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Siemens HiPath 4000 Real-Time IP System - the Central Dispatch and Communications Platform at More Than 100 U.S. Air Force Command Posts Worldwide

Posted on: Monday, 30 January 2006, 09:00 CST

Siemens Communications Inc. today announced that the Siemens(R) HiPath(R) 4000 Real-Time IP System will soon serve as the central dispatch and communication platform - for emergency as well as routine communications - at more than 100 U.S. Air Force command posts worldwide.

Siemens and technology partner RS Information Systems Inc. (RSIS), a federal systems integrator and telecommunication services provider, are part of a nearly $10 million Northrop Grumman Corp. task order to upgrade communication and command and control systems at 26 Air Force posts, including 17 in the United States. The project will enhance circuit switched Siemens equipment with next-generation voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) capabilities and features. More than 70 Air Force posts throughout the globe are already IP-enabled with solutions from Siemens.

"After surveying competitive communication and command systems, the Air Force has agreed to stay with and upgrade to the Siemens HiPath 4000 portfolio for mission-critical communication systems," said Russell Brodsky, director of federal government solutions, Siemens Communications Inc. "This demonstrates the platform's ability to provide easy manageability, security, resiliency and the modularity necessary to merge newer IP functionality with legacy systems."

Based on open standards-based architecture, the HiPath 4000 solution supports a touch-screen dispatch console for single-touch conferencing and the real-time collaboration of critical contacts, regardless of location and regardless of whether emergency preparedness personnel and others are communicating via landline, air-to-ground, mobile phone, land mobile radio (LMRs), satellite communications (SATCOM) or other devices and modes. Command post upgrades also enable open-line broadcasting, digital recording, easier system management and additional alarm monitoring and sensory capabilities for quicker response to natural disasters, security breeches and other emergencies.

The upgrade process for this task order, part of Northrop Grumman's Network Centric Solutions (NETCENTS) contract awarded by the Air Force, has already begun and is scheduled to be completed over the next 18 months.

Command and control solutions based on the HiPath 4000 platform are used in numerous industries requiring instant communications with personnel who are often in the field and who make use of myriad media and devices. Federal agencies, other branches of the military, cities, hospitals, universities and a number of first responder organizations make use of the HiPath 4000 and applications to maintain readiness and continuity.

About Siemens

Siemens AG (NYSE:SI) is one of the largest global electronics and engineering companies with reported worldwide sales of $96 billion in fiscal 2005. Founded nearly 160 years ago, the company is a leader in the areas Medical, Power, Automation and Control, Transportation, Information and Communications, Lighting, Building Technologies, Water Technologies and Services and Home Appliances. With its U.S. corporate headquarters in New York City, Siemens in the USA has sales of $18.8 billion and employs approximately 70,000 people throughout all 50 states and Puerto Rico. Thirteen of Siemens' worldwide businesses are based in the United States. With its global headquarters in Munich, Siemens AG and its subsidiaries employ 460,000 people in 190 countries. For more information on Siemens in the United States: www.usa.siemens.com

About Siemens Communications Inc.

Siemens Communications Inc. offers its customers a broad portfolio of communication products and services and is a leader in convergent technologies, products and services for wireless, fixed and enterprise networks. The company's portfolio ranges from devices for end users to complex network infrastructures and complementary services for enterprises, carriers and service providers. Siemens Communications Inc. is headquartered in Boca Raton, Fla. For more information, visit www.usa.siemens.com/communications

Note: Siemens and HiPath are registered trademarks of Siemens AG or its subsidiaries and affiliates. All other company, brand, product and service names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

This release contains forward-looking statements based on beliefs of Siemens management. The words "anticipate,""believe,""estimate,""forecast,""expect,""intend,""plan,""should," and "project" are used to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the company's current views with respect to future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause the actual results to be materially different, including, among others, changes in general economic and business conditions, changes in currency exchange rates and interest rates, introduction of competing products, lack of acceptance of new products or services and changes in business strategy. Actual results may vary materially from those projected here. Siemens does not intend or assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

Source: Business Wire

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