SOLUTE Supports Haiti Earthquake Relief
SOLUTE employees recently provided crucial support to NAVAIR PMA 209 in the Haiti earthquake relief effort. Company representatives were pivotal in the rapid response to a Fleet request for an updated navigational database of the crisis area. By developing requirements for database content; virtually flying procedures to ensure the highest level of validation; and gaining release authority, they assisted the Program Office in responding within 20 hours of the Fleet request. Additionally, SOLUTE engineers provided expertise in validation of instrument approach, and directed the PMA209 Mission Planning team activities to ensure timely response to Fleet special requests. This support enabled the Fleet Logistic Support Squadron Four Zero (VRC-40) to better navigate airfields through the region, resulting in the safe pickup and delivery of more than one million pounds of food and water, as well as and the safe transport of 400 doctors into Haiti.
SOLUTE is gratified by the opportunity to support Operation Unified Response, and serve in such a time of great need. For more details from NAVAIR’s official press release, click here.
SOLUTE Awarded NAVAIR AIR 1.0 Subcontract
On March 3rd, 2010 SOLUTE was awarded a subcontract for specialized rapid response services in support of AIR 1.0. Company engineers will provide acquisition, project and technical integration expertise to this tasking. This support will assist NAVAIR IPTs in all phases of the DoD acquisition process, and the life cycle support of aircraft, aircraft components, missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), ordnance/bombs, and support related items.
February 2010 NEWS - SOLUTE Participates in Anti-Terrorism Exercise
On February 19, 2010, SOLUTE participated in the “Operation Medusa 2010” anti-terrorism table top exercise. Sponsored by San Diego InfraGard Members Alliance; Federal Bureau of Investigation; Department of Homeland Security; and San Diego Regional Terrorism Threat Assessment Center, this exercise focused on the tourism and public venues sector. Two SOLUTE employees presented after action analysis and recommendations relating to policies, procedures, and plans of action that resulted from dozens of scenarios. In addition to being valuable streams of communication for local governments, first responders, and corporations, such local tabletop exercise are vital to identifying, mitigating, and responding to terrorist profiles, tactics, techniques, and strategies. SOLUTE congratulates these employees on their thought leadership in the field of Anti-Terrorism.
January 2010 NEWS - SOLUTE Awarded Subcontract on SSC PAC Code 536 Contract Vehicle
On January 21, 2010, SOLUTE was granted a subcontract on an SSC Pacific, Command and Control Technology and Experimentation Division, Code 536 contract vehicle. SOLUTE engineers will bring a wealth of Command & Control (C2) expertise to tasking under this vehicle. Future Task Orders will include research, systems engineering, development, integration, test, and support of C2 Net-Centric Operations dealing with Joint, Navy, Marine Corps, Army, Air Force and their interfacing with civil and non-government components.
April 2009 NEWS - SOLUTE Awarded IT-70 Schedule for Information Technology Services
On April 20th, SOLUTE Consulting was awarded an Information Technology (IT)-70 General Services Administration (GSA) schedule under Special Item Number (SIN) 132.51 covering General Purpose Commercial IT Equipment, Software, and Related Services.
Under contract GS-35F-0372V, SOLUTE offers a range of systems and software engineering, information assurance, technical writing, and administrative support services through the GSAAdvantage website at www.gsaadvantage.gov. SIN 132.51 allows for: resources and facilities management, database planning and design, systems analysis and design, network services, programming, conversion and implementation support, network services project management, data/records management, electronic media subscriptions/publications, and other services. The contract builds on SOLUTE’s current GSA Professional Engineering Services (PES) schedule, allowing Federal customers to purchase IT engineering on an hourly basis from the company without the need for long term contracts or requirements for an in-house contracts shop. SOLUTE’s GSA vehicle allows for purchases up to $500,000 at a time. It provides greater flexibility and less overhead than a number of other industry standard alternatives. Using this schedule, SOLUTE will be able to pursue a much broader range of customers within both the Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The company’s schedule provides rates for both on and off site work in locations throughout the U.S. Under this vehicle, SOLUTE can provide systems, software, and security personnel for highly specialized projects at clearance levels up to Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI).
January 2009 NEWS - SOLUTE awarded Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant for Airborne Cross Domain Solutions (CDS)
On January 21st, SOLUTE received official notification that the company was awarded a Phase I SBIR grant worth $100,000 to study scalable airborne architectures for cross domain communications as an alternative to the use of expensive satellite resources for tactical communications.
SOLUTE Consulting has extensive experience in airborne networking and will leverage this expertise in the research of this topic. Current CDS products are often too cumbersome for airborne use and require a human-in-the-loop. Under this tasking, SOLUTE will conduct research to develop a modular hardware architecture for implementation of an automated airborne CDS for use in a chip, card, and blade environment. SOLUTE will determine space, weight, and power (SWaP) constraints of candidate aircraft and aerial vehicles, define applications and their security requirements, and determine Real Time Operating System (RTOS) requirements for implementing a Multiple Independent Layers of Security/Safety (MILS)-based CDS architecture. Globally, the satellite communications (SATCOM) market has increased by more than 40% in the past five years, and the U.S. Government currently makes up 75% of the world’s demand for services. The impact of the technology from this study will be immediate once implemented, saving potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in DoD SATCOM spending by making greater use of existing airborne assets for tactical communications. This solution can be applied to any U.S. military aircraft currently utilizing MILS based solutions, including the B-1, B-2, F-35, F-22, and C-130. The technology is also applicable to several commercial markets as well, which include the multi-billion dollar cellular communications market, software defined radios, and other industries requiring data compartmentalization and high uptime, such as utility infrastructure management, financial services, and data centers.