BAE SYSTEMS to Support Austrian Military Communications System.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 19, 2001 BAE SYSTEMS BAE Systems British manufacturer of aircraft, missiles, avionics, naval vessels, and other aerospace and defense products. BAE Systems was formed (1999) from the merger of British Aerospace (BAe) with Marconi Electronic Systems. has been awarded a contract to provide system care and the possibility of further enhancements for the Austrian national strategic and tactical military communications Military communications, or Signals, is a field of military activities, tactics and equipment dealing with communications. First of all, military communications are battlefield (combat) communications, including intercommunication with a higher command or country's system, IFMIN. The five-year contract, to be fulfilled by the Communications & Defence Infrastructure Division of BAE SYSTEMS Avionics BAE Systems Avionics was the avionics unit of BAE Systems until 2005, at which time it was transferred to SELEX Sensors and Airborne Systems S.p.A (initially 75% Finmeccanica and 25% BAE Systems, but since March 2007 fully owned by Finmeccanica) and was renamed , includes the supply of full-time dedicated BAE SYSTEMS staff to support the existing system, advise on development options, and offer technical infrastructure services such as configuration management and engineering database support. This system care award succeeds earlier one-year support contracts which, in turn, succeeded the main supply contract undertaken in the 1990s by BAE SYSTEMS in partnership with local partners, Siemens Austria and Kapsch. IFMIN is based upon the company's highly successful Multi-Role Switch (MRS MRS - Modifiable Representation System. An integration of logic programming into Lisp. ["A Modifiable Representation System", M. Genesereth et al, HPP 80-22, CS Dept Stanford U 1980]. ) family. Enhancements to the existing system are being discussed with the customer on a task-by-task basis and are subject to separate contract awards. Note to Editors: The MRS family has been supplied to a number of countries as the basis of their national or area communications systems capabilities. It offers a wide range of tactical and strategic circuit switches which can be used in headquarter head·quar·ter v. head·quar·tered, head·quar·ter·ing, head·quar·ters Usage Problem v.tr. To provide with headquarters: access or trunk roles in hierarchical chain-of-command or mesh-connected area networks. MRS applications can be mobile for tactical operations, static for strategic purposes, or hybrid systems where mobile tactical elements move freely within a static backbone network A backbone network provides a path for the exchange of information between different LANs or subnetworks.[1] A backbone can tie together diverse networks in the same building, in different buildings in a campus environment, or over wide areas. . Switches can be installed in small, highly mobile, soft-skinned or armored fighting vehicles. Alternatively, for strategic applications, switches can be rack-mounted in equipment rooms or bunkers. The Communications & Defence Infrastructure (CDI CDI compact disc interactive: a system for storing a mix of software, data, audio, and compressed video for interactive use under processor control ) division of BAE SYSTEMS Avionics supplies tactical and strategic communications systems for all three domains, together with innovative information infrastructure and IFF 1. (file format) IFF - Interchange File Format. 2. IFF - Identify friend or foe (radar). 3. (mathematics, logic) iff - if and only if, i.e. necessary and sufficient. systems, to support battlespace digitization. The division develops defense applications based on commercial off-the-shelf Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) is a term for software or hardware, generally technology or computer products, that are ready-made and available for sale, lease, or license to the general public. (COTS) sub-systems and accepts development risk from customer organizations. CDI's approach features the creation of Integrated Project Teams (IPTs) with procurement specialists and user representatives, and the development of industrial alliances with other major industry centers of specialist expertise in associated fields. About BAE SYSTEMS: BAE SYSTEMS is the truly global systems, defense and aerospace company. BAE SYSTEMS employs more than 100,000 people and has annual sales of some 12 billion pounds. The company offers a global capability in air, sea, land and space with a world-class prime contracting ability supported by a range of key skills. BAE SYSTEMS designs and manufactures civil and military aircraft, surface ships, submarines, space systems, radar, avionics, communications, electronics, guided weapon systems and a range of other defense products. |
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