COLUMBIA, Md., Sept. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Eurotech, a
leading supplier of embedded technologies, products and systems,
today announces they have received a contract from Science
Applications International Corporation (SAIC) for a total estimated
value of $60M USD over a 3-year
period to supply the Eurotech system as the embedded platform for a
Positive Train Location (PTL) system. The first few units will be
delivered during the second half of 2012, and deliveries will ramp
up to full operational pace in 2013.
The Federal Railroad Administration and the North American
railroad industry have been developing various elements for a
Positive Train Control (PTC) system. The industry is now focusing
on train length data accuracy and positive determination of train
location through PTL projects.
The first phase of the project uses the ISIS ICE, a rugged
sub-system based on the low power, high performance ISIS single
board computer, which was certified last year as one of two
hardware reference designs for PTC applications. The ISIS ICE
offers fanless diskless operation, combined with wireless
communications, GPS options and flexible PC/104 I/O and
communications expansion. The ongoing deliveries for this SAIC
contract consist of the Eurotech computer on module, Catalyst TC,
with custom board set and enclosure.
"We sought out an extremely rugged and reliable hardware
platform for our PTL system that will be deployed on trains," said
Judith Decker, Vice President,
Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group, SAIC.
"The Eurotech ISIS is certified and meets our stringent
requirements for operations in harsh environments. The next
phase of this project will greatly improve the safety of U.S.
railroads, and we look forward to serving our customers with an
innovative PTL system."
"Eurotech's ISIS ICE is very well suited to asset monitoring and
control applications, as well as in-vehicle control, and this
alignment helped us meet the challenging specifications for this
exciting PTL project," said Greg
Nicoloso, Chief Executive Officer for Eurotech in North
America. "Contributing to the U.S. railroad industry's
initiative on train safety is quite gratifying, and we look forward
to a long lasting relationship with SAIC."
About Eurotech
Eurotech is a listed global company (ETH.MI) that integrates
hardware, software, services and expertise to deliver embedded
computing platforms and sub-systems to leading OEMs, system
integrators and enterprise customers for successful and efficient
deployment of their products and services. Drawing on concepts of
minimalist computing, Eurotech lowers power draw, minimizes
physical size and reduces coding complexity to bring sensors,
embedded platforms, sub-systems, ready-to-use devices and high
performance computers to market, specializing in defense,
transportation, industrial and medical segments. By combining
domain expertise in wireless connectivity as well as communications
protocols, Eurotech architects platforms that simplify data
capture, processing and transfer over unified communications
networks. Our customers rely on us to simplify their access to
state-of-art embedded technologies so they can focus on their core
competencies. Learn more about Eurotech at www.eurotech.com.
SOURCE Eurotech