IHSE Assists U.S. Military Customer With Large-Scale Project; Earns Contract With Top Telecommunications Company

IHSE USA, through their partner FCN Technology Solutions, has been awarded a large U.S. Military project requiring Electronic Chart Information and Display Systems (ECDIS) compliance with IEC-60945 maritime specifications. In addition, the company also received a contract to provide a KVM management system for the expansion of a network operations center (NOC) to one of the largest global telecommunications companies in the world.

Military Contract
This specification ensures that hardware designed to operate navigation systems in a marine environment has been tested to satisfy environmental, safety and EMC requirements.

Under the award, IHSE will supply its Draco Flex Matrix KVM systems along with a wide range of extender components to integrate legacy and future technology as a seamless interoperability solution. Four maritime kits were developed based on specific port sizes and security requirements for sharing information between ship decks. As part of IHSE’s strategy for growth in maritime applications in both commercial and military markets, the company recognized the need to invest in testing compliance. A large range of IHSE’s KVM products have already been tested under the IEC-60945 specification with several installations positioned world-wide.

“With this current award to the U.S. Military, we recognize that our growth strategy for maritime environmental compliance is proving to be successful,” says Manny Patel, President and CEO of IHSE USA. “To position ourselves as leaders in government and military applications, we intend to expand our product offerings supporting maritime certifications as well as other certifications required by the United States, NATO and other member countries.”

Telecommunications Contract
This technology-oriented company worked closely with IHSE USA’s technical engineering team and systems integrator located in Texas on this project. Together a futureproof infrastructure was developed, supporting high resolution displays and multi-screen NOC workstations.

The task included providing a KVM system that could offer full-range 4K resolution with a 60Hz refresh rate across four screens with each being accessed from a single keyboard and mouse. In addition, the client requested remote access over IP and full redundant paths for the entire system.

IHSE USA served as the KVM technology design consultant to this project and based the design around two 80 port Draco tera enterprise switches acting as primary and secondary systems. Outboard extenders were of the Draco vario ultra series with DisplayPorts and redundant links connected to each matrix. Additional Draco SIRA modules were integrated to support up to six remote access points over IP.

“KVM display management technology is a powerful foundation for the future of high-resolution multi-screen workstations in the telecommunications industry,” continues Patel. “As we continue to work with our system integrators to build these new and improved concepts using KVM, we’re literally changing the way NOCs can operate in the future.”