“Today’s mobile devices offer versatility and computational power that can revolutionize the battlefield. With FMVMS, we are able to enhance our tactical situational awareness solutions and allow our customers to disseminate critical video and metadata information faster and to more recipients, even in remote locations and while on the move”.Effective dissemination of video is rapidly becoming a must-have tool for ground troops, providing combat situational awareness in remote locations. But military IT and video groups are struggling to keep pace with constantly changing network bandwidth requirements and the wide range of mobile device platforms, operating systems and playback capabilities used by recipients in various sites.

Optibase FMVMS addresses the dynamics at the core of the FMV network and at the battlefield by combining broadcast-grade video quality with dense, flexible and easy to deploy mobile delivery technology that is certified for all types of networks and data rates.

FMVMS can be integrated with the widely-deployed EZ TV IPTV System and FITIS Situational Awareness and ISR Platform to enable rapid deployment of real-time streaming to phones and tablets. Offered in a blade form factor that integrates with award-winning Optibase Media Gateway (MGW) platforms, FMVMS is designed to be used as a video hub service or as an edge device that is positioned close to the users for optimal network utilization. An integrated iPhone, iPad and Android EZ TV Mobile Player application offers full channel guide synchronization and user authentication for a secure, customized management solution for live streams and recorded video assets.

“Today’s mobile devices offer versatility and computational power that can revolutionize the battlefield. With FMVMS, we are able to enhance our tactical situational awareness solutions and allow our customers to disseminate critical video and metadata information faster and to more recipients, even in remote locations and while on the move,” said Eli Garten, Vice President of Optibase Product Management at VITEC. “With this new technology we are able to address the growing need for a tactical mobile delivery solution that offers superb video quality in wide range of bit rates, designed from the ground up to fit military network topologies and trade-off between local and disadvantaged users. Our ability to dynamically and automatically detect the type of mobile devices in use makes FMVMS flexible, easy to deploy and easy to manage – attributes that will assist military organizations to quickly and cost-effectively deploy powerful new tools and services and make an immediate impact with increased video delivery capabilities.”

For more information please visit www.vitecmm.com/optibase.

About VITEC

Since 1988, VITEC has been a worldwide leading provider of powerful digital video products that support end-to-end media solutions for Broadcast, Corporate, Education, Government, Industrial, Medical, Military, and Telco customers. By integrating world famous brands including Optibase, Focus, Como, and Stradis, VITEC now controls the complete video chain with professional-grade products for acquisition, encoding, processing, management, and delivery. With approximately one hundred R&D engineers specializing in digital video, VITEC offers innovative and cost effective hardware and software, advanced technology research, and custom product designs for world-class OEMs. VITEC is headquartered in Paris, France, with worldwide R&D, Sales, and System Integration offices. For further information, please visit www.vitecmm.com.

Source: www.militaryaerospace.com 

CEOs from the world’s leading airlines, aircraft manufacturers, satellite companies, and aerospace associations, as well as heads of the world’s most prominent aerospace teaching and research facilities, will come together at the inaugural Global Aerospace Summit for four days of strategic level discussions, closed-door debates, networking, and site visits.

Hosted by Mubadala Aerospace, in partnership with Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) and Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat), the Global Aerospace Summit will take place 16-19 April 2012.

The Summit is an exclusive, invitation only, international forum bringing together international and regional senior executives from across the aerospace, aviation and space sectors for a four day event that will promote cross industry thought leadership and discuss future growth strategies.

The format combines two days of high level debate-led discussions on aerospace, aviation and space, followed by two days of field trips to aerospace and aviation facilities. There will also be closed door discussions, a private procurement meeting programme, and a careers development programme targeting vocational and professional development.

“We believe that this inaugural event will continue over time to become a cornerstone meeting for industry leaders within the global calendar,” said Homaid Al Shemmari, Executive Director of Mubadala Aerospace. “The decision to create and hold a global aerospace summit in Abu Dhabi demonstrates the growing importance of the Gulf Region to the industry as a whole, but also reflects the need for a dedicated, high level forum focused on the future of the overall aerospace industry. There is already significant interest in the Summit from industry leaders such as Airbus, Boeing, Emirates, Etihad, and The Engine Alliance, which underpins the decision to hold such an important Summit in the United Arab Emirates.”

Arab countries are expected to spend over US$100 billion on infrastructure development and US$200 billion on the purchase of new aircraft over the next 15 years. Chief among these are developments in the United Arab Emirates, which focus on using the region’s central location as a transfer point for passengers traveling between Europe, Asia and Africa.

Along with China and India, the Middle East is one of the top three fastest growing aviation markets. Scheduled travel is expected to rise 4.6 % per year to 2025, global air cargo capacity is expected to triple over the next twenty years compared to 2009 levels, growing at 5.9 % annually, and the private plane business maintaining healthy sales in the region.

James E. Bennett, CEO, Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) added: “The Summit provides an opportunity for global players across the entire value chain in the aerospace, aviation, and space industries to discuss the opportunities for the future in terms of growth, globalization, travel demand, and achieving profitability. We greatly look forward to this event, not only as a result of the sharing of experience and expertise, but also the commercial opportunities that it will bring to the industry.”

Jassem Al Zaabi, CEO, Yahsat, also commented: “The future of the space industry is exciting, both in terms of the rapidly evolving landscape for satellite communications businesses and the role that satellites can play in national economic development. We are in a new era for the commercial space industry and we anticipate high levels of interest in this area of discussion at Global Aerospace Summit 2012.”

Nicholas Webb, Director, Streamline Marketing Group, the event organizers, concluded: “The programme for the Summit has been designed to capture the interest of the key organisations operating across the aerospace, aviation and space sectors. As an invitation only event, we believe that the composition of the four day event will have an immediate and positive impact on the industry over the coming years.”

For more information on the Global Aerospace Summit 2012, please visit: www.aerospacesummit.ae

For media enquiries, please contact: Nick Farmer, Bell Pottinger Middle East, nfarmer@bell-pottinger.co.uk, mobile: +971 55 5597419

For participation information, please contact: Daniyal Qureshi, Streamline Marketing Group, daniyal@smg-online.com, office: +971 4 4475357, mobile: 00971 50 5955630

LandPhone – fixed satellite phone
A low-cost, fixed voice service, which can be used indoors or outdoors as a private or business telephone, or as a payphone-type solution in conjunction with prepay cards. Connects to a standard telephone and remote antenna, and is currently available across Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN)
Delivers simultaneous voice and broadband data communications via a lightweight, notebook-size device. Provides seamless network coverage across most of the world’s landmass and offers Standard IP at speeds up to 492kbps and “on-demand” Streaming IP at up to 256kbps.

FleetBroadband 500, 250 and 150
Our most advanced maritime service is designed to provide cost-effective, high-speed data and voice communications, including simultaneous voice and data, Standard IP with speeds of up to 432kbps over a shared channel, ISDN at 64kbps, and streaming data up to 256kbps.

Fleet 77, 55 and 33
These three maritime services offer a combination of global voice and fax communications, Mobile ISDN data at 64kbps and 128kbps, and our original always-on IP-based Mobile Packet Data Service (MPDS) for email, web browsing and other office applications.

FleetPhone  – maritime satellite phone
A low-cost phone service ideal for smaller vessels, consisting of below-decks equipment with an integrated voice handset connected to an omni-directional antenna.

SwiftBroadband
Designed to meet the high-speed data communications needs of passengers, cabin crew and pilots in airliners, business jets and government aircraft. Offers a package of simultaneous voice and data, plus contended IP-based data up to 432kbps per channel and 64kbps ISDN.

Swift 64
Provides bandwidth for applications such as high-quality voice, email, internet and intranet access, and videoconferencing, via its Mobile ISDN and IP-based Mobile Packet Data Service (MPDS) offerings.

Inmarsat A
The original Inmarsat system, which was withdrawn from service at the end of 2007. Based on analogue techniques, it provided global two-way telephony, facsimile, data and telex communications to the maritime community for a quarter of a century.

Inmarsat B
The first digital successor to Inmarsat A, capable of high-quality telephony, facsimile, data and telex services, and compatible with the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS).

Inmarsat C and Mini C
A digital system based on a low-cost satellite terminal, providing two-way store-and-forward messaging, distress calling, EGC SafetyNET™ and FleetNET™, data reporting and polling. The system is approved for use under the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) and mandatory for Solas-compliant ships operating outside Navtex coverage areas.

IsatM2M
A two-way burst messaging service enabling a wide range of machine-to-machine applications for tracking and monitoring remote fixed or mobile assets on a global basis – whether on land, at sea or in the air.

Inmarsat D+
The predecessor to IsatM2M. A two-way data communications service that uses very small equipment, with integrated GPS, for data transfer, remote monitoring, tracking and tracing.

Inmarsat M
The first briefcase satphone, introduced in 1993. Also available in the maritime market, as a smaller, digital alternative to Inmarsat B, offering two-way voice telephony, distress alerting, fax and data services at lower data rates.

Mini M
Introduced in 1995, based on digital technology and capable of two-way voice telephony, alerting, fax and data services. Operates only in the reduced coverage offered by the Inmarsat-3 spot beams, but its notebook size has made it one of the most popular Inmarsat services on land and at sea.

GAN
A precursor to BGAN, the Global Area Network (GAN) service offers high-quality voice, plus a combination of the 64kbps Mobile ISDN and packet-based MPDS data services via a portable terminal.

R-BGAN
An IP-based entry level device within the BGAN range of terminals. It was formerly known as Regional BGAN. Inmarsat chose Hughes  Network Systems (HNS) for the development and production work associated with the Regional BGAN network, including the R-BGAN satellite IP modem, which provides data only packet-data connectivity. This service was withdrawn at the end of 2008.

Aero H / H+
Supports multi-channel voice, fax and data communications at speeds up to 9.6kbps anywhere in the global (hemispherical) beams of Inmarsat’s satellites.

Aero I
Brings multi-channel voice, fax and data at up to 4.8kbps to corporate aircraft, military transports and regional airliners through smaller, cheaper terminals.

Aero L
Provides airline and government operators with global, real-time, two-way data communications, principally to support air traffic control and airline operations.

Mini M Aero
Suited to border patrol, coastguard, emergency services and remote-area operations applications. Supports a single channel for voice, fax or 2.4kbps PC data, SIM-card capability and STU-III encrypted voice.

Aero C
For non-safety-related text or data messages from anywhere in the world. With integrated GPS, it can be readily installed in corporate and general-aviation aircraft and helicopters, and offers two-way store-and-forward data communications, messaging, polling and position-reporting.

L-3′s new color AMLCD assembly will be a direct replacement for the current monochromatic display unit, and will be used to enhance the Apache’s target acquisition and night vision sensor display capabilities. It provides one of the highest resolution display systems available on US military platforms, resulting in greatly enhanced target detection and recognition for Apache pilots during day or night operations.

“We are honored to have earned this opportunity to extend our outstanding relationship with Lockheed Martin on the AH-64D Apache program. Lockheed Martin and the US Army have shown great confidence in our ability to develop this complex system upgrade for our warfighters and meet all program requirements on time and on budget,” said Bruce Coffey, president of L-3 Display Systems. “L-3 is a leader in providing high-performance display systems, processing and avionics subsystem integration solutions for demanding environments, and we look forward to providing our most advanced display technology for the Apache helicopter.”

L-3’s new color AMLCD assembly will be a direct replacement for the current monochromatic display unit, and will be used to enhance the Apache’s target acquisition and night vision sensor display capabilities. It provides one of the highest resolution display systems available on U.S. military platforms, resulting in greatly enhanced target detection and recognition for Apache pilots during day or night operations.

“We are honored to have earned this opportunity to extend our outstanding relationship with Lockheed Martin on the AH-64D Apache program. Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Army have shown great confidence in our ability to develop this complex system upgrade for our warfighters and meet all program requirements on time and on budget,” said Bruce Coffey, president of L-3 Display Systems. “L-3 is a leader in providing high-performance display systems, processing and avionics subsystem integration solutions for demanding environments, and we look forward to providing our most advanced display technology for the Apache helicopter.”

Participants in the challenge submitted their designs online for review. Feedback from the community of more than 12,000 designers and enthusiasts enabled participants to incorporate novel ideas and concepts from their peers, helping to create a better vehicle in an open source process. After receiving and validating more than 150 design entries, Victor Garcia’s FLYPMode design was named the winner of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Crowd-derived Combat-support vehicle (XC2V) Design Challenge and was subsequently built into an operational prototype.

“Dassault Systèmes is a natural partner choice for us on this project,” said Jay Rogers, CEO of Local Motors. “We both see the future of product creation based upon an open process where we gain wisdom from the masses in order to deliver truly relevant products. We could not have achieved the same outcome on this project without their intuitive design and collaboration tools and support.”

Dassault Systèmes supported the project on several levels by providing technology for individuals to design independently and collaborate amongst each other. Dassault Systèmes’ 3DVIA Composer was provided to each design participant as part of the project ignition kit; CATIA was used for packaging and component designs; ENOVIA was used to store and manage both CATIA and SolidWorks design data; and SIMULIA was used for virtual testing and analysis.

With a focus on streamlining product development, Local Motors is pioneering a new manufacturing paradigm based upon online crowdsourcing for product co-creation where a virtual community collaborates to leverage the collective knowledge base in order to develop the most optimal solution.

“Product co-creation as envisioned by companies such as Local Motors requires a new holistic approach to product development,” said Al Bunshaft, managing director, North America, Dassault Systèmes. “This is a great example of how our technologies are enabling true social product development to take place. By empowering individuals to use 3D to share ideas, create products and give feedback, the voice of the end-user can be heard earlier in the process, making sure the end-product is even more closely attuned to actual market need.”

The widely implemented PLM solutions of today deliver efficiencies, but are based upon a parallel product development process. Dassault Systèmes Version 6, run entirely through a browser, offers a Web-scalable platform that addresses today’s increasing use of social networks. This collaborative approach encourages innovation and allows users to be involved in the process, experiencing how products will perform prior to physical production. Manufacturers can use consumer input to hit the right market with the right product faster and at the lowest cost.

Navy Vice Adm. William E. Landay III oversees DoD’s execution of the State Department program that has delivered more than $96 billion in Defense weapons systems, equipment and services to other countries and international organizations in the last five years.

Foreign military sales have averaged $30 billion for each of the last three years, up almost three-fold from the 2005-2008 timeframe, Landay said. In addition, many customers who once were willing to forego fast delivery to keep the bottom line as low as possible now want their goods and services as fast as possible, often to support current operations.

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