Anteon Selects Xybernaut as Wearable Computing Platform for Coast Guard Deployment
Tuesday July 22, 9:09 am ET
On-Scene Photo Documentation Kit (OSPDK) Recently Implemented for Coast Guard Incident Response and Shipboard Inspections
FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 22, 2003-- Xybernaut® Corporation (NASDAQ:XYBR - News) and Anteon International Corporation (NYSE: ANT - News) today announced a partnership agreement under which Xybernaut mobile/wearable computing technologies and the Anteon On-Scene Photographic Documentation Kit (OSPDK) platform have been combined into a single solution for various first responders and homeland security application.
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In related news, the two companies confirmed that the U.S. Coast Guard has taken delivery of wearable OSPDK solutions for use during ship boarding operations and inspections of vessels for security and other purposes.
Under the teaming relationship, Anteon has joined Team Xybernaut(TM) as the systems integrator for OSPDK and other joint deployments. Both companies have been working together for more than four months to develop and deploy the integrated platform. The wearable OSPDK solution is initially being offered on the Xybernaut Mobile Assistant® V (MA® V) and Atigo(TM) wearable computers. The complete "kit" consists of a digital camera with built-in CF GPS unit, the Xybernaut MA V computer running image capture/transfer software, a wireless networking solution for transferring captured images, and web-based resources for viewing and managing the captured images.
The companies efforts are concentrating on military, intelligence and government applications, such as the U.S. Coast Guard, where field force technicians are expected to see increased accuracy and quality if mobile computing devices are deployed to support their day-to-day operations. The Coast Guard deployment is a good example of the potential for the joint system.
"The mobility and point-of-task computing power afforded by the joint Xybernaut-Anteon solution allows first responders increased flexibility and greater accessibility to knowledge at critical moments," said Joe Kampf, president and CEO, Anteon International Corporation. "In practice, an OSPDK operator can be dispatched to an incident scene where he/she can capture geo-referenced digital images using the digital camera. The camera then feeds these images to a software utility running on the wearable computer that transfers these images to an Internet FTP site residing on a remote commercial web server."
"Anteon and Xybernaut have proven experience with many first responder and homeland security communities," said Steven A. Newman, president of Xybernaut. "This joint Anteon-Xybernaut solution is already being accepted by our existing customers as a cost-effective platform for arming first responders with a more powerful and effective computing platform for critical incident response. Combined with Anteon's Common Situation Display System (CSDS), the wearable OSPDK turns operator-intensive tasks into more manageable activities AND provides decision makers with an efficient architecture for knowledge management and analysis."
Both companies are leaders in their respective markets -- Xybernaut in mobile/wearable computing, and Anteon in information technology, engineering and integration support. The companies have worked together to integrate the Xybernaut Mobile Assistant® V (MA® V) and Atigo(TM) mobile/wearable computers with the capabilities of the CSDS and OSPDK applications.
About Anteon International Corporation
Anteon, headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, is a leading information technology and engineering solutions company providing support to the federal government and international sectors. For over 26 years, the Company has designed, integrated, maintained and upgraded state-of-the-art systems for national defense, intelligence, emergency response and other high priority government missions. Anteon also provides many of its government clients with the systems analysis, integration and program management skills necessary to manage the development and operations of their mission critical systems. For 2002, Anteon reported revenues of $826 million with a year-end personnel strength of approximately 5,900 employees. Anteon frequently ranks among the top information technology integrators based on independent surveys including being named one of the world's top information technology companies in BusinessWeek's INFO TECH 100 Annual Report (2203). For more information, visit www.anteon.com.
About Xybernaut
Xybernaut Corporation is the leading provider of wearable/mobile computing hardware, software and services, bringing communications and full-function computing power in a hands-free design to people when and where they need it. Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, Xybernaut has offices and subsidiaries in Europe (Germany) and Asia (Japan). Visit Xybernaut's Web site at www.xybernaut.com.
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Xybernaut Corporation, Fairfax
Michael Binko, 703-631-6925
mbinko@xybernaut.com
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Anteon Corporation
Tom Howell, 703-246-0525
thowell@anteon.com
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