Ness Technologies, a provider of information technology solutions and services, has announced that it has signed a $30 million contract to provide its Integrated Command and Control System (ICCS) to a foreign country and build a national command and control center for the purchasing country.
Ness Technologies & Systems Group (Ness TSG) will act as prime contractor for the engagement, which includes establishment of the national command and control center, development and implementation of the system.ICCS is a comprehensive command and control system that integrates and fuses situation pictures from different military branches (ground forces, air force, navy, etc.), Security services and emergency forces. The system provides the connectivity capabilities to automatically share operational information among the various units and agencies. ICCS will provide the ministry of defense and the defense forces of the purchasing country with a real-time integrated situation and operational picture for optimal decision making and operational planning, both in peacetime and in crisis. 'The new contract is another strategic milestone for Ness Technologies, further positioning us as a leading supplier of defense command & control systems worldwide,' said Sachi Gerlitz, President and CEO of Ness Technologies. 'Ness' defense solutions and applications have an excellent reputation.' 'The selection of Ness' ICCS for this project is recognition of Ness TSG's experience, expertise and excellence in providing advanced turnkey command and control systems,' said Michael Zinderman, President, Ness TSG. 'ICCS utilizes unique technologies developed by Ness, which will be adapted to the special requirements of the defense forces of the purchasing country.' Ness TSG offers an array of field-proven systems in four main areas - command and control, intelligence, telecommunications, and supporting systems - provided to three main vertical markets worldwide: defense, homeland security and telecom. ICCS improves operational planning by gathering, filtering and fusing data, as well as using decision support tools for optimal operational planning. The system enables fast and accurate dissemination of mission orders, reports and data, as well as reception of status and location reports of the forces through secured communication networks in real time. It also monitors execution of mission orders issued by the HQ to the various units. |
