DOD Picks Fujitsu

INDIAN HEAD, Md. -- Fujitsu Network Communications, a leading supplier of IT and wireline/wireless networking solutions, announced today that their FLASHWAVE® 7500 Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer (ROADM) conforms to military standards required for reliably transporting and restoring data traffic when connected to the Global Information Grid (GIG) infrastructure of the Department of Defense (DoD). The rigorous testing was completed at the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) laboratories in Indian Head, Md.

“Supporting the highly-secure and scalable networking needs of the U.S. Government is a key component of our overall optical networking strategy,” said Jim Hintze, senior vice president of marketing at Fujitsu Network Communications. “The FLASHWAVE 7500 platform is an ideal solution for the DoD’s demanding network applications, incorporating advanced, field-proven optical technologies and a flexible, modular architecture that supports reliable services for the core enterprise information infrastructure at Army installations, and modernizes Defense Information Systems Network (DISN) transport services.”

The FLASHWAVE 7500 ROADM is based on advanced photonic technology, including a Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) -based Wavelength Selective Switch (WSS) that provides the platform with the flexibility to meet rapidly changing service and network traffic patterns. WSS technology allows multiple Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) rings to be terminated in a single FLASHWAVE 7500 hub node and supports traffic grooming across multiple networks. The platform also uses advanced control plane intelligence, coupled with sophisticated optical self-tuning features, to allow rapid end-to-end service activation. With its highly flexible modular architecture, which includes a redundant network processor to assure continuous network availability, the FLASHWAVE 7500 platform will support up to 40 wavelengths of 40 Gbps transmission between 24 nodes and across 1000+ kilometer networks.

Fujitsu Network Communications Inc.