Lockheed Martin has chosen WAV4M to serve as its exclusive reseller for the Universal Communications Platform (UCP) to address a potential $14 billion critical communications market.
“There’s been an ongoing industry debate between traditional land mobile radio versus mission critical push-to-talk, but we see a very real need to bridge both technologies,” Christian Barker, chief executive officer for WAV4M, said. “Lockheed Martin’s software-based UCP, combined with our Project 25-over-cellular solution, will be the only one of its kind in this industry that will serve as this bridge.”
Barker said Lockheed Martin’s technologies such as advanced video compression, software-defined deployable networks, and encryption technology bring the future vision of IT-based communications solutions to today’s market.
Officials said the UCP family of products helps meet demanding and changing emergency environments by providing interoperability between nearly any communications device, such as radio systems; cellular telephones; landline telephones; commercial Voice over Internet Protocol phones; and smartphones.
Another viable system element, officials said, is it allows monitoring, control, and dispatch from any location with a network connection and a smartphone, laptop, PC or PDA – no matter the radio vendor, frequency or band.
“When first responders react to emergencies, the ability to seamlessly connect state, local and federal organizations, regardless of device, is paramount to public safety,” Doug Booth, director of business development at Lockheed Martin Cyber Solutions, said. “By delivering the UCP capability, we can provide the public sector with an efficient and affordable solution to help first responders do their jobs more effectively.”