Chassis Plans at the Hill AFB Technology Expo 2016

Chassis Plans will be exhibiting at the 2016 Hill Air Force Base Technology Expo in Salt Lake City UT . The show will take place March 30, 2016  from 9:30am to 1:30pm at the Hill Air Force Base. Stop by our booth to see what we have on display.

The 2016 Hill AFB Technology Expo hosted by the AFCEA Wasatch Chapter is an excellent opportunity to interact with key personnel from this important air force base. 300 personnel attended the 2015 event and we expect the 2016 expo to grow even larger. Hill Air Force Base is an Air Force Materiel Command base located in northern Utah. Hill is home to many operational and support missions, with the Ogden Air Logistics Center (OO-ALC) serving as the main organization and the 75th Air Base Wing providing the support. The center provides worldwide engineering and logistics management for the F-16 Fighting Falcon, A-10 Thunderbolt II, Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile. The 75th ABW provides base operating support for the Ogden Air Logistics Center, the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings, 84th Combat Sustainment Wing, 309th Maintenance Wing, 508th Aerospace Sustainment Wing and 25 associate units. Promotional efforts for Hill will be far reaching but the focus will be on the Air Logistics Center’s Directorates and the 75th ABW’s tenant commands and units. Technology Vendors who participate in this program highly regard this event as the most effective way to reach key personnel at Hill AFB.

Open and free to all DoD, Government and Contractor Personnel (must have with Gate Access to attend).

For more information visit: http://fdaexpo.com

Chassis Plans at the Hill AFB Technology Expo 2016

Chassis Plans at Shadow Warrior Week 2016

Chassis Plans will be exhibiting at the Shadow Warrior Week 2016 in Fort Bragg, NC . The show will take place April 12 – 14, 2016  at the Bragg Club. Stop by our booth #12 to see what we have on display.

For more information visit: www.112swa.org/shadow-2016

Chassis Plans at Shadow Warrior Week 2016

MIL-STD-810G White Paper Released

Chassis Plans CCX-19 LCD After Blowing Sand and Dust Test – Method 510.5

We’ve found there is a lot of confusion regarding MIL-STD-810G and this Chassis Plans White Paper should help clarify the situation a bit.  See ‘MIL-STD-810G – What it is‘ for the white paper.

MIL-STD-810G White Paper Released

CPZ-156T Zero Client Released at AFCEA West

Chassis Plans is proud to release their new CPZ-156T Rugged Zero Client at AFCEA West in San Diego, CA., February 17, 2016.  The CPZ-156T is a unique patent pending Zero Client which includes a 15.6″ LCD and 10-point multi-touch touch screen. The unit conforms to PCoIP using the Teradici TERA2321 processor.  Power is uniquely provided by Power over Ethernet (PoE) for single-cable operation.

Designed be a state-of-the-art secure information device, the CPZ-156T is designed from the beginning for security, first and foremost. Utilizing the industry standard PCoIP Protocol (Teradici Chipset), Chassis Plans’ Zero Clients are designed to be compliant with currently available Desktop Zero Clients but in a rugged form factor for deployment abroad. To further ensure security, the Chassis Plans’ CPZ-156T is powered through the IEEE-802.3at Power over Ethernet connection. This means a single push-pull connector is all that is required to lose all display information on the Ruggedized Client. As in all true Zero Client Architectures, no information is ever contained on the Client, it is just an encrypted rendering of the actual Virtualized Desktop (VDI) on the server.

In order to address a need for a Secure Ruggedized Data Terminal for the DOD, a system architecture was devised to provide a single connection to a PCoIP™ based Zero Client. This was made possible by selecting ultra-low power components (Laptop display and Touch Panel as well as a Low Power Zero Client). This enabled implementing the IEEE-802.3at Standard which provides for Ethernet connectivity, Power and Human Interface with a 25.5 Watt Power Envelope. The unit is designed to be the State of Art in security, as there is only one connection to the device and the unit is tethered. The moment that link is broken, there stops Ethernet activity as well as removing power from the device which requires re-authentication once the connection is re-established. This follows the Army “Approved Thin Client/Zero Client Computing Reference Architecture v1.)” dated 1 May 2013 which is to be used for SIPRNet and NiPRNet implementations.

Information is available at CPZ-156T Zero Client .

CPZ-156T Zero Client Released at AFCEA West

EPI Technologies Now Repping Chassis Plans

Finishing our efforts to provide local expertise to our customer base, Chassis Plans has engaged EPI Technologies as our sales representative for Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri.

EPI Technologies is a best-in-class sales and marketing organization that represents industry leaders in wireless, wireline, public safety, military, security and test equipment solutions.

EPI Technologies utilizes the seasoned experience of four outside sales personnel, as well as an exceptional inside sales team, to represent Chassis Plans.

See www.epitechnologies.com website for more information.

EPI Technologies Now Repping Chassis Plans

Chassis Plans Supports VIPER/T

Chassis Plans is providing rugged custom portable computer systems in support of the US Marine Corps VIPER/T program.  The Virtual Instrument Portable Equipment Repair/Tester (VIPER/T) is a rugged, man-portable automated test system.  This is the USMC’s primary functional test gear used to test and diagnose electronic, electro-mechanical and electro-optical systems in communication and weapons systems. It is currently used to test components of weapons systems (e.g. Avenger, TOW2 Missile, LAV-25, and LAV-AD, M1A1), radar systems (TPS-59, TPS-63, and TPQ-46A), and communications gear (TRC-170 and Unit Level Circuit Switch).

VIPER/T is a long-duration program with the USMC and is using the Chassis Plans’ custom portable computer to upgrade the system’s capabilities.  The VIPER/T system consists of VXI analog, digital and RF instrumentation controlled by the Chassis Plans’ rugged portable computer.

Chassis Plans’ portable computer provides a 17” TFT LCD with 1280×1024 resolution, shock mounted drive bay, and slim-line DVDRW drive. The LCD is provided with a dimming feature for 0-100% brightness adjustment. The LCD is modified with a bonded anti-reflective overlay glass for enhanced high-bright viewability and to protect the LCD.

The system includes a plug-in SBC with an Intel i7 processor, Q87 chip set and 8GB of RAM, expandable to 32GB. The SBC is plugged into a 14-slot passive backplane providing one x16 and five x4 PCIe slots and seven 32-bit PCI slots. The customer required all connections to the system be mil-compliant so mil-circular connectors were provided where appropriate for interfacing to the legacy VXI test equipment and military weapons systems under test.

Power to the system is provided by a custom wide-range 18VDC to 36VDC 760W DC/DC power supply. An AC supply is optionally available.

A full-feature, full-travel fold-down keyboard protects the LCD while the unit is being transported. An included touch pad is used for cursor control.

The computer system is designed specifically for rugged military environments and transportation and is designed to be MIL-STD-810G compliant for assured reliability. One of the selling points is the multi-year program support offered by Chassis Plans to assure future hardware availability for long life-cycle programs such as the VIPER/T.

The Marine Corps has 200 VIPER/T systems in the field scheduled for upgrade with an additional 200 on contract for delivery. Additional acquisitions are on-going.

Chassis Plans is known for custom system design and integration. Variants of the VIPER/T portable computer system are available for other projects.

Chassis Plans Supports VIPER/T

Chassis Plans Supports Iraqi Operation Peace Dragon

Chassis Plans has provided a quantity of fully integrated transit case systems for Operation Peace Dragon. These are rugged field deployed systems initially for deployment in harsh military environments. Operation Peace Dragon is a US Air Force program in support of the IqAF for Iraqi border patrol utilizing King Air 350 ER intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft.   These aircraft are equipped with the Lynx-2 synthetic aperture radar units built by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems of San Diego, Calif.

Included in the system is a semi-custom M3U rackmount computer providing 10 front mounted hot-swap raid drives and 2 rear mounted system drives, also hot swap, all in a rugged aluminum 3U enclosure.  A server-class ATX motherboard supports 2 XEON processors and 512GB of RAM. The M3U is manufactured using aircraft grade 5052-H32 aluminum with a milled front panel for exceptional strength.  A front door provides both an air filter and a honeycomb EMI filter.  Included is a Syscool adaptive fan controller to modulate the speed of the long-life aluminum body fans for quiet reliable operation.

An included TFX1-19 rackmount display provides three 19-inch 1280×1024 LCD displays.  This is a rugged rackmount LCD display system specifically designed for transit case installation and provides exceptional display real-estate in a compact portable package.

Also included is a CKX 1U waterproof rackmount keyboard.  This unit provides a sealed full-travel keyboard and a 38mm sealed trackball.  The display and keyboard are specifically mounted with friction slides to prevent motion while in use which is especially critical in airborne installations.

Each of the components in this system has been designed to meet or tested to MIL-STD-810G for assured reliability in the harshest conditions.

Chassis Plans provided a fully integrated and tested transit case system for rapid deployment by the customer.

Chassis Plans Supports Iraqi Operation Peace Dragon