U.S. Joint Forces Command Selects Expand Networks for Command and Control on the Move System.

ROSELAND, N.J. -- Expand Networks, a leader in applications acceleration over the wide area network (WAN), today announced that the U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) has selected, installed and integrated the Expand Accelerator model 4820 into the Joint Systems Integration Center (JSIC) Command and Control on the Move (C2OTM) system. This timely integration adds to the list of successful deployments for Expand, the sole vendor selected by land, air and sea forces for all on-the-move programs.

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has made application acceleration technology a critical component of its mobile tactical communications programs. Expand is the only application acceleration provider that has met and exceeded the DoD's rigorous testing and certification criteria for these on-the-move initiatives. Expand Accelerators enable the mobile military network to perform comparably to a fixed post network by dramatically increasing bandwidth throughput, speed and application responsiveness.

Details on the C2OTM deployment will be shared at this week's MILCOM 2005 conference. USJFCOM Project Leader Lieutenant Commander Steve Fahey's conference paper "Joint Command and Control on the Move" is based on the C2OTM project, used by the United States Army V Corps when deployed as Multi-National Corps-Iraq (MNC-I) in Operation Iraqi Freedom. LCDR Fahey's paper, which is slated to be published in the MILCOM proceedings, examines the specific technical implementation when providing modern communication methods to mobile warfighters through true broadband, on-the-move (OTM) satellite access to the same information services as might be available at a fixed command post.

According to LCDR Fahey, the Accelerators enable the C2OTM network "to reach back and pull Common Operational Picture (COP) and have a live COP...to reach back and pull imagery ...to have an InfoWorkSpace collaborative session, a VTC ... make phone calls... all simultaneously and do it across three different networks."(1) C2OTM uses Expand Accelerators to dramatically increase network throughput, speed and application responsiveness across multiple classified and unclassified communications networks. The bandwidth efficiency delivered by the Expand Accelerators also results in significant cost savings by making network operations "cheaper . . . and significantly faster."(2)

The Expand Accelerators deliver multiple, scalable optimization services as part of the C2OTM terminal equipment design. They provide fully interoperable TCP acceleration, based on the SCPS standard (www.scps.org), to overcome the inefficiency of high-latency satellite circuits and enable the use of nearly 100 percent of the subscribed service. The multi-service platform also performs content compression, automatic packet aggregation and packet loss recovery to maximize satellite channel efficiency and increase effective bandwidth throughput by 400 percent. The Accelerators' integrated Quality of Service (QoS) is used to control and prioritize real-time traffic, such as voice and video.

JITC assessed in 2003 and 2005, nearly 4000 Expand Accelerators have been delivered to U.S. government military and civilian agencies. Other transformational military programs selecting Expand Accelerators to optimize mobile network performance and participate in leading exercises in 2005 include the U.S. Army A2C2S, BCOTM, MBCOTM, and SECOMP - I, the U.S. Air Force AMC SCOPE ABLE, RIVET JOINT and SPECKLED TROUT, the U.S. Navy ADNS Trident Warrior 05, U.S. Marine Corps LSWAN, DISA JUICE, U.S. Coast Guard DEEPWATER and NC3A.

Expand will be exhibiting at MILCOM 2005 (www.milcom.org/2005) in Booth 1015. MILCOM takes place October 18-20, 2005 in Atlantic City, NJ at the Atlantic City Convention Center.

About Expand Networks

Expand Networks is a leading provider of application acceleration solutions. By offering multiple WAN services integrated into a scalable platform - the Accelerator, Expand improves application performance over the WAN to enhance the remote user's experience. Deployed in over 1,200 customers networks', including Motorola, Hitachi Capital, Continental Airlines and the United States Department of Defense, Expand supports key IT initiatives including: server and data center consolidation; migration to webified applications; server-based computing; VoIP implementation; MPLS service deployment; and disaster recovery. Expand provides investment insurance by leveraging a Linux-based open architecture that allows seamless integration with new organic or third-party application acceleration services. Expand Networks is headquartered in Roseland, New Jersey with offices in Australia, Germany, Israel, Italy, Singapore, South Africa, UAE, United Kingdom and throughout the United States. To learn more, visit www.expand.com or call [phone].

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(1)"Network-Centric Operations Go on the Road," Signal, October 2005, page 28.

(2)Ibid.