LINKOPING, Sweden, March 19, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- Sectra has been selected by the Swedish Defense to develop a prototype of a mobile terminal for the secure encryption of voice and data combined with GPS positioning. The value of the order is approximately SEK 5 million.
"This order is an acknowledgment of our cutting-edge expertise in IT and communications security," said Tommy Waszkiewicz, President of Sectra Communications AB.
The order means that the Swedish Defense is testing a future mobile encryption system concept that can be used at a later stage as a platform for various types of secure services, in which eavesdrop-secure positioning will play an important role. Through the implementation of GPS, map information containing tactical assignment information can be presented directly on the user's display and encrypted positioning coordinates from users can be assembled in, for example, an operations center. The prototype, or demonstrator, is to be delivered to the Swedish Defense during autumn 2002.
Facts About the Demonstrator and the Swedish Defense
In the period up to 2005, the Swedish Defense will produce about 30 different demonstrators for component systems that could be used by network-based defense. The purpose of a demonstrator is to test new technologies and concepts in terms of their operability and performance.
Sectra Communications
Sectra Communications AB develops and sells secure mobile communications systems and high-speed encryption for telecom and data lines. Customers include the armed forces and public authorities that handle advanced secret or sensitive information. During the past year, notable international success has been registered by the company's eavesdrop-secure GSM telephone, Sectra Tiger(r), in the form of orders received from such NATO members as Norway and Germany.
About Sectra
Sectra has its roots in Linkoping Technical University and is one of Sweden's fastest growing high-tech companies in the IT area. Since the mid-1980s, Sectra has successfully conducted development and sales of high-technology medical IT and telecommunications products. Today, the business includes products in medical systems, secure communication systems and wireless information systems. Business is conducted in six countries with a total of 224 employees. Sales for the fiscal year May 2000-April 2001 reached SEK 292 million. Since March 1999, Sectra's shares have been quoted on the O list of the Stockholm Exchange.
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