Quintron Systems Wins Major DICES Communications Equipment Contracts

By Rajani Baburajan, TMCnet Contributor

Quintron Systems, a provider of interoperable voice systems and physical access control/intrusion detection systems, has been awarded two major contracts for its DICES communications equipment.

The first award is for a DICES Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) system solution that will be the first major new IP-based system introduced onto the Test Support Network installed at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) during the last three years, according to company officials. It will have several hundred user-stations upon final build-out.

Quintron won this award after going through a rigorous selection process by ATAMIR working on behalf of the U.S. Army WSMR Systems Engineering Directorate.

This project includes an incremental phase-in, which will also require the DICES VoIP system to interoperate with existing WSMR legacy audio assets.

Quintron is moving ahead with the initial engineering analysis to finalize the overall system architecture and functional specifications. The company hopes to install a prototype DICES VoIP system in February to support user testing to assist the final selection of design features.

First installation of equipment to support the main control room operations is expected during summer 2011, according to official reports.

“We are extremely proud to have this opportunity to support WSMR in their planned migration to a state-of-the-art IP-based range operation status,” said David E. Wilhite, Quintron president and chief operating officer, in a statement. “We are also pleased to work with ATAMIR on this new project, as their experience at WSMR will help ensure complete success for the Army with this transition to a VoIP command and control design.”

In another major development, Quintron also won the fourth Task Order released against the NASA Stennis Space Center contract for the DICES Subsystem Multiplexer (Sub-MUX) equipment solution. The company had received similar Task Orders for test stands at NASA Stennis Space Center and Marshall Space Flight Center.

Under the terms of the new contract, Quintron will deliver over 150 user stations and associated central equipment to NASA White Sands Test Facility (WSTF), utilizing the certified hazardous operation capability of Sub-MUX user stations at several of the WSTF high-altitude test stands.

“This continuing utilization by NASA of the now 12-year old DICES Sub-MUX design offers excellent validation to our original design concepts to support hazardous fuel operations for our traditional legacy customers in the rocket launch industry,” said Wilhite. “This also continues our wonderful partnership with NASA and Stennis in particular.”

Company reports say the delivery of the DICES Sub-MUX equipment will begin later this spring and conclude by summer with installation and activation performed by the NASA customer.

Quintron recently announced upgrades to its DICES VoIP command and control voice system to support corporate and related use in Security Operations Centers (SOC), TMCnet reported.

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