2007 Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration

What do our Customers Say?
When pTerex participated in the International Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration (CWID) exercise, our customers had plenty to say:

• “pTerex needs to be fielded ASAP!”, exclaimed one operator.
  
  
• “Excellent piece of equipment.”
  
  
• “The soonest these could be made a vailable to commanders and warfighters the better!"
  
  
• “Highly recommended for any branch of service”

pTerex supported multiple locations at the CWID exercises including: USNORTHCOM, NSWC Dahlgren, EUCOM, SEAHAWK, West Virginia National Guard, and the South Carolina National Guard. Since that time, pTerex has been fielded by the Commandant of the Marine Corps, MARFORPAC, NORTHCOM, CANSOFCOM, and many other customers. When you’re a commander, you require the best solution available for communications. pTerex is here.

Warfighter | Operator Perspective
Warfighters were extremely impressed with the capabilities of the pTerex system. The ability to maintain 100% connectivity throughout the exercise while utilizing different applications (wired and wireless) such as VTC, Exchange Services and during transits through known communications choke points was the highlight of pTerex. Warfighters were unaware of any switch in connection types. When switching connections, the only noticeable difference observed was a slightly slower connection.

Warfighters stated satellite connections, although a sub-optimal signal provided adequate VTC communications and email processing. Warfighters successfully tested the ability to maintain connectivity when an external power loss was initiated; the external power loss did not have and adverse effect on an application in progress. When disconnecting the external power, pTerex failed over to battery without any disruption in connectivity and functioned flawlessly as if the power was still connected. Warfighters agreed pTerex provided the ability to establish communications immediately in natural disaster or in cases of attack on a city and also enhanced mission operations, effectively keeping units continually connected to the home network for information processing during missions.

Warfighters felt that pTerex is a good tool for field use by the commanders and other mobile units, and the ability to establish a temporary base of operations (the ability to create a LAN, have VOIP phones available, etc.) with full access to the home network is ideal. By providing Situational Awareness information, instant access, and coordinated communications with all parties involved provides an enormous advantage. Warfighters stated that it would have been extremely difficult or impossible to maintain the level of communications established during the exercise without the use of pTerex units.

Warfighters overall opinion of the capabilities of pTerex MTEN was outstanding. They believe pTerex is the system of the future, an excellent technology and an incredible asset in the field. It is small and portable, effectively transportable from location to location. Warfighters unanimously agreed using multiple units could greatly enhance both information sharing and tactical decisions and would drastically improve field communications. Warfighters stated that pTerex would likely have an enormous impact on homeland security and first responders by providing dominance in Situational Awareness.

Performance
pTerex Mobile Tactical Edge Network (pTerex-MTEN), IT 3.75, connected deployed Commanders, National Guard communications units, and Emergency Operations Center (EOC) First Responders to their home based networks and the internet to access shared applications, databases, etc. pTerex units maintained connectivity between transport technologies (wired, wireless, cellular, and satellite) without user intervention. This afforded a Common Operational Picture (COP) to the mobile communications teams and first responders regardless of location. USNORTHCOM .Colorado Springs, CO, NSWC Dahlgren, VA, and EUCOM Stuttgart, Germany demonstrated pTerex units. Additionally, pTerex, deployed to the EOC at Charleston, WVA, supported a statewide National Guard exercise run in conjunction with a mass evacuation event on CWID Execution Day 1. A pTerex Executive Communications Suite (ECS) provided CWID connectivity to the WVA National Guard Joint Force Headquarters (NG JFHQ) Battle Captain. A second mobile unit used by WVA State Deployed Communications Operators maintained connectivity in remote areas while in transit from the EOC in Charleston ,SC to an EOC in Elkins, WVA. pTerex installations at other locations in North Charleston, SC to supported a state wide National Guard exercise - Palmetto CWID. The first pTerex Executive Communications Suite (ECS) was located in Sterett Hall (HQ Command Location – Thunder Cat - JICC); A second pTerex ECS was located at the South Carolina National Guard Seahawk Task Force (STF).; and a third pTerex Vehicle Mount Unit was located in the VIP Mobile Transportation Unit (Mobile Command Location - SCOT). All pTerex units, successfully installed without technical issues, remained connected throughout Palmetto CWID supporting Command staff at the JICC, mobile command, and the Seahawk Task Force.

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