Newpoint Technologies
Announces Nasa Achievement Award And Successful Space Network Management System
Spiral 2 Delivery
(14 July 2008) Newpoint Technologies,
Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Integral Systems, Inc., and a recognised
leader in Network Management and Remote Site Monitoring solutions, announced
today that its Spiral 2 Delivery to Honeywell of Compass Software for NASA's
Space Network successfully completed acceptance testing in April and the
Delivery team received a NASA Group Achievement Award in
May.
This award is presented to a group of government employees
or a group comprised of government and non-government personnel for outstanding
accomplishment through the co-ordination of many individual efforts that have
contributed substantially to a NASA mission.
Newpoint's Compass Software
provides NASA with remote management capability for its Guam terminal. A
redundant pair of Compass servers interface with the ground segment enabling
operators at New Mexico's WSC (White Sands Complex) to monitor status, view
alarms, and control equipment in Guam. Compass' replication features ensure
delivery and efficient data transfer through the limited bandwidth between WSC
and Guam.
"Newpoint was able to provide to Honeywell a COTS solution
that required very little modification to the core product to meet the
requirements of managing equipment located in Guam. In doing so, we were able
to significantly reduce the risk, cost, and schedule associated with delivering
the Compass M&C system. By selecting key products from the Integral Systems
family, namely modems from RT Logic, the Doppler Compensation Module from
Integral Systems, and Compass Software from Newpoint, Honeywell had a single
organization that shared its goals and was responsible for delivering a
seamlessly integrated solution to NASA," stated Wally Martland, Newpoint's
President.
In addition to managing Guam's standard RF equipment, Compass
Software also interfaces into the wideband and narrowband modems provided by RT
Logic, and the mission control and status software provided by General
Dynamics, which in turn uses a Doppler Compensation Module programming library
from Integral Systems to perform Doppler compensation
calculations.
About Newpoint Technologies
Newpoint Technologies,
Inc., a subsidiary of Integral Systems, Inc., is an industry leader in
Satellite and Terrestrial Network Management Systems for control of data,
Internet, broadcast, telecom, and hybrid networks. Newpoint has also been the
industry's dominant supplier of software and hardware for remote site
management products. Newpoint's principal customers are commercial satellite
operators, telecommunications companies, broadcasters, and broadband service
providers. Newpoint delivers a range of services, from out-of-the-box software
to complete turnkey solutions that manage large enterprise-level infrastructure
systems.
About Integral Systems
Founded in 1982, Integral Systems
is a leading provider of satellite ground systems and has supported more than
205 different satellite missions for communications, science, meteorological,
and earth resource applications. Integral Systems was the first company to
offer an integrated suite of COTS (Commercial-Off-the-Shelf) software products
for satellite command and control: the EPOCH IPS (Integrated Product Suite)
product line. EPOCH IPS has become the world market leader in commercial
applications with successful installations on five continents.
Through
its wholly-owned subsidiary, SAT Corporation, Integral Systems provides
satellite and terrestrial communications signal monitoring systems to satellite
operators and users throughout the world. Through its Newpoint Technologies,
Inc., subsidiary, Integral Systems also provides software for equipment
monitoring and control to satellite operators, broadcasters, and
telecommunications firms. Integral Systems' RT Logic subsidiary builds
telemetry processing systems for military applications, including tracking
stations, control centers, and range operations. Integral Systems' Lumistar,
Inc., subsidiary provides system- and board-level telemetry acquisition
products. Integral Systems has approximately 500 employees working at its
headquarters in Lanham, MD, and at other locations in the U.S. and
Europe.
(source: Integral Systems)
