US Army deploys Expand Networks Accelerators with DTECH LABS

Expand Networks the largest supplier of WAN Optimization products to US Government and Military agencies, today announced that its market-leading WAN Optimization technology is supporting the PEOC3T and the United States Army to improve the performance of critical applications and communications over low bandwidth – high latency satellite links. Expand Networks Accelerators are enabling fast and reliable connectivity for mobile warfighter units in Operation Enduring Freedom and remote executive travel teams.

“The Expand solution enables military operations to offer increased levels of quality of service by way of higher bandwidth throughput, reduced latency, and seamless delivery of critical applications, ensuring an enhanced user experience and productivity, across even the most remote military deployments.”
.Working in partnership with DTECH LABS, Inc. www.dtechlabs.com, Expand Networks WAN Optimization technology has been incorporated into the DTECH LABS M3C4G (Mobile, Modular, Man-Carry C4 Gateway) and HALO Tactical RED/BLACK systems. As part of the initial deployment, 24 Expand Accelerators, embedded in M3C4G and HALO units, have been deployed in the field.

Brian Everhart, VP of Products and Services at DTECH LABS, commented, “Mobile warfighters and federal government employees in remote Areas of Responsibility (AOR) are often limited by degraded links for mission-critical communications. By embedding WAN Optimization technology like Expand’s into our modular man-portable tactical communications systems, we significantly improve their command and control (C2) capability by maximizing the efficiency of communications in the field.”

Expand’s WAN optimization technology, with integrated Space Communication Protocol Standard (SCPS), mitigates the effect of low bandwidth and high latency obstacles that traditionally impede the speed and performance of applications over satellite links. Combining SCPS with compression, byte-level caching and layer 7 QoS, Expand’s technology enables available bandwidth and real-time interactive TCP traffic to be maximized, extending ‘virtual capacity’ to military personnel.

Expand Networks products are presently used in the Tactical Warfighter Information Network (WIN-T) Increment 2 system to help provide warfighters and brigade teams with maximum communications efficiency on the move. The inclusion of Expand technology in the DTECH LABS man-carry product lines helps extend the capabilities of WIN-T to smaller, more mobile units.

Howard Teicher, Expand Network’s VP for Public Sector & Satellite Markets concludes, “The Expand solution enables military operations to offer increased levels of quality of service by way of higher bandwidth throughput, reduced latency, and seamless delivery of critical applications, ensuring an enhanced user experience and productivity, across even the most remote military deployments.”

Since its initial rollout in the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) in 1999, more than 11,000 Expand Networks Accelerators have been deployed throughout the US government and in all branches of the American Military. Battle-proven in Afghanistan and Iraq with the US Army and Marine Corps, Expand Accelerators are also deployed in US government enterprise networks, such as the Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

Source: Expand