BBN Technologies Awarded $1.2 Million in Defense Funding to Help US Army Monitor Foreign Media.CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- BBN Technologies (company) BBN Technologies - A company, originally known as Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Inc. (BBN), based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. BBN were awarded the original contract to build the ARPANET and have been extensively involved in Internet development. , an advanced technology solutions firm, has been awarded a Department of the Army contract in the amount of $1,181,295 for delivery of two of turn-key Multimedia Monitoring Systems capable of monitoring broadcast news from television, satellite radio, and the Web. The BBN (BBN Technologies, Cambridge, MA, www.bbn.com) A consulting firm that participated in the development of some of the most extensive networks in the world, including ARPANET, which evolved into the Internet. It was founded in 1948 as a consulting service in acoustics by Dr. Multimedia Monitoring System (M3S M3S MAJCOM Manpower Management System ) is a media monitoring and translation solution that integrates BBN's broadcast and web monitoring capabilities in a distributed, scalable architecture for monitoring foreign language television, satellite radio, and web sites. The M3S gives English speakers direct access to foreign language multimedia by creating a continuous, searchable archive of international broadcasts and web sites. The system automatically transcribes and translates real-time audio streams and extracted content from selected web sites. Both the transcript and translation are searchable in a web user interface. The technology allows users to sift through vast collections of news content in other languages quickly and efficiently. "BBN's Multimedia Monitoring Systems help break down the language barrier and increase our understanding of the news, events, and responses that shape attitudes around the world," said Tad Elmer, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and president, BBN Technologies. "That understanding is critical to our military's ability to operate effectively around the world." About BBN Technologies BBN Technologies is a legendary R&D organization that leverages its substantial intellectual property portfolio to produce advanced, repeatable solutions such as the Boomerang shooter detection system. With expertise spanning information security, speech and language processing, networking, distributed systems, and sensing and control systems, BBN scientists and engineers have amassed a substantial collection of innovations and patented solutions. BBN now employs over 700 people in seven locations in the US: Cambridge, Massachusetts (headquarters); Arlington, Virginia; Columbia, Maryland; Middletown, Rhode Island Middletown is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 17,335 at the 2000 census. It lies to the south of Portsmouth and to the north of Newport on Aquidneck Island, hence the name "Middletown. ; San Diego, California “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation). San Diego is a coastal Southern California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. As of 2006, the city has a population of 1,256,951. ; St. Louis Park, Minnesota St. Louis Park is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota and a first ring-suburb immediately west of Minneapolis. Its neighboring cities include Edina, Golden Valley, Minnetonka, Plymouth, Hopkins and Minneapolis. ; and O'Fallon, Illinois. For more information, visit www.bbn.com. |
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