To most of us the term “mobile computing” implies laptops, tablets or even smart phones, but when the U.S. Army, Navy or Marines need to deploy a data center within a combat zone, mobile computing means stuffing as much electronic capability as possible inside a transit case. This paradigm of mobile military computing was in full force this week during the 2011 AFCEA West Conference in San Diego.
Hardigg MAC Rack Transit Case
Designed to take rackmount computers, storage devices, routers, data recorders and other electronic gear on the road, military transit cases allow the insertion of serious computing power into remote theaters of operation.
The list of potential government and military solutions is long, from field communications and image processing to data storage and secure cross-domain networks. Mobile command centers can be constructed and fully operational in a matter of hours for deployment in airborne, shipboard or vehicle-mounted applications.
The open frame design of military transit case computing means that virtually any 19 inch rackmount device can be deployed quickly, and complex system configurations can be arranged to suit the specific needs of dynamic mission requirements.
Trenton’s white paper on High Density Computing Systems featured the TRC5000 rackmount server. This high-density /cluster style computing system contains a multi-segment PICMG 1.3 backplane that enables multiple single board computers to function in a single chassis. Specially designed by Trenton to satisfy the needs of a mission critical airborne application, this rugged rackmount computer could just as easily have been deployed inside a military transit case.
Trenton understands the demanding needs of military computing and has a complete line of rackmount computers with options that include single board computers or embedded motherboards, and by using our mechanical design capability, we can create a customer-driven computing soluton tailored to your exact specifications. Call us at 770-287-3100 to discuss your mobile military computing needs.
Trenton's Rugged & MIL-STD-810 Military Computers
