Air Force's Air Combat Command Awards Telos $2.7M to Deploy Secure WLAN and Deployable Wireless Solutions to Three Domestic Bases.

ASHBURN, Va. -- Xacta Secure WLAN Loaded on Ruggedized Laptops Will Extend Network Connectivity to the Flight Line to Improve Maintenance and Repair Processes at ACC Bases

To extend the reach of Air Force bases' networks to the flight line, the U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC) awarded a contract to Telos(R) Corporation to deploy the Xacta Secure Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) to three bases: Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Whiteman AFB and Nellis AFB. In addition to building WLANs for use on the bases, ACC will use the Telos deployable WLANs when maintenance activities are required beyond the base perimeter.

Xacta(R) Corporation - a wholly owned subsidiary of Telos - will install and maintain WLANs that allow aircraft maintenance staff to troubleshoot and repair aircraft on the flight line using wireless-enabled, ruggedized computers from Itronix, which are part of the overall Xacta Secure WLAN Solution. In the near future, the WLAN solution will provide secure wireless access to technical manuals, online repair information and logistics data - all part of the Integrated Maintenance Data System (IMDS). Additionally, Xacta's Secure WLAN will provide the capability to migrate to the POMX (Point of Maintenance) operating environment, which will provide access to IMDS. Wireless access to IMDS will eliminate much of the keyboard entry required for current IMDS operation.

Using wireless technology, the aircraft maintenance staff can receive tech orders, troubleshoot and repair the aircraft and order and track parts from the aircraft location in real time. This eliminates many issues in the process of flight line maintenance that cause delays in aircraft readiness.

These implementations will provide the same proven capability successful at many other ACC bases. Xacta's Secure WLANs will be available to maintenance personnel on base, and with the use of deployable WLANs, maintenance technicians will have secure wireless access to networks and critical maintenance information wherever they are stationed throughout the world.

By providing information to the flight line, ACC maintenance personnel will be significantly more effective in executing their jobs. According to Tom Badders, Telos' director of wireless networking, "The Air Force continues to pioneer the use of secure wireless technologies in support of its mission. The end result is a more productive workforce armed with the information and systems they need, when they need them, to optimize job performance and efficiencies. By extending the network to the flight line, asset readiness will improve in support of the warfighter."

About Telos

Telos Corporation has provided innovative IT solutions and services to the federal government for more than 30 years. Telos and Xacta Corporation, its subsidiary for security solutions, have since 1989 ensured that the government's most security-conscious organizations comply with demanding federal and DoD information security mandates. Xacta's offerings include enterprise IT security management solutions, enterprise security consulting services, secure wireless networking, enterprise messaging, and secure credentialing solutions. Its solutions are represented to the federal government on Telos' GSA schedule. For more information, visit www.telos.com.

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