Quintron Systems, a supplier of advanced interoperable voice, physical access control and intrusion detection systems, announced it has completed a task order delivery of a major DICES VoIP system to the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR).

The WSMR contract is significant for the company because the DICES system is the first major IP-based user system introduced onto the WSMR Test Support Network (TSN) and will replace several disparate, aging voice systems. The contract also proves the ability of DICES to support this transition for mission-critical voice applications.

Company officials think this voice systems upgrade will put WSMR at the leading edge for U.S. ranges in the DoD-directed migration to net-centric architectures.

The task order delivery, the first increment in the delivery process, follows a successful Factory Acceptance Test in November. This increment includes two main DICES VoIP central servers with IP Trunks and database replication, four T1 Gateways and 120 total DICES VoIP user stations of three different types.

As part of this project, the company has also incorporated several major engineering enhancements to support the overall WSMR requirements. Most important among them include two new user stations that will provide direct drop-in replacements for existing stations to simplify the implementation process.

Additionally, there are major software enhancements that include distributed central servers with database replication to support independent North and South Range operations at WSMR, while keeping a hot back-up server available for either.

A planned DICES VoIP feature, the IP Trunk, was another major enhancement for this project. In addition to this, Quintron Systems also added the ability to partition the system database to control user access.

“This contract represents a very significant enhancement of our DICES VoIP product line, incorporating new features directly applicable to usage at range operations across the entire country,” said David Wilhite, Quintron’s president, in a statement.

“The cooperative working environment with the ATAMIR and WSMR Range teams has been instrumental in the quick turnaround delivery incorporating such major enhancements, and we anticipate successful full start-up of this initial increment shortly,” Wilhite added.

Earlier in October, Quintron announced it also procured a DICES VoIP contract from NASA. Under this contract, the company is responsible to develop new software to monitor all T1 connections and provide auto-switchover to a secondary T1 based on network performance to enhance the overall operational reliability. 

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