Naval Research Laboratory Selects Excalibur to Support Development of the Army Airborne Command and Control System.VIENNA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 1997-- Excalibur RetrievalWare to Serve as Backbone in Mission-Critical Knowledge Sharing System Excalibur Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : EXCA EXCA Exchangeable Card Architecture EXCA European Expanded Clay Association (Brussels, Belgium) ), the world leader in knowledge retrieval solutions, today announced that the Naval Research Laboratory Noun 1. Naval Research Laboratory - the United States Navy's defense laboratory that conducts basic and applied research for the Navy in a variety of scientific and technical disciplines NRL (NRL Noun 1. NRL - the United States Navy's defense laboratory that conducts basic and applied research for the Navy in a variety of scientific and technical disciplines Naval Research Laboratory ) has selected Excalibur RetrievalWare(R) as the knowledge retrieval capability to support the joint development of the Army Airborne Command and Control System (A2C2S A2C2S Army Airborne Command and Control System ). The A2C2S system will be a fully digital command and control system that will be installed in select Army Blackhawk helicopters. It will connect helicopter personnel to a powerful local-area network of numerous ground-based systems on ships, tanks and command centers. Through multiple radio and satellite circuits, the soldiers and commanders on the helicopters can receive and send information, including maps on friendly-and enemy-troop movements, weather and other data. The collection of this digital information is known as "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 ," which the Defense Department is testing in a number of experimental exercises this year and next year. In organizing the A2S A2S AMEDD Small Shelter 2C project, one of Government's primary goals was to effectively implement a web-based solution that would enable comprehensive document sharing See data conferencing. and knowledge retrieval so to streamline and centralize the projects' development process. This includes daily input and contributions from a team of engineers and communications experts spread over more than 30 sites across the U.S. Excalibur RetrievalWare, through a Web-based interface, provides the retrieval capabilities for users at local and field sites. It allows users to search for documents and drawings using a variety of search methods including: full text, attribute/keyword, proximity, concept, and others. It displays the query results, then display a PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. version of retrieved documents/drawings in a read only format. The NRL chose Excalibur RetrievalWare for its unique ability to quickly and accurately access and retrieve different document datatypes that reside in a variety of repositories including the Internet, corporate intranet, relational databases, LAN-based information repositories, and digital libraries. In addition, the information itself comes in many forms such as structured and unstructured text, real time data feeds, images, and video. "We are pleased that the Naval Research Laboratory has chosen Excalibur to deliver the vital information associated with the development of the A2C2S," said Pat Condo, president & chief executive officer of Excalibur Technologies. "As one of the world's largest users of information technology, we applaud the Navy's resolute commitment to utilize advanced technologies such as RetrievalWare that will contribute to the success of major initiatives like the A2C2S." Excalibur Technologies Founded in 1980, Excalibur Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ: EXCA) is the pioneer of innovative Knowledge Retrieval software solutions that empower people and enable organizations to transform information into knowledge. As the world's leading developer of high-performance software products for search and retrieval of knowledge assets over all media types - paper documents, text, images, video, and other multi-media data types, throughout intranets, LANs/WANs, Xtranets and the Internet -- Excalibur gives comprehensive access to find the precise information people need, no matter where it is stored, in whatever form. Contact Excalibur in North America at 800/788-7758 or 703/761-3700, in the United Kingdom at 44-1344-893-444, via e-mail at info@excalib.com or visit our web site at www.excalib.com. -0- The Excalibur logo and the following are worldwide registered trademarks of Excalibur Technologies Corp.: Excalibur Technologies Corp.(R), RetrievalWare(R), Excalibur Visual RetrievalWare(R), and EFS EFS Encrypted File System (Microsoft Windows 2000) EFS Event Free Survival (survival rates in clinical trials) EFS Evangeliska Fosterlandsstiftelsen (Sweden) (R). APRP APRP Adaptive Pattern Recognition Processing (Convera) APrP A Priori Probability (TM), The Excalibur Edge(TM) partners program and their respective logos are trademarks of Excalibur Technologies Corp. All other names or marks may be registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: Excalibur Technologies Carter B. Cromley, 703/761-3700 ccromley@excalib.com |
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