Why Squire Tech Solutions Joined The EDGE®

03/06/2010 Leave a comment

Squire Tech Solutions manufactures advanced satellite interoperable communication networks and mobility trailer systems for first responders, military and public safety applications.

Michael B. Zalle, Vice President, Squire Tech Solutions, LLC.

Each product that Squire Tech develops goes through a collaborative engineering process with feedback from at least one end user per target market, and its integrated component manufacturers.  This collaborative process begins with market demand, and is driven by Squire Tech’s core competency in engineering and development of satellite-enabled interoperability systems.

Squire Tech Solution’s model of collaboration and needs-based development aligns perfectly with that of the EDGE Innovation Network. We seek like-minded partnerships and technology forums to advance the design of our interoperable product lines.   We are excited to join the EDGE and partner with its members to advance product development by collaborative analysis, design, production, and marketing. In fact, just weeks after joining the EDGE, we had our first collaborative success.

The pCom™ 300 is one of Squire Tech’s flagship products. It is a modular communications and site power trailer system focused on tactical response.  pCom™ trailers are deployed for varying applications, including: radio tower on demand, satellite voice and data backhaul, long term autonomous field Operations Power System, and remote scene surveillance applications.        
We began the collaborative process with fellow EDGE member DRS Laurel Technologies.  Using the EDGE process, we began engineering discussions focused on the development of military compliant modifications to our commercial fly-away and trailer-based responder systems.

Squire Tech and DRS Laurel Technologies will work together on projects focusing on the mobilization of field systems by leveraging in the pCom™ powered communications trailer system and DSR lines of hardened technologies.   The combination of the two organizations engineering strengths addresses the critical First Responder and War Fighter requirement for rapid deployment and ease of operation.

The EDGE Innovation Network provides Squire Tech access to field operations personnel that will use our equipment during a mission.  This allows us to collect feedback on our products directly from our customer base and from other EDGE members who work in conjunction with Squire Tech. This immediate feedback drives our design changes and product improvements, allowing us to better serve our customers, as well as end operators deployed in the field.

About the author

Michael Zalle is Vice President, Sales and Marketing, and an Owner-Partner of Squire Tech Solutions.  He serves as the company’s primary interface with the EDGE Innovation Network.  Squire Tech represents a line of quality products including: integrated vehicle satellite communications systems, pCom™ powered communications trailers, as well as Ku and C band stationary network offerings for mission critical facilities.  Squire Tech also provides commercial Ku and C band TDMA satellite networks for voice, video, and data applications to foreign and domestic customers.  You can reach Michael directly at MZalle@SquireTechSolutions.com or through the Squire Tech Solutions website at SquireTechSolutions.com.

Full Article: http://www.edge-innovation.com/index.cfm?acronym=ei_experience&page=22&ParentPageID=9043558d-c427-49fe-852e-927073b043ea

pCom Emergency Response Trailers Certified for JP-8 Fuel

03/01/2010 Leave a comment

 

Squire Tech Solutions pCom 300 and pCom 400 approved by Perkins for JP-8 Fuel.

About JP-8:   JP-8, or JP8 (for “Jet Propellant 8″) is a jet fuel, specified in 1990 by the U.S. government. It is kerosene-based. It is a replacement for the JP-4 fuel; the U.S. Air Force replaced JP-4 with JP-8 completely by the fall of 1996, to use a less flammable, less hazardous fuel for better safety and combat survivability. U.S. Navy uses a similar formula to JP-8, JP-5. JP-8 is projected to remain in use at least until 2025.

JP-8 fuel is used at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, for heating, electrical generation, and melting ice for water. It is used because it will not gel at low temperatures.

JP-8 is also used by Army Food Service Specialists (cooks) to fuel Modern Burner Units (MBUs) IAW Army Field Feeding Manual FM 10-23.

JP-8 is used for military diesel engines too. Because Cetane number is not specified this aviation fuel is causing troubles in modern highly supercharged engines during cold start and idling due to low compression temperatures and following ignition delay. Because lubricity is not specified, modern rail diesel engines can experience problems in high pressure fuel pumps and injectors.

VIDEO: pCom 300 Powered Communications Satellite Trailer

02/19/2010 Leave a comment

Tour of the 2010 pCom 300 Powered Communications Trailers System manufactured by Squire Tech Solutions.

pCom 300 Featured in Government Technology Case Study by Curam Software

01/22/2010 Leave a comment

pCom 300

Government Technology, Jan 2010 , Sponsored by Curam Software

Well Prepared

Louisiana is no stranger to natural disasters. In September 2008, Hurricane Gustav tore through the state, wreaking havoc. The fear of mass flooding and an already fragile infrastructure weren’t the only challenges Gustav threw at Louisiana when it swept through the state. The storm also forced the state’s Department of Social Services (DSS) to take a hard look at the way it distributed benefits through its federally funded Disaster Food Stamps program, which provides money for groceries to eligible households that have lost income or suffered damage in a disaster.

http://media.govtech.net/GOVTECH_WEBSITE/RESOURCES/CASE_STUDIES/Well_Prepared.pdf

Squire Tech Solutions and ISP, Inc. Puerto Rico Serve Haiti Earthquake Response

01/21/2010 Leave a comment

Auto Aquire Satellite

ISP Inc and Squire Tech Solutions Provide pre-integrated, configured, and racked equipment for  immediate availability in Haiti.  

 Solution consisted of  the MR 500 package which includes ;  AvL  auto pointing Antenna, 8 phone line ports, WiFi, fax, internet, and 2Mbps data. 

     

Squire Tech Solutions, LLC Joins EDGE® Innovation Network

01/20/2010 Leave a comment

January 20, 2010

Dallas, TX – Squire Tech Solutions LLC, announced today it has joined the EDGE® Innovation Network, a collaborative, open-environment initiative enabling industry and academia, with government input, to work together to field new technologies and innovative capabilities to warfighters and first responders much faster than the typical acquisition cycle.

 ”Squire Tech Solutions mobile response division designs and develops satellite leveraged communications systems for mobility applications,” said Michael Zalle, vice president of Squire Tech Solutions. “We are excited to be joining other industry leading technology companies who see their products benefiting the warfighter as well as in the domestic and international first responder community.”

Sponsored by General Dynamics C4 Systems, the EDGE has already delivered several innovations including a Soldier Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Receiver or SIR to the U.S. Army. About the size of a Blackberry®, the SIR device delivers real-time streaming video directly from multiple manned or unmanned assets directly into the hands of soldiers on the ground. Currently, there are over 10 projects in development intended to improve and enhance warfighter capabilities.

Pete Palmer, EDGE Innovation Network director, said, “The EDGE bridges gaps between end-user needs and current capabilities by promoting rapidly prototyped solutions that could close those gaps quickly. By applying the EDGE process, the government can quickly and cost-effectively review multiple options for users to evaluate in months rather than years.”

There are currently five EDGE Innovation Centers worldwide and over 100 EDGE members. Recent new members include The University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Viecore Federal Systems Division, Eatontown, N.J.; Aspen Systems, Marlborough, Mass.; Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla.; and the University of California at Santa Barbara. More information can be found online at www.EDGE-innovation.com.

About Squire Tech Solutions, LLC

Squire Tech Solutions, LLC is a satellite interoperability technology company specializing in voice, video, Internet, and data to mission critical locations. Primarily utilizing satellite technology, Squire Tech develops integrated stationary and mobile solutions for virtually any critical communications need. Squire Tech also offers high quality phone, fax, and true high-speed internet which enable customers to extend their networks to any remote location. For more information, visit www.SquireTechSolutions.com  or call (877) 787 – 5111.

 Release Contacts:

 Squire Tech Solutions, LLC

Michael B. Zalle

Vice President, Sales and Marketing

Phone: (877) 787-5111

Squire Tech Solutions Releases pCom(tm) 300 Light

01/20/2010 Leave a comment
pCom Satellite Trailer
pCom 300

The Squire Tech Solutions pCom™ is a mobile infrastructure trailer designed to supply essential clean power, communications, lighting, and storage for diverse locations, needs and applications.

Squire Tech Solutions’ pCom ™ 300-L is a mission critical power communications trailer system for Systems Integrators, Communications Experts, and Mobile Response Managers with critical communications deployment needs.

The pCom™ 300-L provides an immediately deployable, self contained diesel power generator, lighting and satellite communications infrastructure where you need it.  The pCom ™  300-L is the “light” version of the pCom 300 designed for systems integrators, emergency managers, and satellite operators who do not require the 300’s pre-integrated consumer grade VoIP gateway, Switch, iDirect 3100 satellite modem and Wi-Fi equipment.  

The flexible design of the pCom ™ 300-L offers an environment to transport and operate almost any vital communication equipment or tower infrastructure. The electronics bay is designed to NEMA4 extreme environment standards to control humidity, water intrusion, heat, cooling, and air-born particulate filtration. The pCom’s on-board 10kVa ultra quiet power generation system provides for site power, core communications equipment and powerful scene lighting system. The clean power generation, a 100 gallon internal diesel tank, and an auto-acquire satellite antenna, when combined with a standard 30’ internally cabled tower, creates the ultimate response trailer. With 40 rack units of environmentally controlled rack space, pCom operators have numerous options for their critical communications equipment.