Avineon awarded Phase III contract of small business innovation research program by Department of Defense

EDP Weekly's IT Monitor, July 14, 2003

Avineon, Inc., an information technology solutions provider, has announced that it has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase III contract by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). The largest of the Navy's five systems commands, NAVSEA engineers, builds and supports America's Fleet of ships and combat systems. Avineon will develop the Trouble Report Information Data Warehouse (TRIDW), a web-based database solution that will grant global users rapid access to combat systems data from disparate platforms.

The purpose of DoD's SBIR program is to harness the innovative talents of the nation's small technology companies for U.S. military and economic strength. This program funds early-stage R&D projects at small technology companies--projects which serve a DoD need and have the potential for commercialization in private sector and/or military markets.

During Phase I, Avineon completed an analysis that demonstrated the validity of the TRIDW system and the database design. During the Phase II Option period, Avineon transformed the prototypical system into a pre-production system.

During the Phase III contract, Avineon will develop and deliver the TRIDW, extending the system designed during Phase II to incorporate a periodical source data extraction over the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network, and a combination of one secured and one unsecured, web-based, data access capability complying with the National Security Agency requirements.

"Avineon will install the TRIDW system at the Government designated sites for classified and unclassified query processing and/or host the system," said Mr. Karlu Rambhala, President and CEO of Avineon, as well as the principal investigator for the first two phases of this program. "Avineon appreciates the opportunity made possible by this program. The technology developed is broad in application and should find many uses in the government and private sectors."

Avineon, with offices in the United States, Europe and India, is among the world's leading technical service providers of enterprise solutions, enterprise data management, software and application development, and business services for government and industry. Avineon's other services include conversion, migration, and maintenance of data services for GIS and CAD applications and engineering services.