Advanced Technology Systems Awarded $11.9 Million DHS Contract.MCLEAN, Va. -- Advanced Technology Systems today announced that it has been awarded a, five year, $11.9 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security Noun 1. Department of Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States (DHS DHS Department of Homeland Security (USA) DHS Department of Human Services DHS Department of Health Services DHS Demographic and Health Surveys DHS Dirhams (Morocco national currency) ) to support the development of the Border and Transportation Security Network (BTSNet) within the Homeland Security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA HSARPA Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency ). BTSNet is an information management network test bed designed to give Border Patrol field personnel connectivity and situational awareness Situation awareness or situational awareness [1] (SA) is the mental representation and understanding of objects, events, people, system states, interactions, environmental conditions, and other situation-specific factors affecting human performance in in their rugged environment. The overarching BTSNet goal is to support Border Patrol operations in the field and deliver information crucial to the missions of all of the network's users, including field agents and officers, field stations, sector commands and control centers, and national level agencies. BTSNet will interface with local, state and national data sources and provide connectivity between field agents within a sector and between agents and field stations. The BTSNet project consists of four functional areas, including data access, communications, and knowledge discovery, and field agent situational awareness. At the outset of the project, Advanced Technology Systems will support the introduction of the initial BTSNet pilot developed by DHS and apply its industry expertise to design, develop, integrate, and demonstrate the second phase of the project. The company's public safety practice will leverage its existing wireless criminal justice products to help BTSNet develop additional product software for personal digital assistants (PDAs), mobile data terminals (MDTs), station operations, and sector operations. Additionally, Advanced Technology Systems will investigate emerging technologies as the BTSNet program evolves and integrate these solutions into the wireless communications capability supporting our nation's homeland security. About Advanced Technology Systems Advanced Technology Systems is an information technology company that delivers solutions to help our customers meet their most pressing challenges. Working in partnership with the Department of Defense (DoD), civilian agencies, and public safety and national security customers, as well as other federal, state, and local government organizations, we develop innovative technology solutions that support our customers' missions, goals, and objectives. Our proven capabilities include systems integration, infrastructure management, business process improvement, wireless services, and specialized functional expertise. For more information about Advanced Technology Systems and its ingenuity at work, visit www.atsva.com. About ATS Public Safety ATS Public Safety is the Law Enforcement and Public Safety Division of Advanced Technology Systems. ATS Public Safety is a leading provider of criminal justice commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software, custom software development, and large scale systems integration for application specific law enforcement and public safety solutions, law enforcement technology consulting, and regional information sharing systems. The Voyager Secure Wireless Data Solution provides secure handheld, laptop and desktop access to National Criminal Information Center (NCIC NCIC National Crime Information Center NCIC National Cancer Institute of Canada NCIC North Carolina Industrial Commission NCIC National Cartographic Information Center NCIC National Cancer Information Center (American Cancer Society) ), National Law Enforcement Telecommunications Systems (NLETS NLETS National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System ), and state Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS CJIS Criminal Justice Information System CJIS Criminal Justice Information Services Division (FBI) ) data as dedicated infrastructure or via a service bureau model in 17 states. Voyager works with virtually any client device type and all commercially available wireless networks. Pyramid XMR is an enterprise grade message switch deployed at large scale criminal justice agencies. Pyramid XN2 provides high value, low cost web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. access to NCIC and NLETS. Pyramid Knowledge Management solution offers law enforcement and public safety agencies scalable, industry leading infrastructure for sharing and tracking mission critical data. Voyager and Pyramid products leverage XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. , Web Services, and SOAP and employ GJXDM GJXDM Global Justice XML Data Model data modeling for true open standards architectures. For more information about ATS Public Safety, visit www.atspublicsafety.com. |
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