ARINC Incorporated and its partner, Impeva Labs, have received a U.S. Army contract for additional test deployments of their mesh network satellite-based global asset visibility system, known as Next Generation Wireless Communications (NGWC) for Logistics Applications.

The award follows recent successful testing of NGWC at Moffett Field, California, in which the system demonstrated continuous visibility of large quantities of assets during simulation of depot storage and simulation of transport by truck or rail convoy. The new contract covers deployments of the NGWC system in two very different environments. The first, just completed, includes tracking of individual military assets during sea transport and offloading in the 2009 JLOTS (Joint Logistics Over-The-Shore) amphibious exercise at Camp LeJeune, North Carolina. Later in the year, the NGWC tracking system will be deployed for tests at the Army’s 36,000-acre Sierra Army Depot (SIAD) in California, where it will provide continuous real-time visibility of containers, rolling stock, and other selected assets.