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Augusta Systems Technologies Create Intelligent Network for Navy
MORGANTOWN, W.Va., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a
$1.9 million contract to Augusta Systems, Inc., a provider of intelligent
enterprise network technologies that will be used to power an intelligent
network of unmanned vehicles, sensors and other devices. The network will link
geographically separate "swarms" of unmanned vehicles, sensors and other
devices, which can act upon data sent across the network by military personnel
and from other swarms.
"The Navy's objective is to demonstrate the ability for a distributed,
intelligent group of sensors and unmanned vehicles to provide persistent
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities over a wide area,"
said Patrick Esposito, president and chief operating officer of Augusta
Systems. "Augusta Systems technologies help the Navy to achieve this objective
by creating an intelligent network for the integration, processing and
communication of data from these diverse military assets."
Augusta Systems SensorBridge, EdgeFrontier and SensorPort technologies
provide the U.S. Navy's Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) with the
infrastructure and architecture for this decentralized, intelligent network,
linking multiple unmanned vehicles, sensors and other assets. The network,
built upon Augusta Systems technologies, includes:
-- Payload computer systems, utilized for processing of data on-board
unmanned vehicles, enabling control of on-board sensors, as well as swarming
capabilities (which enable the unmanned vehicles to operate autonomously, with
limited intervention by human operators);
-- An intelligent communication system/network backbone, featuring
field-level processing and correlation of data from sensors, utilized for
communicating data and commands among unmanned vehicles and other assets and
between vehicles, other assets and military personnel; and
-- An operator system interface -- a map-based display for military
personnel to see the location, status and data from unmanned vehicles, sensors
and other assets.
"In utilizing our technologies, military operations become more
network-centric. An intelligent network enables unmanned vehicles and other
assets to process and share critical data in the field, not at a centralized
location distant from the end-user," Esposito said. "Importantly, the vehicles
and assets can communicate data to each other, without the need for human
intervention. Intelligent networks such as this redefine the concept of
real-time information."
About Augusta Systems:
Augusta Systems, Inc. powers intelligent enterprise networks. Augusta
Systems(R) products enable collaboration and communication between enterprise
networks and edge assets -- sensors, actuators, wireless sensor networks, RFID
systems, imagery devices and other edge-of-network systems and devices --
which have existed beyond the reach of these networks. With platforms for
building and managing solutions featuring data from edge assets, Augusta
Systems provides simplified data integration, processing, correlation and
communication capabilities for Network 2.0-enabled enterprises. Augusta
Systems technologies and integration services -- including core products
SensorBridge(R), EdgeFrontier(TM) and SensorPort(R) -- support security,
monitoring, automation, asset tracking and other enterprise applications.
Through key partnerships, Augusta Systems also offers integrated monitoring
and control products, including ThreatViewer(R) and GridMonitor(TM). These
technologies reduce the total cost of ownership for intelligent enterprise
networks and maximize return on investment for enterprise networks and edge
assets. For more information, visit http://www.augustasystems.com.
SOURCE Augusta Systems, Inc.
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