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Air Force Awards $9M Installation Resilience Operations Center Prototype Contract to SimpleSense and NovettaBROOKLYN, N.Y., Sept. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- SimpleSense, a tech start-up delivering critical response technology, announced that on September 14, 2020 the Air Force Civil Engineer Center awarded the company a $9M opportunity to develop the Installation Resilience Operations Center (IROC), an innovative prototype to enhance base security and facility operations. The Installation of the Future requires immediate awareness, response, and prediction of major incidents, whether a 911 call or equipment failure. The objective of IROC is to modernize response operations to enable real time data collection and analysis of operational technology systems from smart buildings to physical security systems. Breaking down the stovepipes that separate data enables a safer, more productive, and resilient installation. "For example, sensors will be installed throughout the installation that can detect gunshots and immediately communicate to the Base Defense Operations Center and to first responders in the field," said Lowell Usrey, Integration Division Chief. In developing their winning proposal, SimpleSense partnered with Novetta, a leader in advanced analytics. The companies combined SimpleSense's innovative approach to interconnecting safety and security organizations with Novetta's data analytics and PICARD sensor integration platform. "Our proposal leveraged commercial best practices dominant in technology firms like microservices, event driven code, CI/CD, Agile and Lean management, and translated it for the operational technology and government domain," said Eric Kanagy, SimpleSense CEO. The Department o Defense is seeking non-traditional partners as they take on modernization projects like IROC. Alex Brickner, SimpleSense co-founder, led the company's effort to expand from the private to the public sector. "The idiosyncrasies of working with the government can be daunting for a startup. However, teaming with Novetta combines the agility of a startup with industry know-how, bringing the customer the best of both worlds." According to Brig. Gen. Patrice Melançon, Executive Director of the Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB) Program Management Office (PMO), "It is truly a testament to the Air Force's commitment to developing innovative, cutting-edge solutions for not only the installation of the future, but for military installations around the world." The PMO will work with the winning team over the next 36 months to establish the IROC prototype at Tyndall AFB, FL. About SimpleSense About Novetta View original content:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/air-force-awards-9m-installation-resilience-operations-center-prototype-contract-to-simplesense-and-novetta-301137037.html SOURCE SimpleSense |