Product category: Optical Fibres, Cables and Connectors
News Release from: Brand-Rex | Subject: Blolite+
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 18 March 2008
Air blown fibre set for naval duties
Two new aircraft carriers commissioned by the UK MoD will feature air-blown fibre-optic networks.
Brand-Rex and Carillion IT Services (formerly Alfred McAlpine - IT Services), have been selected to provide the fibre communications infrastructure network for two new aircraft carriers commissioned by the UK MoD This prestigious contract is part of a multi-billion-pound programme that will see a new class of aircraft carrier to be operated by the Royal Navy and a step change in the UK's carrier strike capability
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 15 Dec 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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The fibre network will provide the basis for all IP based requirements on the two ships, creating a flexible and robust primary communications system capable of delivering the needs of these sophisticated new vessels.
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