Metrodata received notification that our Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) was awarded on Monday 20th August 2007. It was completed and activated on 10th September.

Metrodata's earliest work with NATO was in 1993 when we were involved in ATM Over Satcom Interoperability between:

• CELAR (France)
• DERA (UK)
• CECOM (USA)

More recently we were involved in a deployable naval satcom system, where we provided our backbone switch to the both the HSV and the Flag Ship of the US Navy's Commander Second Fleet / NATO Striking Atlantic as well as ground based terminals.

Working with leading Prime and Sub Contractors, Systems Integrators as well as  Defense End Users has meant that we have built up a portfolio of products that enable optimised Defense networking, and allow interoperability of odd bitrates, interfaces and protocols.

Our niche is interfacing SATCOM, Crypto, Radio Relay Systems and Data Comms with IP, ATM, Fibre and Terrestrial Equipment.

Benefits of working with Metrodata equipment are:

1. Our technical support and expertise in defense networking.
2. The reliability and quality of our products
3. Our fast customer service response times
4. The fact out equipment supports asymmetric bitrates, odd bitrates, 1bps increments.
5. British Design and Manufacture

Working with other defense manufacturers we spend a great deal of time working on proof of concepts systems as well as interfacing legacy equipment and networks to new technologies and products. Time is often critical in our work and we have a rapid prototyping capability often used by the Defense community.

Metrodata products include Switches, Multiplexors, Fibre Optic Modems (FOM), DSUs, Interface Converters, Protocol Converters, Rate Converters and specialist interface converters for:

- Satcom Modems

- Crypto Equipment

- Radio Relay Systems

- Routers

- ATM Switches

- Leased Lines

- Fibre Optic Links

Where applicable Chassis and Rackmounting is available for these products.

Metrodata provide products supporting Military Communications features such as precise clocking/timing, odd bitrates and fast serial interfaces. With clients such as NATO, US DoD, NASA and most major Prime Contractors we are used to remove interfacing and interoperability headaches. All our products are COTS, but many of them were developed originally for Satcom and Crypto interfacing.

With our flagship AP Platform we can support EIA530 Circuit Emulation to 20Mbps in 1bps increments for precise timing, and also support asymmetric clocking. Also we support ATM cells over serial interfaces including EIA530 to 20Mbps, as well as ECL interfacing for X-Band.

A list of these products follows.

Any associated technical data sheets, application notes or manuals are available from the designated Metrodata POC as shown in Part 1 paragraph 10.5 or can be downloaded by registered NATO employees from nato.metrodata-defense.com

Prices for the selection of products are supplied under separate Price Annex and are to be treated as “commercial-in-confidence”.

For spares, cables and additional product enquiries please contact the Metrodata POC as shown in Part 1 paragraph 10.5

Metrodata products support the following physical interfaces:

BNC - E1, E2, E3, DS-3 and STM-1 / OC-3

Serial - RS232, EIA530, X.21, RS449, V.35, HSSI, ECL, ASI and LVDS / EIA644

Fiber - Multi Mode, Single Mode Short Haul and Single Mode Long Haul

Ethernet - 10BaseT, 10/100BaseT, 100BaseT

INTERFACE CONVERTERS

For interfacing Leased Line, Radio, Router, Satellite and Crypto Baseband Interfaces

DC1000 - E1 2.048Mbps to X.21 Converter

DC1200 - E1 2.048Mbps to V.35 Converter

DC3000 - E1 Framed Nx64kbps to X.21 Converter

DC3200 - E1 Framed Nx64kbps to V.35 Converter

DC2000 - E1 2.048Mbps to EIA530 or X.21 or V.35 Converter

FM4000 - E1 2.048Mbps or Nx64kbps to X.21 or V.35 Converter (Managed)

FM4800 - E2 8.448Mbps to X.21/V.11 Converter

FM4850 - E2 8.448Mbps to HSSI Converter

FM4900 - E3 34.368Mbps to HSSI Converter

FM4950 - DS-3 44.736Mbps to HSSI Converter

BC1100 - Red Side LVDS to HSSI Converter (Crypto to Cisco Router)

BC1000 - Black Side LVDS to HSSI Converter (Crypto to HSSI Radio or Satellite Modem)

ETHERNET TO SERIAL CONVERTERS

For transporting Ethernet over Serial Equipment including Leased Lines, Radio, Satellite Modems and Crypto. Use IP over Legacy serial equipment. Utilise new bandwidth efficient serial modems and new Crypto Modernized Link Encryption Devices.

WC X.21 - Ethernet Over EIA530 or X.21 (Up to 20Mbps)

WC V.35 - Ethernet Over V.35 (Up to 20Mbps. With Auto Crypto Resync)

LV2000 - Ethernet Over LVDS / EIA644 (Up to 52Mbps)

LH1000 - Ethernet over V.35/EIA530/RS449 to 20Mbps & HSSI to 110Mbps

ETHERNET TO WAN CONVERTERS

For transporting Ethernet over ITU-T specified Leased Line and Microwave Radio equipment.

WC1000 - Ethernet over E1

WC3445 - Ethernet over E3 or DS-3

WC155 - Ethernet over STM-1 or OC-3

Multiple Ethernet and E1/T1 Over Fibre / SDH / SONET

For transporting up to 8 x E1/T1 plus 8 x Ethernet over a Fibre Link. Supports GFP Mapping of services over SONET or SDH Networks.

Metrolan1000 - 8 x E1/T1 plus 8 x Ethernet over STM-1 / OC-3 or Fiber.

Metrolan2000 - Above plus 3 x E3 or 3 x DS-3

FIBRE OPTIC MODEMS

With a range of established Fibre Optic Converters and the new FiMo range for Satcom and Crypto over Fibre Metrodata support most military FOM requirements with COTS equipment.

FC1000 - E1 to Multi Mode Fibre Converter

FC1100 - E1 to Single Mode Short Haul Fibre Converter

FC1200 - E1 to Single Mode Long Haul Fibre Converter

FC3000 - E3 / DS-3 to Multi Mode Fibre Converter

FC3100 - E3 / DS-3 to Single Mode Short Haul Fibre Converter

FC3200 - E3 / DS-3 to Single Mode Long Haul Fibre Converter

FC4000 - STM-1 / OC-3 BNC to Multi Mode Fibre Converter

FC4100 - STM-1 / OC-3 BNC to Single Mode Short Haul Fibre Converter

FC4200 - STM-1 / OC-3 BNC to Single Mode Long Haul Fibre Converter

FIMO-232 - RS232 to Fibre Converter. Up to 256kbps.

FIMO-2000 - Multi Serial to Fibre Converter. Up to 2Mbps. Ring POC For Higher Speed

FIMO-4000M - Managed Multi Serial to Fibre Converter. Up to 20Mbps. Exact Clocking, Complex Clocking Topology Supported, Asymmetric, Satellite and Crypto Backhaul.

E1 Drop/Insert Multiplexer

For transporting Nx64kbps Data and E1 Voice over E1 Interfaces. For multiplexing X.21 or V.35 over E1.

FM4200 - E1 BNC to E1 BNC/RJ45 and X.21/V.35 Drop/Insert Multiplexer

FM4500 - E1 BNC to E1 BNC/RJ45 and Quad X.21/V.35 Drop/Insert Multiplexer

AP Access Concentrator Platform

A modular ATM Switch based platform specifically designed for interfacing Satcom, Radio and Crypto into standard terrestrial networks, leased lines and WAN infrastructure. With the worlds most flexible ATM Switch serial interfaces we support 20Mbps on EIA530 110Mbps on HSSI and 1bps increments as well as Asymmetric bitrates. Also Auto Crypto Resync is available on our ATM Cell Bearing EIA530 Module.

AP3000 - 3 Slot Chassis

AP4000 - 4 Slot Chassis

AP8000 - 8 Slot Chassis

ATM Modules

E1, E2, E3, DS-3 and STM-1 / OC-3

Serial Cell Bearing - EIA530, HSSI and ASI

NON ATM / Circuit Emulation Modules

T1, E1, E2, E3, DS-3

Flexi Serial - EIA530, HSSI and ECL

Flexi LAN (100Mbps Wire Speed)

ATM RATE CONVERTERS

The Metrodata ATM Switching DSU Range supports E1, E2, E3, DS-3 and STM-1/OC-3 interfaces, and conversion between any of these. We have provided a small selection of the product range below. Please contact the Metrodata POC for more options or visit nato.metrodata-defense.com

E3 to E1 ATM Converter

E3 to E2 ATM Converter

STM-1 / OC-3 to E1 Converter