New York, New York - July 1, 2010
DasNet Corporation Provides Vital Work in Completing Installation Information Infrastructure Modernization Program At USAKA
The Project: The Installation Information Infrastructure Modernization Program (I3MP) initiative at USAKA called for Engineering, Furnishing, Installing, Securing, and Testing (EFIS&T) an Optical Network System and upgrading both the existing SONET and Data Network. This project supports USAKA Army Garrison, Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) and its Reagan Test Site at Kwajalein. The delivery award date was 30 May 2008 at $ 11.7 million with a project value that approaches $13 million. Project implementation began in July 2008 with an estimated completion date of 31 December 2010.
The I3MP USAKA Data and Transport system upgrade was brought to a successful conclusion several months ahead of schedule, with support and contributions from all key stake holders as well as the prime/lead contractor, Verizon Federal Systems, LLC and and its team member: DasNet Corporation who provided the engineering services and product solutions in support of this project on behalf of United States Army Kwajalein (USAKA).
The goal was to provide but secure communications capacity and capability for USAKA. As a minimum threshold, the fielded system had to provide reliability levels that were consistent with USAKA’s mission with an objective threshold of 99.99999%. The integration of solutions technologies, products and supportability were consistent with meeting the stated objective as demonstrated via System Acceptance Testing and Information Assurance Verification-and-Validation.
The Transport Network System: The Dense Wave Division Multiplexer /Synchronous Optical Network (DWDM/SONET) provides optical inter-island connectivity between the six switch nodes located on the islands of Kwajalein, Meck, Roi-Namur, Legan, Gagan, and Illeginni which are connected with the existing 12 strands sub-oceanic Single Mode (SM) Fiber Optic Cable (FOC) in each direction. The deployed DWDM/SONET nodes comprise a Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop (ROADM) and the SONET (Voice Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) meets the requirement with the USAKA’s Director of Information Management (DOIM). There is one passive ‘strap-through’ at Carlos that cross connects Kwajalein to Legan. The DWDMs provide services using full duplex DWDM optical channels over a fiber optic ring. A new direct current (DC) power system is deployed to support all of these nodes in the Ring. The DWDM is capable of dropping and adding any or all of the optical channels at each node and passing through the terminating optical channels. The DWDM optical channels support any combination of the required tributary interfaces. The SONET protection provides two links between any two points over the ring.
The deployed DWDM/SONET is a high performance and resilient self-surviving network that provides unlimited communication capacity and meets USAKA’s current and future Communications and Information capability requirements. With this technology, USAKA may realize substantial savings and improved system reliability. (1) Savings and increased communications capacity are achieved by cutting-over mission and administrative-traffic from existing Fiber Optic Cables (FOC) to the newly installed DWDM/SONET system. This approach allows reuse of existing Fiber Optic (FO) strands while negating costly OSP upgrades. (2) The transport system as designed and implemented is highly resilient with ‘protect’ or fail-over capability. The integrity of both management traffic and payload, respectively, are protected by 1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet and Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) 256 encryption devices. The transport features also include SONET and Gigabit Ethernet.
The Data Network System: The data network provides converged voice, video and data capability configured for Power-Over-Ethernet (POE). The design uses a hierarchical partial-mesh topology comprised of Area Distribution Nodes (ADNs) and End User Buildings (EUBs) employing L2 and L3 switching technology. The ADNs comprise the backbone or core network, while the EUBs contain Telecommunication Closets (TCs) and other telecommunications areas supporting organizational users within their respective buildings. The network design for USAKA is comprised of four (4) ADNs that form the Assured Services Voice Application Local Area Network (ASVALAN) core backbone. These switches are located in Buildings 1010 and 806 (Kwajalein Island), Buildings 8035 (Roi-Namur Island) and 5050 (Meck Island). ADNs in Buildings 1010 and 806 provide the 13MP Main Communications Node (MCN) functionality. The ADNs in Buildings 1010 and 806 house a large-sized, chassis-based L2 10 GbE ASVALAN certified switches that support the data communications to the adjacent ADNs in Buildings 8035 and 5050. L3 GbE interface switches provide external connectivity to those buildings. Four (4) 1 GbE switches were installed to support data communication between Kwajalein and Legan and Kwajalein and Gagan. There are two (2) redundant 1-GbE links to Gagan and two (2) redundant 1-GbE links to Legan.
In a closing ceremony that took place on July 1, 2010, the U.S. Army thanked the key stakeholders, Verizon Federal Systems LLC, DasNet Corporation, and all of the other subcontractors and stakeholders for their efforts, which ensured that the USAKA will remain a vital and essential part of the U.S. Army’s Pacific theater of operations.
About DasNet Corporation.
DasNet, headquartered on Long Island, New York, has been providing engineering professional services to the U.S. and foreign governments around the world for over a decade. Through its offices in countries such as Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Japan, and South Korea, DasNet has utilized its experience in C4I technical, engineering, information technology; security systems solutions, programmatic analysis services, and program management support to support the Departments of Defense and State, civilian federal agencies, and foreign governments. Its approach focuses on consistently applying proven methods based on mature processes that fulfill all of the anticipated support objectives of its clients. Its approach leverages the success and professional partnerships that DasNet has established in support of Government missions. DasNet has made the investments required to implement a management philosophy and business strategy that is tailored to assure long term success and task satisfaction. Its knowledge management business model and supporting management processes ensure responsiveness, compliance, and efficiency. DasNet’s strategic partnering positions its team to perform complex tasks, implement new technologies, design innovative solution sets, as well as apply best practices consistently.
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