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Article: Plaintree Systems selected to provide LAN infrastructure for 134 military sealift command ships.
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- May 20, 1997
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NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 20, 1997--Plaintree Systems Inc. (LANPF-NASDAQ; LAN-TSE) announced today it has been selected to provide its WaveSwitch 4800 for the LAN infrastructure of shipboard information systems on 134 ships for Military Sealift Command (MSC), a worldwide operating force of the U.S. Navy. The contract could be worth $5.8 million (U.S. dollars) in revenue for Plaintree over the next three years.
"Plaintree's WaveSwitch 4800 is a critical component in MSC's plan for `Ship of the Future,'" said Todd Carroll, MSC Afloat Systems Program Manager.
In its current re-engineering project, "Ship of the Future," MSC will upgrade ...