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Avineon Wins SBIR Phase II Contract with Department of Defense
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Avineon, Inc.
(http://www.avineon.com), a successful provider of IT, geospatial, engineering
and program management services, has been awarded a Small Business Innovation
Research (SBIR) Program Phase II contract by the U.S. Department of Defense
(DoD) Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). Under the contract, which is a
continuation of its Phase I work, Avineon will continue transforming NAVSEA's
existing Afloat Master Planning System (AMPS) into a Service-Oriented
Architecture (SOA) to support the Navy's Strike Force Interoperability (SFI)
initiative. NAVSEA, the largest of the Navy's five systems commands,
engineers, builds and supports America's fleet of ships and combat systems.
Avineon has been working with the Navy on various defense and IT-related
projects since 1996.
The DoD's SBIR program funds early-stage research and development projects
at small technology companies -- projects that serve a DoD need and have the
potential for commercialization in the private sector and military markets.
As part of Phase II, Avineon will SOA-enable the Electronic Change Control
Board (ECCB) subsystem of AMPS and establish a cross-domain SOA architecture
to enable the secure exchange of ECCB information across security boundaries.
The team will also transition the ECCB SOA implementation to Navy Data
Environment servers, as well as implement a cross-domain device within the
Navy infrastructure that supports ECCB web services.
Said Bill Douglas, SFI Configuration and Readiness Engineering Branch Head
with NAVSEA, "Avineon's innovation, dedication and flexibility supporting the
AMPS migration have made them a valuable partner as the Navy modernizes its
infrastructure. With their contributions, AMPS will be positioned to better
meet the information transfer needs within the highly dynamic Navy
environment."
Avineon will be building on its Phase I work examining the SFI environment
and developing a high-level architecture based on SOA. During Phase I,
Avineon determined that cross-domain enabled web service architecture would
enhance interoperability and information exchange and increase the readiness
of the Fleet for deployed and combat operations. The team also identified the
ECCB portion of the AMPS system as the best candidate subsystem for web
service enablement due to its central role in the SFI processes and its
envisioned future roles within the Navy's Entitled Process and the Naval
NETWAR/FORCEnet Enterprise (NNFE).
"Avineon appreciates the opportunity made possible by the SBIR program to
continue our long-standing relationship with the Navy," stated Scott Starsman,
Avineon's Director of Defense Systems and the Principal Investigator for this
program. "The technology developed is broad in application and should find
many uses in the government and private sectors."
About Avineon
Avineon, a CMMI Maturity Level 3 and ISO 9001:2000 registered company, is
a diversified high technology company that provides information technology
(IT), geospatial, engineering and program management services. With
headquarters inAlexandria, Virginia, and offices inAlabama,Florida,
Georgia, andVirginia, Avineon also maintains subsidiaries inFrance,India
and the UK. In IT, Avineon specializes in web-based architecture, systems
engineering, application development, and on-going network and security
support. For additional information, please visit http://www.avineon.com.
Press Contact:
Erin Hatfield
DPR Group
919-678-9200, ext. 103
ehatfield@dprgroup.com
Company Contact:
Charles Erdrich
Avineon, Inc.
703-671-1900
cerdrich@avineon.com
SOURCE Avineon, Inc.
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