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One of Britain's most distinguished soldiers and ex-Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (NATO), General Sir Rupert Smith, KCB, DSO, OBE, QGM, has joined Track24, the market leader in the security tracking risk management sector (STRMS), in a military advisory capacity.
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The company announced its expansion into the defence sector in June with the appointment of ex-MoD and NATO communications expert Giles Peeters as Defence Sector Director. Track24 is now marketing its Situational Command & Control (SCC) platform to militaries around the world.
General Sir Rupert Smith commanded the British Armoured Division in the first Gulf War in 1991 and the United Nations Protection Force (Unprofor) in Bosnia in 1995. He was the senior European commander in NATO during the 1999 Kosovo campaign. He is the author of The Utility of Force in which he argues the form of war has changed from industrial war to war amongst the people.
In his capacity as Track24's military adviser, he will assist in developing the strategic and tactical capability of the commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) Track24 SCC solution.
Track24 provides hardware and software solutions to enable organisations and military forces to track, command and control personnel, vehicles, aircraft and maritime vessels. The company's integrated command, control, communication and crisis management platform will provide the defence sector with situational awareness, two-way messaging and emergency response capabilities. These capabilities enable commanders to monitor their personnel and assets remotely with the help of tracking devices, messaging systems and panic-buttons. The technology is encrypted to standards required by militaries and governments (AES256 point-to-point encryption), and services are provided over satellite, radio or GSM/GPRS networks.
General Sir Rupert Smith comments: "In our wars amongst the people, our forces are dispersed on an increasingly congested and complex battlefield, often in an urban setting. To retain the initiative, seize fleeting opportunities, concentrate effort and facilitate collaboration, commanders at all levels need a COP. Operations are conducted by multinational forces and often in close cooperation with other agencies such as the police. Militaries worldwide will need to look to the commercial sector for affordable and adaptable systems to meet the requirement for an operationally suitable COP.
"Track24's affordable and secure SCC system provides this essential command and control capability. I look forward to advising on the strategic and tactical development of these systems and the implications for clients."
Giles Peeters, Track24 Defence Sector Director, comments: "We are delighted to have General Sir Rupert Smith on board as he brings a wealth of operational experience and knowledge that will support the development of the platform. Demand for affordable, secure and robust command and control systems is high and we are already working with militaries around the world that rely on our SCC platform.
"As espoused in General Smith's book, adapting military capability to an environment where 'war amongst the people' is a recurrent theme, SCC represents one dimension of information management that will influence the way militaries operate in the future."
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About Track24
Track24 was incorporated in February 2004 and has offices in the United Arab Emirates, UK and Canada. After more than six years of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, Track24 has emerged as the main, proven commercial provider of web-based tracking solutions and is used by the majority of the private security companies operating in those environments. Increasingly, Track24's systems are being adopted by international corporations, governments and diplomatic agencies in high-risk countries as an important component of their risk management strategies.
Through significant investment Track24 has been successful in developing its defence sector solutions by providing commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) systems. The company's Situational Command & Control (SCC) platform is specifically designed to supply commanders in the field with Blue Force Tracking and Blue Personnel Tracking capabilities. Track24 is positioned to provide strategically orientated, beyond line-of-sight (BLOS) communications, using secure AES256 signal encryption, in order to offer cost-effective, instantly deployable, COTS solutions.
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