Crystal Group, Inc. has secured a multimillion-dollar contract with a major defense contractor to deliver rugged, cybersecurity-enabled edge compute solutions for deployment in advanced United States Army radar systems.
The computing hardware will be deployed in ground-based radar systems responsible for detecting incoming missile, artillery, and hypersonic weapon attacks. These radar systems are essential to the protection and safety of U.S. soldiers and civilians around the world, operating at the tactical edge where environmental and electromagnetic concerns pose significant challenges for traditional compute hardware.
Crystal Group was selected due to its proven history of reliability, quality, and customer support as the existing provider of rugged computing hardware on other portions of the program. For this project, Crystal Group’s engineering team developed a custom, cybersecurity-optimized network attached storage unit equipped with Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC) Program capabilities, enabling encrypted data transmission in austere edge environments.
Lindsay Palma, program manager at Crystal Group, commented, “Winning this program represents so much more than just a win, it is a renewed pledge to Crystal Group and proves to our employee-owners that their relentless commitment to our customers does not go unnoticed. We understand the importance of mission success for the end-user and are ecstatic to grow Crystal Group’s presence on this program that is protecting our warfighters each and every day.”
Chad Hutchinson, Vice President, Engineering at Crystal Group, added, “Our participation in this program unlocks a new realm of opportunity for our customers’ cybersecurity challenges and enables them to pair our proven agile engineering development with industry-leading data protection.”
As a trusted designer and manufacturer of rugged high-performance edge compute solutions, Crystal Group uses tried-and-true ruggedization techniques to ensure mission-critical hardware reliability in the most remote environments.
