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MILCOM 2009 Media Advisory
October 5, 2009
Contact: Fran Jacques
Tel: 480.441.2885
Cell: 480.586.1886
fran.jacques@milcom09.com
Largest International Military Communications Conference, MILCOM 2009 to Showcase Massachusetts High Tech Companies
-- Delivering breakthrough solutions to the ‘Challenge of Convergence’ for military, government and homeland security communications, MILCOM 2009 offers recognized communications authorities as keynote speakers, panel moderators, panelists and session presenters --
WHAT: MILCOM 2009
WHEN: October 18 through 21, 2009
WHERE: The Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center; One Seaport Lane, Boston, Mass. 02210
- Admiral Thad W. Allen, Commandant of the United States Coast Guard
- Lt. Gen. Ted F. Bowlds, Commander, Electronic Systems Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts
- Honorable Michael Chertoff, Second United States Secretary of Homeland Security
- David Gergen, Editor-at-large, U.S. News & World Report
- Mr. Tony Montemarrano, Component Acquisition Executive, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)
- Lt. Gen. Dennis Via, Director for Command, Control, Communications and Computer (C4) Systems, J-6, The Joint Staff
MASSACHUSETTS HIGH TECH COMPANIES:
Inside the World Trade Center exhibit hall, 23 Massachusetts companies will showcase their solutions to the Challenge of Convergence at MILCOM 2009, including:
- Acumentrics, Westwood, Mass., booth 1068
- BBN Technologies, Cambridge, Mass., booth 349
- Bradford RF Sales, Lawrence, Mass., booth 15
- Capone Communications, Norfolk, Mass., booth 1007
- CSPI MultiComputer Division, Billerica, Mass., booth 1168
- General Dynamics C4 Systems, Taunton, Mass., booth 604
- Hanscom AFB, Hanscom, Mass., booths 800 and 902
- Hybricon Corporation, Ayer, Mass., booth 19
- Mayflower Communications, Burlington, Mass., booth 1110
- Mercury Computer Systems, Inc., Chelmsford, Mass., booth 726
- Millitech, Inc., Northampton, Mass., booth 958
- MIT Professional Education, Cambridge, Mass., booth 25
- New World Case, Inc., Uxbridge, Mass., booth 1005
- Pelican Products, South Deerfield, Mass., booth 937
- Raytheon Company, Waltham, Mass., booth 504
- Remtec, Inc., Norwood, Mass., Booth 263
- SIE Computing Solutions, Brockton, Mass., booth 854
- Symmetricom, Beverly, Mass., booth 963
- The Mathworks, Natick, Mass., booth 14
- The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, Mass., booth 402
- Vanu, Inc., Cambridge Mass., booth 1010
- Vicor Corporation, Andover, Mass., booth 963
- Vislink Law Enforcement & Public Safety, North Billerica, Mass., booth 904
ADDITIONAL EXHIBIT HIGHLIGHTS:
More than 170 other exhibits will be co-located inside and outside of the World Trade Center exhibit hall featuring ‘best-of-the-best’ products, technologies and resources including:
- On-board technology in military vehicles
- Wearable computers
- Demonstration of the U.S. Army’s Warfighter Information Network – Tactical (WIN-T) communications network
MILCOM 2009 Background
In its 28th year, MILCOM 2009 is the premier military and government communications conference attracting participants from the military, government, academia and industry, including representatives from more than 30 countries.
- General Dynamics C4 Systems and MITRE Corporation are the hosts of MILCOM 2009.
- Co-sponsors include the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) International and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Communications Society.
- The Electronic Systems Center, Hanscom AFB has provided a liaison to advise MILCOM 2009.
Additional information about MILCOM 2009 is available on the Internet: http://www.milcom.org/
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Editors: Media are invited to attend MILCOM 2009 and may contact Ms. Tobey Jackson with AFCEA International for registration information. Phone: (703) 631-6189; Email: tjackson@afcea.org
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