Press Release: Tactical Border Coms
dacosta | September 14th, 2010 - 3:16 AMFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Metric Systems Corporation Delivers Secure, Reliable LMR Networking Solution to Assist U.S. Border Patrol Mission Success
VISTA, Calif., September 10, 2010 — Metric Systems Corporation (MSC) successfully completed phased delivery of its SAFARI™ Wireless Networking Controller to the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Agency in support of the their land-mobile radio (LMR) technology upgrade in the Yuma and Tucson, Arizona sectors. The SAFARI™ Wireless Controller enabled the CBP to cost-effectively build sector-wide, multi-vendor LMR networks incorporating both network-ready and legacy equipment. This LMR upgrade is a key component in the Department of Homeland Security’s mission to secure the U.S.-Mexico border.
Completed in September 2010, the CBP SAFARI™-based network consists of one hundred plus sites scattered over some of the globe’s most treacherous terrain. Interconnected via broadband wireless, microwave fiber, and commercial circuits, this network provides a secure and fault-tolerant system instantly to connect field agents with their headquarters and other field agents.
This is the largest digital CBP LMR network deployed to date. Its design introduced and proved a number of new productivity innovations which accelerate installation and enhanced operation, effectively reducing labor and operational expenses.
The SAFARI™ Controller is platformed on a single x86-high performance 1U shelf, incorporating an open architecture, Linux-based solution that provides an integrated gateway, router, and wireless system device application driver solution. Its open architecture, non-proprietary approach eliminates the need for multiple proprietary vendor boxes and enables end-user systems integrator to provide tailor-optimized solutions.
About Metric Systems Corporation
Metric Systems Corporation designs and manufactures fixed and mobile wireless networking solutions that support and enable commercial, industrial, public safety, and military users to successfully perform their mission worldwide. Metric Systems Corporation was established in 1992 and is headquartered in Vista, California, USA.
Contact: Bill Brown, President, Metric Systems Corporation, 760.560.0348
What Our Customers Are Saying
MSC | April 19th, 2010 - 2:57 PMEvery wireless communications project is different.
At Metric Systems Corporation, we work hard to meet your technical and business needs. Our goal is to solve your networking problems and deliver a system that is reliable, secure and performs at or beyond your expectations.
See what our customers say about working with MSC:
Jeff Estes
CBP-OIT Project Manager
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, Arizona
“The challenge to provide connectivity to the most inaccessible CBP [U.S. Customs and Border Patrol] sites in the United States presented a unique set of circumstances for our new Arizona network.
MSC was able to provide a unique and resilient solution tailored around our missions. Our requirement presented no other true or like comparisons, and our expectations were met with a reliable, frequency agnostic, easily deployable and low cost solution set.
Of all these features, the ability to support numerous SCADA, telephony, LMR, and other unique mission requirements was key.”
Tim O’Neill
Systems Manager
Usibelli Coal Mine, Alaska
“The challenge for our engineers is to communicate in real time with mining operators in the field.
The network Metric Systems developed feeds real-time production data from our Bucyrus® 1300W Dragline Excavator, via a wireless relay site, directly to computer screens in our head office. This allows engineers to analyze production on-the-fly and let operators know when to change their approach.
Metric Systems Corporation has been very supportive. Extreme weather conditions mean that we sometimes have trouble maintaining our wireless links. Your engineers have worked hard to resolve this problem.
Your wireless system has worked well for the past few years, and we plan to expand it to other equipment in the field.”
Robert (Bob) L. Davis
Senior Electrical/Electronic Technician
San Diego County Water Authority, California
“Sixty seconds to dispatch, sixty for the crew to assemble, and four minutes travel time – the difference between life and death. Dispatchers have just minutes from the time a call comes in to the time firefighters need to be at the scene.
Our network for alerting fire halls was outdated, and we knew it wouldn’t meet our growing needs. Metric Systems designed a system that networks our 17 firehalls – allowing our call center to reach and dispatch firefighters almost immediately across the 130-plus square miles that we serve.”
Len Garis, Fire Chief
Surrey Fire Services, British Columbia
I believe the best way to measure a company’s performance is by gauging customer satisfaction — we are completely satisfied with the system that Metric Systems delivered.”
“We had a networking situation that was best served by a wireless approach. The terrain in San Diego County is dry and mountainous at best, and we needed to provide high-speed, 2 mbps, full-duplex connectivity between our Central Automation Center and remote sites 12 and 35 miles away.
Metric Systems Corporation designed a system that met our data transfer requirements, and coordinated the installation and test process with our third-party contractors. There were a number of unexpected snags during installation, but Metric Systems engineers worked through these situations, delivering a system that greatly exceeded our expectations and specifications.
