Fortress, Rajant team on portable WLAN units for disaster response or military use

August 2, 2005 -- (MobileVillage) -- Fortress Technologies and Rajant Corporation today announced a joint effort to embed Fortress' security technology in Rajant's BreadCrumb devices, which are mobile wireless LAN systems that allow disaster first-responders and military personnel to access, receive and transmit data securely in real-time.

BreadCrumbs are battery powered, lunchbox-sized, ruggedized broadband devices. The units are compatible with any wireless device meeting 802.3 (ethernet) and 802.11b (Wi-Fi) standards, according to Rajant.

Fortress Technologies is providing the embedded FIPS 140-2 certified, Layer 2 encryption to ensure that all information transmitted across the ad hoc networks -- voice, video and data are secure.

Rajant says that its BreadCrumb systems were recently used to enable voice, data and video communications in the Tsunami relief effort in Thailand, where they were set up and operational within fifteen minutes.

For more information and pricing, see the Rajant web site.

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