holds 3rd Annual International CEESIM Users’ Conference in the United Kingdom
- Lockheed Martin Awarded $23 Million for Production of JASSM-Extended Range Test Missiles
- Northrop Grumman Delivers Upgraded U.S. Navy Targets
- U.S. Army Receives First Lockheed Martin EQ-36 Counterfire Target Acquisition Radar System
- Manufacturing of Northrop Grumman’s First Low-Rate Initial Production E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Begins
- Raytheon and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Improve Flow of Commercial Imagery to Analysts and Warfighters
- Lockheed Martin Receives $60 Million Worldwide LANTIRN Depot Award
- General Dynamics Awarded Department of Homeland Security National Communications System Contract
- Northrop Grumman Plays Major Role in NASA’s Development of Alternate Astronaut Escape System
- Government of Canada Names General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada as Prime Contractor for LAV III Upgrade Program
- Northrop Grumman’s Second E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Enters Next Phase of Flight Testing
- Optex Systems Receives $3.4 Million Purchase Order from General Dynamics Land Systems
- Raytheon Completes Critical Milestone for Mobile X-band Radar System
- General Dynamics Awarded $22 Million by U.S. Navy for Repair Work on USS Hartford
- Military Base Realignments and Closures: DOD Needs to Update Savings Estimates and Continue to Address Challenges in Consolidating Supply-Related Functions at Depot Maintenance Locations. GAO-09-703, July 9
- House Armed Services Committee: schedule for the week of July 13 –17, 2009
- GAO Report: Overseas Contingency Operations: Reported Obligations for the Department of Defense. GAO-09-791R
- Raytheon’s AESA Radar for Boeing F-15E Receives New Designation
- Northrop Grumman Successfully Demonstrates Capabilities of LITENING Targeting System on U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F
- Raytheon’s GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb II Completes Risk Reduction
- Hawker Beechcraft, Lockheed Martin Team to Compete for U.S. Air Force Light Attack and Armed Reconnaissance Aircraft
- Lockheed Martin C-5M Super Galaxy Sets World Aviation Records
- Northrop Grumman Advanced Composite Mate Joint Passes Stringent Tests for NASA’s Composite Crew Module Demonstration Program
- Lockheed Martin Team Passes Critical Design Review for Solar Ultraviolet Imager for GOES-R Satellite Series
- UK Awards Javelin Joint Venture $176 Million for Javelin Missile Rounds
- Contracts for March 12, 2010
- Lawsuit Successfully Defends Contract Against Inroads of In-Sourcing
- Two Helicopter Programs Start Over
- EADS-NA Says Not Comfortable Priming KC-X Contract
- Spirit AeroSystems Named to Boeing Tanker Supplier Team — Press Release
- Contracts for March 11, 2010
- Northrop Grumman Names Paul Russell to Lead Space Navigation Business Area
- Northrop Grumman Awarded U.S. Army Europe Linguist Contract
- Aegis Weapon System Tested During International Multiple Ship Demonstration
- Raytheon, Motion Reality Ink Agreement For Virtual Applications
- Lockheed Martin Awarded Arizona Support Center Contract for M-TADS/PNVS
- Lockheed Martin and Aegisound Honored With Defense Department’s Nunn-Perry Award
- GeoEye Selects Lockheed Martin to Build Next-Generation Commercial Remote Sensing Satellite System
- STOVL Jet Prepares for Vertical Landing
- DOD CONTRACTS for March 11, 2010
- US Navy: Flag Officer Announcement
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