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Land Warrior Ensemble
Image Courtesy U.S. Army PEO Soldier
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SAN JOSE, CA, –September
18th, 2006 – Quantum3D®, Inc., a leading provider
of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS), open-architecture, realtime
visual computing products and solutions, announced today that
the United States Army Operational Test Command (USAOTC) has selected
the Thermite® Tactical Visual Computer for use in the operational
test and evaluation of the Land Warrior (LW) Ensemble during the
upcoming Limited User Test (LUT).
The LW Ensemble is an integrated soldier-fighting
system intended to enhance the lethality, battle-command compatibility,
survivability, mobility, and sustainability of mounted and dismounted
Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) infantry soldiers. The LW Ensemble
is designed to facilitate sharing of battlefield information and
to integrate individual soldiers for interoperability with the
digital command and control of other platforms.
The purpose of the LW LUT is to evaluate the
effectiveness and suitability of soldiers when deployed both with
and without the LW Ensemble during operational tactical missions.
To measure key performance parameters developed for evaluating
the LW Ensemble, personnel at the USAOTC have integrated the Thermite
TVC into the man-wearable LW Ensemble to perform realtime data
collection on the performance of the LW Ensemble’s Combat
Net Radio System (CNRS) and Computer Subsystem (CSS). Integrated
into the LW Ensemble, the battery-powered Thermite-based data
collection system can record ten (10) hours of realtime communications
and related data on the LW Ensemble while deployed in a tactical
maneuver operational environment without adding significant weight
to the overall system. The collected data will be employed by
USAOTC Research Analysts for input into the LW LUT evaluation
process.
The LW LUT is scheduled to begin in September
using troops from the 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, “Manchu”,
based at Fort Lewis, Washington. The USAOTC has successfully used
Thermite systems in previous LW Ensemble operational testing events,
including Verification and Validation trials at Fort Huachuca,
Arizona and System Integration Tests conducted at Fort Lewis,
Washington.
"The unique features, low weight, power
consumption, and ability to be configured for our specific needs
were key factors we considered when we selected the Thermite systems
for the LW data collection mission,” said Curtis Austin,
USAOTC Electronics Engineer. “Thermite is well suited for
deployed communications data collection and have proven to be
very reliable in the field while not interfering with the soldier
because of their compactness.”
“Operational test and evaluation are critical
milestones in the development and deployment of military systems,”
said Ross Q. Smith, Quantum3D president and co-founder. “Without
proper testing, it’s difficult to really know how well a
new system will perform in battlefield environments. All of us
at Quantum3D are extremely pleased that Thermite was selected
by the U.S. Army Operational Test Command for this important operational
testing and evaluation mission and we look forward to working
with USAOTC on future testing requirements as well.”
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Thermite® Tactical Visual Computer
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About Thermite Tactical Visual
Computer
Thermite TVC is Quantum3D’s innovative, small form factor,
COTS realtime tactical PC that combines low-power, mobile CPU
technology with advanced embedded 2D/3D graphics with video capture
and display, and comprehensive I/O and wired/wireless communications
capabilities in a ruggedized, sealed alloy enclosure with Mil-Spec
connectors that is optimized for hosting C4ISR, C2, embedded training
and other graphics and video intensive applications in both man-wearable
and vehicle-based deployed environments. Designed to enable the
rapid migration of PC-based applications from benign to extended
environments and to reduce the footprint of legacy embedded systems,
Thermite TVC supports both Microsoft Windows and Linux operating
systems. For surveillance and sensor applications, Thermite TVC
also includes advanced video-capture and video-display functionality,
with support for color space conversion, scaling, and overlays
for NTSC, PAL, S-Video, and RS-170A formats. THERMITE TVC is available
with both solid state and shock-resistant rotating disk drives
and features comprehensive PC I/O and networking such as IEEE
802.3 Ethernet, USB 2.0, RS-232C, IEEE 802.11 and Bluetooth. Thermite
is also available with popular military and civilian communications
and I/O factory options including Mil-Std-1553B, EVDO, GPRS, Tactical/Secure
Radios, CANBus and GPS.
The Thermite TVC family, along with other Quantum3D
Embedded Visual Computing (EVC) products, will be demonstrated
at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting,
October 9th – 12th, at the Washington, D.C. Convention Center,
in the Quantum3D Booth No. 2249 and in select partner booths.
For an appointment at AUSA, please contact Quantum3D EVC Sales
at salesinfo@quantum3d.com
or +1 (408) 361-9862.
About U.S. Army Operational Test Command
The U.S. Army Operational Test Command (USAOTC) plans and conducts
independent operational testing and experiments in order to provide
essential information for the decision-making process. The USAOTC
supports the Army material acquisition and force development processes
by managing the user testing program and conducting operational
testing to support continuous comprehensive evaluation and force
development. The USAOTC motto is “truth in testing”
and by delivering this capability, the USAOTC provides well-being
for our Soldiers and civilians. For more information on the USAOTC,
please visit www.otc.army.mil.
About Quantum3D
Quantum3D develops and markets COTS realtime, open-architecture
Image Generation (IG) solutions, Embedded Visual Computing (EVC)
systems and subsystems, development software and support services
for the synthetic environment visual and sensor simulation and
training and tactical and industrial visual computing markets.
Quantum3D is a privately held company headquartered in San Jose,
California, with development centers located in Phoenix, AZ, Huntsville,
AL, and Orlando, FL and with sales and logistics in Europe via
Quantum3D Ltd., located in Reading, UK. For more information about
Quantum3D and Quantum3D realtime visual computing solutions, please
see www.quantum3d.com.
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