2 announcements
Optelecom Supports Boeing Company in Air Force On-Board Optical Fiber Communications Study
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/---Optelecom, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPTC - news) will serve as a photonic component information resource to The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA - news) in support of a contract granted under the U.S. Air Force's Advanced Vehicle management Technology program. The study will identify photonic technology and communications architectures for next generation Air Force flight vehicle management systems.
''We're pleased that Boeing selected us to help them bring advanced capabilities to the Air Force of the future,'' stated Edmund Ludwig, Optelecom's president and CEO.
Optelecom Debuts Advanced Fiber Optic Video, Audio and Data Transmission Platform
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/---Optelecom, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPTC - news) today announced the rollout of the first offering of its new Series 9000 product line. The Series 9000 offers a comprehensive, modular, logically organized product suite featuring a wide range of fiber optic video, audio and data transmission products for surveillance, intelligent highway systems, distance learning, video conferencing, process control, broadcast, simulation, robotics and other applications.
''Through the Series 9000 platform we've brought the best of Optelecom's point-to-point optic video transmission equipment together in a well thought out, integrated group of products,'' stated Edmund Ludwig, president and CEO. ''Our objective is to provide our customers with one-stop solutions that satisfy the majority of their video communication installation configurations today and that offer seamless expansion and re-configuration paths as their system requirements evolve.''
The Series 9000 product line features a unique packaging philosophy. The products are built to operate in a wide range of environments beyond the typical office-type installation. The high reliability of the more robust platform, alarm features and new diagnostic capability allowing remote network management via a PC Windows-based graphical user's interface, combine to provide maximum versatility.
All of the Series 9000 offerings utilize modular circuit card assemblies available as stand-alone modules or as assemblies which can be plugged into a standard 19-inch card chassis accommodating pluggable power supplies and up to 18 circuit cards for optimal functionality. A ''mini-chassis'' with an external power supply is also available which accepts two cards to provide stand-alone functions.
The majority of the Series 9000 components are available now, and the company expects the full range of components to be available by mid-year. |
