IceWEB 5000 to be Utilized for Capturing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Sensor Data

STERLING, Va., June 11 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — IceWEB™, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: IWEB), www.IceWEB.com, a leading provider of Unified Data Storage and building blocks for cloud storage networks, announced today that IceWEB Channel Partner (ICP), VideoBank, has secured an additional contract with the Federal Government.

The military community has a mounting challenge: how to ingest and process the mushrooming volumes of live video and other data streaming from sensors in the sky and on the ground.  Given the exponential growth in platforms and sensors and the resulting volume of data, the military is relying increasingly on platforms like the IceWEB 5000 to provide unified access and compression to meet the ever growing need for performance and scalability.

IceWEB’s high performance computing storage solution offers unique capabilities for maximizing performance and integration into video streaming environments. The 5000′s ability to support both file and block protocols and support 10G (10GB Ethernet), FC (Fibre Channel) technology make it the ideal solution for unstructured data-intensive environments.

“The value of geospatial information cannot be overstated,” said Mr. John R. Signorello, CEO of IceWEB, “A real time view of an ever changing world when analyzed, provides critical on-demand insight into video data that is not available from simple data inputs.  It is the expertise of our Federal Channel Partner, VideoBank, and its success in satisfying Federal Government agencies demanding requirements that allow IceWEB to build out our digital footprint for the future. The key to long term scalability is to leverage multiple channel partners with a broad range of vertical skill sets.”

About VideoBank

For more than a decade, VideoBank has revolutionized the ways in which educational institutions, medical facilities, government organizations, entertainment companies and the U.S. military have archived, managed, and distributed their products and services worldwide. More importantly, our systems have transformed the way the men and women of our armed forces gather and utilize intelligence both at home and abroad.  At VideoBank we make it our responsibility to stay on the cutting edge of technology, which helps allow business leaders, doctors, teachers, government officials and soldiers to concentrate their energies where they truly belong — on serving their local and global communities.

About IceWEB, Inc.

Headquartered just outside of Washington, D.C., IceWEB manufactures and markets data storage products, network and cloud storage solutions and delivers on-line cloud computing application services. For more information, please visit www.IceWEB.com.

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(CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM) — The United States was identified Wednesday as the world’s No. 1 user of targeted killings, largely as a result of its dependence on unmanned drone attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

A report released by the United Nations called the drone attacks part of a “strongly asserted but ill-defined license to kill without accountability” and warned that they are contributing to an erosion of longstanding international rules governing warfare. It urged states to identify publicly the rules of international law believed to provide a basis for any attempted targeted killings as well as the rationale for deciding to kill instead of capture individuals.

“The rules being set today are going to govern the conduct of many states tomorrow,” said New York University law professor Philip Alston, the report’s author. “The international community needs to be more forceful in demanding accountability.”

Alston, who also works for the U.N. Human Rights Council, said that roughly 40 countries possess drone technology, and many of them either have or are attempting to acquire the capability to launch missiles from drones.

“I’m particularly concerned that the United States seems oblivious to this fact when it asserts an ever-expanding entitlement for itself to target individuals around the globe,” he said. This “ill-defined license to kill without accountability is not an entitlement which the United States or other states can have without doing grave damage to the rules designed to protect the right to life and prevent extrajudicial executions.”

In the eight years of George W. Bush’s presidency, unmanned aircraft — or drones — attacked militant targets 45 times. Since President Obama took office, the numbers have risen sharply: 53 last year and 39 this year in Pakistan alone, according to the New America Foundation, a Washington foreign policy think tank.

Although the United States is the only country in the Pakistan/Afghanistan region known to have the ability to launch missiles from drones — which are controlled remotely — U.S. officials normally do not comment on suspected drone strikes.

The report distinguishes between drone attacks conducted by the Pentagon and those launched by the CIA. The U.S. military has a “relatively public accountability process,” Alston said. But CIA attacks responsible for the deaths of “many hundreds of people … remain shrouded in official secrecy.”

“The international community does not know when or where the CIA is authorized to kill, the criteria for individuals who may be killed, how it ensures killings are legal and what follow-up there is when civilians are illegally killed,” he said.

Alston, who backs an end to CIA drone attacks, argued that “intelligence agencies, which by definition are determined to remain unaccountable except to their own paymasters, have no place in running programs that kill people in other countries.”

CIA spokesman George Little took issue with Alston’s claim of a lack of accountability.

“Without discussing or confirming any specific action or program, this agency’s operations unfold within a framework of law and close government oversight,” he said. “The accountability’s real, and it would be wrong for anyone to suggest otherwise.”

The report cited two key issues: “excessively broad circumstances” under which targeted killings are deemed to be legal and the lack of accountability when they are used.

Alston conceded that the conflict with al Qaeda and other extremist organizations poses a unique challenge and noted that al Qaeda routinely kills innocent civilians.

“But the fact that such enemies do not play by the rules does not mean that a government can cast those rules aside or unilaterally re-interpret them,” he said.

“The credibility of any government’s claim that it is fighting to uphold the rule of law depends of its willingness to disclose how it interprets and applies the law — and the actions it takes when the law is broken.”

CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM’s Alan Silverleib contributed to this report.

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The USASOC and a Boeing-led contractor team conducted the demonstration in November, using the Schiebel S-100 Unmanned Aerial System and the John Deere R-Gator Unmanned Ground Vehicle to demonstrate an electro-optical/infrared, audio, and leaflet drop mission.

“Working with USASOC, we were able to pull together a team to demonstrate this integrated, multimodal operation in just 45 days,” said Vic Sweberg, director of Boeing Unmanned Airborne Systems.

“We brought together hardware and software from five different contractors into a single multimodal system that allowed the control of different unmanned systems capabilities to accomplish a particular mission.”

“This is an example of how Boeing unmanned operational services and contractor logistics support capabilities can support USASOC warfighters today,” said Greg Deiter, vice president of Boeing Defense & Government Services.

“We are working together with USASOC to support its need for quick-insertion capabilities in the multimodal unmanned operations world.”

About Boeing Unmanned Airborne Systems

The Boeing Unmanned Airborne Systems division includes the A160T Hummingbird, ScanEagle, SolarEagle, and MQ-X.

Boeing also has teams deployed with U.S. Navy ships and ground forces in both Iraq and Afghanistan, supporting U.S. Air Force, Marine Corps, Army, and Special Operations Command operations in a variety of roles and services.

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The Boeing Company demonstrated the ability of mobile laser weapon systems to perform a unique mission: track and destroy small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

During the U.S. Air Force-sponsored tests at the Naval Air Warfare Center in China Lake, Calif., the Mobile Active Targeting Resource for Integrated eXperiments (MATRIX), which was developed by Boeing under contract to the Air Force Research Laboratory, used a single, high-brightness laser beam to shoot down five UAVs at various ranges.

Laser Avenger, a Boeing-funded initiative, also shot down a UAV. Representatives of the Air Force and Army observed the tests.

“The Air Force and Boeing achieved a directed-energy breakthrough with these tests,” said Gary Fitzmire, vice president and program director of Boeing Missile Defense Systems’ Directed Energy Systems unit.

“MATRIX’s performance is especially noteworthy because it demonstrated unprecedented, ultra-precise and lethal acquisition, pointing and tracking at long ranges using relatively low laser power.”

Bill Baker, chief scientist of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Directed Energy Directorate, praised his team and Boeing for these successful UAV shootdowns.

“These tests validate the use of directed energy to negate potential hostile threats against the homeland,” Baker said.

“The team effort of Boeing and the Air Force in developing MATRIX will pay major dividends for the warfighter now and in the years ahead.”

As part of the overall counter-UAV demonstration, Boeing also successfully test-fired a lightweight 25mm machine gun from the Laser Avenger platform to potentially further the hybrid directed energy/kinetic energy capability against UAV threats.

Boeing Directed Energy Systems, based in Albuquerque, developed MATRIX, a mobile, trailer-mounted test bed that integrates with existing test-range radar.

Directed Energy Systems and Boeing Combat Systems in St. Louis cooperatively developed Laser Avenger, which integrates a directed-energy weapon together with the existing kinetic weapons on the proven Avenger air defense system developed by Combat Systems.

Boeing leads the way in developing laser weapon systems for a variety of U.S. Air Force, Army and Navy applications.

These systems include the Airborne Laser, Advanced Tactical Laser, Free Electron Laser, High Energy Laser Technology Demonstrator and Tactical Relay Mirror System.

About Boeing Integrated Defense Systems

A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is one of the world’s largest space and defense businesses specializing in innovative and capabilities-driven customer solutions, and the world’s largest and most versatile manufacturer of military aircraft.

Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is a $32 billion business with 70,000 employees worldwide.

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Boeing Missile Defense Systems
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Chuck Cadena, 703-872-4503
Boeing Missile Defense Systems
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“UAVs are increasingly called upon to perform strike operations, and this weapon technology is designed specifically for those missions,” said Carl Avila, director of Boeing Phantom Works’ Advanced Weapons and Missiles.

“The concept behind this technology is designed to generate very low collateral damage and allows warfighters to engage a variety of targets, including those in a suburban terrain environment.”

As the prime contractor during the initial nine-month program, Boeing will use its experience on the Joint Direct Attack Munition and Small Diameter Bomb programs to develop the system integration, seeker, avionics, guidance and control, and mission planning systems.

Key suppliers KaZaK Composites Inc. will build the airframe, Ensign Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company will design and build the warhead, and Systima Technologies Inc. will provide integration and testing services for the launcher.

Science Applications International Corporation will provide systems engineering for the seeker and seeker algorithms, and the Mustang Technology Group will provide height-of-burst and radar options.

The two-year second phase of the program, if awarded, is valued at $6.5 million.

About Boeing Integrated Defense Systems

A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is one of the world’s largest space and defense businesses specializing in innovative and capabilities-driven customer solutions, and the world’s largest and most versatile manufacturer of military aircraft.

Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is a $32 billion business with 70,000 employees worldwide.

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Chris Haddox, 314-234-6447
Boeing Phantom Works
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The MECC, designed and built to be magnetically quiet, is a special-mission variant of the company’s ScanEagle Compressed Carriage UAS.

“MECC’s mission is to help locate, track and attack submarines,” said Ron Perkins, director of Advanced Unmanned Airborne Systems for Boeing Phantom Works.

“This contract is a crucial first step to identify risks associated with a UAS equipped with a magnetic anomaly detector system.”

Boeing envisions MECC as an extension of the manned P-8A aircraft’s combat systems capability, providing P-8A crews with additional validation and supporting the P-8A in simultaneously conducting both low and high altitude anti-surface warfare, anti-submarine warfare and command-and-control intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions.

Boeing will begin testing the MECC sensor system, vehicle integration and magnetic noise reduction in 2010.

About Boeing Integrated Defense Systems

A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is one of the world’s largest space and defense businesses specializing in innovative and capabilities-driven customer solutions, and the world’s largest and most versatile manufacturer of military aircraft.

Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is a $32 billion business with 70,000 employees worldwide.

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Chris Haddox, 314-234-6447
Boeing Phantom Works
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The tests, conducted at Fort Stewart, Ga., validated the radar-carrying A160T’s flight characteristics with more than 50 hours of flying time.

FORESTER is being developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the U.S. Army to provide enhanced coverage of moving vehicles and dismounted troops under foliage, filling the current surveillance gap.

The Fort Stewart tests were conducted under a contract with DARPA.

“The success of these test flights points to the operational readiness of this important capability,” said Vic Sweberg, director of Unmanned Airborne Systems (UAS) for Boeing. “The FORESTER is a unique radar, and the A160T is a unique helicopter. Together, they make a formidable system.”

The 53 flight hours at Fort Stewart pushed the total flight hours for the A160T past the 220-hour mark. The helicopter’s longest flight at Fort Stewart was 5.8 hours and its average flight time was 4.2 hours.

The A160T is a turbine-powered unmanned helicopter that can perform numerous missions, including intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, communications, and precision resupply.

It holds the world record for endurance for its class (more than 18 hours unrefueled), can hover at 20,000 feet and can carry up to 2,500 pounds of cargo.

The Hummingbird recently was selected to participate in the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory’s Immediate Cargo Unmanned Aerial System Demonstration Program.

Boeing will demonstrate that the A160T can deliver at least 2,500 pounds of cargo from one simulated forward-operating base to another in fewer than six hours per day for three consecutive days.

The goal of Boeing’s Unmanned Airborne Systems (UAS) division is to provide access to a breadth of unmanned capabilities in a way that best meets customers’ needs.

Boeing currently offers a wide variety of unmanned aircraft systems, including the A160 Hummingbird, ScanEagle, Unmanned Little Bird and SolarEagle.

About Boeing Integrated Defense Systems

A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is one of the world’s largest space and defense businesses specializing in innovative and capabilities-driven customer solutions, and the world’s largest and most versatile manufacturer of military aircraft.

Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is a $32 billion business with 70,000 employees worldwide.

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Chris Haddox, 314-234-6447
Boeing Phantom Works
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Ellen LeMond, 314-777-0669
Boeing Unmanned Airborne Systems
ellen.j.lemond@boeing.com

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The Boeing Company and Schiebel Industries AG of Austria today announced they have signed a teaming agreement to pursue marketing and support opportunities for Schiebel's S-100 CAMCOPTER, shown here. The S-100 is a compact unmanned aerial vehicle that provides a platform for a wide variety of payloads, including a stabilized video system for surveillance and reconnaissance.

“This teaming agreement allows us to offer another quality unmanned airborne platform to customers who depend on the intelligence these aircraft can provide,” said Vic Sweberg, director of Boeing Unmanned Airborne Systems (UAS). “It will further enable our new division to deliver innovative solutions tailored to our customers’ needs and budgets.”

Boeing’s UAS division includes the A160T Hummingbird, ScanEagle, SolarEagle and MQ-X.

The S-100 is an autonomous helicopter that uses vertical takeoff and landing technology. The aircraft can be programmed to fly autonomous missions via a point-and-click computer software interface, or be directed manually with a joystick. It also can operate under adverse weather conditions and beyond line-of-sight on land and at sea. Its data link range extends up to 200 km, with a service ceiling of 18,000 feet.

“We are excited about teaming with Boeing’s newly created Unmanned Airborne Systems division,” said Hans G. Schiebel, director of Schiebel Industries AG. “Through this collaboration, we hope to leverage Boeing’s depth of experience and proven contacts to provide the S-100 to U.S. government and military customers. The S-100 CAMCOPTER could have applications for a variety of civilian customers, as well.”

Darren Sekiguchi, director of Boeing Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance Services, said that CAMCOPTER customers “will benefit from Boeing’s experience in supporting unmanned airborne systems. Our field service representatives have collectively flown more than 200,000 hours while providing command and logistics support to a variety of unmanned airborne systems programs.”

Founded in 1951 in Vienna, the Schiebel group of companies focuses on the development, testing and production of mine detection equipment and the CAMCOPTER® Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System.

A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is one of the world’s largest space and defense businesses specializing in innovative and capabilities-driven customer solutions, and the world’s largest and most versatile manufacturer of military aircraft. Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is a $32 billion business with 70,000 employees worldwide.

MEDIA CONTACT:

Chris Haddox
Boeing Communications
Unmanned Airborne Systems
Office: 314-234-6447
Mobile: 314-707-8891
chris.d.haddox@boeing.com

Dagmar Grimus-Leitgeb, Andrea Blama
Public Relations
Schiebel Elektronische Geraete GmbH
Margaretenstrasse 112, 1050 Vienna, Austria
Tel: +43 (1) 546 26 44
Fax: +43 (1) 545 23 39
dagmar.leitgeb@schiebel.net
andrea.blama@schiebel.net

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