16th Jul 2007 13:00
Spirent Federal Systems Inc., a leading provider of GPS satellitesimulators, announced today the company has received GlobalPositioning Systems Wing (GPS Wing) security approval for itsSimulator Data Sets (SDS) Upgrade Package for the GSS7700 GPSSimulator. Spirent Federal is the first company to obtain securityapproval for a simulator that meets all the requirements forModernized User Equipment (MUE), including the new SDS M-Codecapabilities. £ SDS were devised by the GPS Wing as a means of testing modernizedGPS receivers in the laboratory using simulators, without the need toemploy the actual Modernized NAVSTAR Security Algorithm (MNSA) in thesimulators themselves. Spirent's SDS Upgrade meets all of the SDScapability requirements defined by the GPS Wing for SDS simulators.Spirent has supplied Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) M-code testcapability since 2004 via its SimMCODE option for GSS7700 GPSsimulators. £ Ellen Hall, Spirent Federal President and CEO, said, "We arepleased that our SDS Upgrade to our previously approved GSS7700simulator was approved by the GPS Wing. We are very appreciative ofthe professionalism and expertise demonstrated by the personnel at theGPS Wing during the review process." £ Spirent Federal offers industry-leading GPS/GNSS test andsimulation systems. Simulation is essential for controlled lab-basedtesting from research and development to manufacturing and missionplanning. Whatever application, whatever the conditions and howeverextreme the environment, Spirent Federal provides comprehensive testsolutions to support GPS/GNSS projects. £ For further information, contact Spirent Federal at (714) 692-6565or visit the company's Web site at www.spirentfederal.com. £ About Spirent Federal Systems £ Spirent Federal Systems was formed in July 2001 by SpirentCommunications as a wholly owned subsidiary and U.S. proxy company.Spirent Federal markets and sells Spirent Communications' products inNorth America. The company also provides value-added features andongoing customer support. Spirent Federal Systems is headquartered inYorba Linda, Calif., with support and sales offices throughout the US.www.spirentfederal.com. £ About Spirent Communications plc £ Spirent Communications plc is a leading communications technologycompany focused on delivering innovative systems and services to meetthe needs of customers worldwide. We are a global provider ofperformance analysis and service assurance solutions that enable thedevelopment and deployment of next-generation networking technologiessuch as broadband services, Internet telephony, 3G wireless and webapplications and security testing. The Systems group develops powercontrol systems for specialist electrical vehicles in the mobility andindustrial markets. Further information about Spirent Communicationsplc can be found at www.spirent.com. £ Spirent Communications plc Ordinary shares are traded on theLondon Stock Exchange (LSE:SPT). The Company operates a Level 1American Depositary Receipt ("ADR") programme with each ADRrepresenting four Spirent Communications plc Ordinary shares. The ADRstrade in the US over-the-counter ("OTC") market under the symbol SPMYYand the CUSIP number is 84856M209. £ Spirent and the Spirent logo are trademarks or registeredtrademarks of Spirent Communications plc. All other trademarks orregistered trademarks mentioned herein are held by their respectivecompanies. All rights reserved. £ This document may contain forward-looking statements which aremade in good faith and are based on current expectations or beliefs,as well as assumptions about future events. You can sometimes, but notalways, identify these statements by the use of a date in the futureor such words as "will", "anticipate", "estimate", "expect","project", "intend", "plan", "should", "may", "assume" and othersimilar words. By their nature, forward-looking statements areinherently predictive and speculative and involve risk and uncertaintybecause they relate to events and depend on circumstances that willoccur in the future. You should not place undue reliance on theseforward-looking statements, which are not a guarantee of futureperformance and are subject to factors that could cause our actualresults to differ materially from those expressed or implied by thesestatements. The Company undertakes no obligation to update anyforward-looking statements contained in this document, whether as aresult of new information, future events or otherwise. Copyright Business Wire 2007Related Shares:
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