October 11, 2007 – ASTi recently delivered and installed large scale ASTi Synapse communications systems into Battle Command Training Centers (BCTC) at multiple US Army XVIII Airborne Corps sites, including:

• Fort Campbell, 101st Airborne Division
• Fort Stewart, 3rd Infantry Division
• Fort Drum, 10th Mountain Division

The ASTi systems provide the Army with the capability to route voice traffic between live combat net radios operating in the maneuver field and soldiers operating ASTi simulated radio workstations in the BCTCs. The ASTi system comprises a series of ASTi Synapse Radio-IP bridges and Synapse Workstations connected to an IP network.

The ASTi equipment installed at each site provides inter-communication bridging between as many as 16 live SINCGARS frequency-hopping radio nets and 64 battlestaff operators using simulated radio nets. ASTi communications stations connect to the BCTC IP network infrastructure, realizing elegant digital voice distribution to facilities including: constructive simulation workstations, after action review auditorium, live and virtual tactical operations centers, tech control center and the live radio comms room.

Additional simulated radio channels are available for battlestaff point-to-point or workgroup communications. If needed, more links can be established with Synapse nodes connected to the wide area network.

The Army also installed an ASTi Telestra Remote Management Systems (RMS) at the XVIII Airborne sites. With Telestra RMS and a standard web browser, system administrators can monitor and manage local and networked ASTi resources (equipment, software, and models), ranging from stand-alone to multi-site, exercise-wide configurations.

ASTi provided a complete customer support package to the Army including: on-site installation and testing services, on-site training courses for system administrators and battlestaff instructors, and a support contract for ongoing phone and email assistance.

ASTi has been delivering Synapse live-to-virtual communications systems since 1999.

For more information about the XVIII Airborne Corps, please see:
GlobalSecurity.org - Army XVIII Corps