OPNET awarded multi-$mil contract by DoD for NETWARS project.Re-compete Award Provides for a 5-year Period of Performance, an Initial$2.2 Million Dollars for 2003, and Four Additional Option Years OPNET OPNET Operations Network OPNET Olympic Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Team OPNET Operational New Equipment Training OPNET Optimized Network Evaluation Tool OPNET SMDPS Phase III Operational Network , Inc., a provider of Intelligent Network Management software, recently announced that OPNET Analysis, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary, has been awarded a re-competed contract to enhance the U.S. Department of Defense's Network Warfare Simulation (NETWARS NETWARS Network Warfare Simulation ), a software application for analyzing defense-related network communications. The terms of the new contract include OPNET software and services to be delivered in phases, with initial funding of $2.2M for 2003, and a four-year extension to be evaluated annually by the Department of Defense. This announcement follows OPNET's delivery of software and services as prime contractor for NETWARS in 2002. The NETWARS project is part of the Department of Defense's vision for achieving information superiority That degree of dominance in the information domain which permits the conduct of operations without effective opposition. See also information operations. by optimizing 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 in realistic warfighter scenarios. The objectives for the NETWARS software environment include simulating major theaters of war involving thousands of communications nodes, conducting communications burden analysis, contingency contingency n. an event that might not occur. planning analysis, and evaluating emerging technologies in full Joint Task Force warfighting scenarios. OPNET's Chairman & 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. , Marc Cohen PERSONAL Marc Cohen lives in the San Fernando Valley and attended Cal State Northridge University He is married with two children. Marc was formerly President of the Starlight Childrens Foundation. , stated, "We are extremely pleased to have been selected as the prime contractor for NETWARS. Communications and distributed information systems are increasingly vital to the defense community. The fact that OPNET was selected again for NETWARS, this time for up to five years, demonstrates the government's confidence in us. We believe that OPNET technology and expertise are broadly applicable to the defense market, a market in which we intend to expand our presence." Founded in 1986, OPNET Technologies, Inc. is a provider of Intelligent Network Management software. OPNET's technology has been applied extensively to simulation, analysis, and planning for the defense community. |
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