Cisco’s Aironet wireless access points are heading into naval warfare. Lockheed Martin which has a contract to install communications gear on the US Navy’s Zumwalt destroyers, has written a $700,000 check to Parvus to ruggedize the Cisco gear for battle.
Under the contract, Parvus will repackage Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) Cisco Aironet technology to meet unique harsh environmental and electromagnetic interference/electromagnetic compatibility conditions onboard the destroyer to provide secure Wi-Fi network connectivity for the crew, Parvus said.
Parvus has ruggedized Cisco gear for military use in the past. For example, ruggedized Cisco 3825 Integrated Services Router (ISR) units are used on the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship program.
Parvus recently signed a $3.6 million agreement with Lockheed Martin Aeronautics to build 185 smart battery units for the F-22 Raptor’s Communications, Navigation, and Identification (CNI) system. This CNI battery provides redundant, fail-safe power critical encryption/decryption equipment onboard the F-22 aircraft.
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