VMETRO Wins Contract with European SOSTAR Radar Program.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers HOUSTON & OSLO, Norway--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2004 VMETRO, the premier provider of products for high-speed sensor I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output , data recording and bus analysis, today announced that its German subsidiary has received an order for a real-time recording and playback system for the Stand-Off Surveillance and Target Acquisition For the RSTA/ISTAR/STA doctrine, see . For Artillery STA, see . For the USMC snipers, see . Radar (SOSTAR SOSTAR Standoff Surveillance and Target Acquisition Radar (NATO program) ) program. SOSTAR-X is a European radar development involving the five countries Germany (EADS EADS European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company N.V. EADS Expeditionary Air Defense System (USMC) EADS Extended Air Defense Systems EADS Environmental Assessment Data System EADS Echelons Above Division Study Dornier), Italy (Galileo Avionica), France (Thales Airborne Systems), The Netherlands (Dutch Space) and Spain (INDRA). SOSTAR-X is regarded as the European contribution for a future NATO NATO: see North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO in full North Atlantic Treaty Organization International military alliance created to defend western Europe against a possible Soviet invasion. Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS AGS American Geriatrics Society. ) system. The recording system is slated for delivery in 2004 and consists of four data recording channels controlled by a central management unit worth approximately $573,000. VMETRO was selected as supplier for the recording system because of the market leading performance, and unique ease of integration of its products, combined with the local support capabilities offered by its subsidiaries in Germany and Italy. "The flexibility of the VMETRO recording and replay solution, as well as the ease in which it was integrated with the processing architecture, were key factors in its selection for the SOSTAR-X program," said Sergio MARAZZINI, Project Manager, System Radar Business Unit at Galileo Avionica S.p.A. "For the customer this translates into a more modular system architecture, with well defined interfaces, lower developments risks and a system that is open to future technological advances in the COTS market," said Harald Schibbye, Product Manager at VMETRO. "We believe the customer has chosen the most flexible and scalable solution available in the market today." About VMETRO VMETRO provides board- and system-level products for high-performance embedded real-time systems, with products based on open standards like VMEbus, PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). , RACEway and Fibre Channel. Founded in 1986 in Oslo, Norway, and in the US since 1987, VMETRO is the world's largest manufacturer of bus analyzers for standard buses such as VMEbus and PCI. VMETRO also offers an extensive line of high-performance real-time data recorders, PMC (1) See Portable Media Center. (2) (PCI Mezzanine Card) A PCI-based mezzanine card that is widely adapted to VMEbus, CompactPCI and PCI cards. I/O controllers and modules for data acquisition and real-time data networking. VMETRO is listed as a Forbes International 200 Best Small Company and is traded on the Oslo Stock Exchange Oslo Stock Exchange An exchange founded in 1819 and trading stocks, bonds, and stock options that is considered the options market of Norway. (OSE OSE - Open Systems Environment :VME). For more information, please visit www.vmetro.com. About VSYSTEMS Owned by VMETRO asa (www.vmetro.com) and founded in 1991, VSYSTEMS is a unique pan European distribution network with subsidiaries in France, Germany, Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Combining VMETRO's products range with the products of market leading US companies, VSYSTEMS offers an extremely strong product portfolio. VSYSTEMS' products move, process and record data in applications such as surveillance, government intelligence, communication and imaging systems. The product portfolio, the strong technical competence with local support in many European countries and the ability to integrate complex systems positions VSYSTEMS as the number one European distributor in the high-performance embedded real-time market. For more information, please visit www.vsystems.com. About Galileo Avionica Galileo Avionica is the Italian leader in mission electronics, avionics and electro-optics. Wholly owned by Finmeccanica, Galileo Avionica specialises in nav/attach equipment, airborne and precision approach radars, UAVs and simulators, space and electro-optics, logistic and services. For more information, please visit www.galileoavionica.it. About SOSTAR GmbH SOSTAR GmbH has been formed in February 2001 with headquarters at Dornier GmbH, a corporate unit of EADS. The following companies are involved in the joint venture: Thales (28%), EADS (28%), FIAR Fi´ar n. 1. (Scots Law) One in whom the property of an estate is vested, subject to the estate of a life renter. I am fiar of the lands; she a life renter. - Sir W. Scott. 2. (28%), Fokker Space (5%) and Indra (11%). SOSTAR is an operational and tactical air-borne ground reconnaissance system for battlefield surveillance and target acquisition for NATO. The main activities and technological challenge of the company are the development and the operational demonstration of a multi-functional state-of the-art reconnaissance radar. |
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