RALEIGH, N.C., June 14, 2006 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon's JPS
Communications supported the national Coalition Warrior Interoperability
Demonstration (CWID) exercises in Colorado, Delaware and South Carolina
with trained personnel, equipment and its state-of-the-art communications
trailer.
The South Carolina Palmetto-CWID exercise, a two-week mock disaster
scenario created to test first responders' ability to communicate following
a natural or manmade disaster, ends today.
CWID is a major national event, hosted by the National Guard in
partnership with U.S. Northern Command, which focused on interoperability
technology to improve the information exchange between participating
military teams, federal agencies, and state and local responders. These
exercises serve as a venue for the National Guard units to test procedures
related to collaborative command and control within the National Guard and
among its homeland defense partners.
JPS Communications' ACU technology, used by military forces, National
Guard units, federal agencies and state and local responders, provides
communications interoperability between disparate audio devices in a
variety of configurations. Participants of the CWID event used the ACU
technology to ensure effective communications among varying agencies in the
event of a disaster.
"The ACU-1000 enables responding agencies using different radios and
operating on different frequencies to be able to communicate with each
other using their own equipment," says Lee Martin, director of DoD and
federal sales for JPS.
"It addresses many of the issues that have plagued emergency response
for years, and it does so efficiently, effectively, and affordably. During
the CWID exercise, various configurations of the ACU-1000 were deployed,
including our mobile, tactical, and wide area systems. The beauty of our
technology is its flexible design and the system configuration in the
field. Using our equipment, responders are able to meet the specific
communication needs of an incident, making it ideal for disaster response,"
added Martin.
"CWID is an excellent venue for those responsible for preparedness and
response to coordinate with their surrounding entities," says Carl Kist,
president of JPS Communications. "Our ACU technology is the preferred
solution to enable real-time interoperable communications, and the CWID
venue promotes the importance of operational policies and procedures that
have to be implemented prior to a joint response effort."
JPS Communications, a wholly owned subsidiary of Raytheon Company,
designs, manufactures and sells electronic hardware and software products
that enhance the effectiveness of communications systems. The company
offers unsurpassed local, regional, state, and wide-area interoperability
by directly connecting or networking any of the following devices: HF, UHF,
VHF, 800 MHz, and P25 radios along with Nextel, satellite communication,
cellular, WiFi and digital land line telephones.
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), with 2005 sales of $21.9 billion, is an
industry leader in defense and government electronics, space, information
technology, technical services, and business and special mission aircraft.
With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 80,000 people
worldwide.
Note to Editors:
For additional information on the CWID exercise, media representatives
may contact Colonel Pete Brooks at (803) 667-2327 or visit
http://www.scguard.com/palmettocwid.
For more information on JPS Communications, please contact JPS at (919)
790-1011; e-mail jpspr@jps.com or visit our website at
http://www.raytheon.com/jps.
Contact:
Kristy Foushee
919.865.1252
Katie Willis
919.865.1036
SOURCE Raytheon Company
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Related links:
http://www.raytheon.com
http://www.scguard.com/palmettocwid
CONTACT:
Kristy Foushee, +1-919-865-1252, or Katie
Willis, +1-919-865-1036, both of Raytheon
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