Parvus Contracted to Develop Ruggedized Cisco 3825 Routers for Navy Littoral Combat Ship Program

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Parvus Corporation today announced a contract with the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) in Panama City, Florida to develop a ruggedized version of the Cisco 3825 Integrated Services Router (ISR) for installation onboard the Navy’s newest class of surface warships, the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). Initial shipments of these enhanced routers are planned for next month.

Central to the transformation of the Navy's surface combatant fleet is this new breed of focused mission ships, the Littoral Combat Ship. While complementing capabilities of the Navy's larger multi-mission surface combatants, LCS ships will be networked to share tactical information with other Navy aircraft, ships, submarines, and joint units.

“Parvus is honored to support the United States’ Navy Littoral Combat Ship program with our expertise in rugged systems development and communications technologies,” said Parvus President Les Goodman. “We expect the ruggedized Cisco 3825 routers supplied by Parvus to bolster the Navy’s net-centric capabilities with best-in-class Cisco IOS® software, robust Layer 2 LAN switching and flexible Layer 3 WAN routing.”

Designed to meet MIL-STD-901D Grade B shock levels and MIL-STD-461 EMC standards, the ruggedized Cisco 3825 routers will incorporate mechanical packaging enhancements for naval military installations. In selecting Parvus for the program, the US Navy desired to couple proven Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) technology from Cisco Systems with Parvus’ systems engineering knowledge with harsh military environments.

The Navy’s LCSs are designed for Special Operations Forces (SOF) support, high-speed transit, Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO), Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), and Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection (AT/FP).

ABOUT PARVUS

Parvus Corporation is a leading provider of rugged hardware platforms to the military, transportation, homeland security and medical device industries. We specialize in ruggedized mobile networking solutions, displays, and embedded computer technologies for demanding real world applications. Parvus was founded in 1983 and is the US arm of the Eurotech Group, a world leader in pervasive computing with operations across Europe, North America and Asia. For more information, visit www.parvus.com.