Saturday, April 1, 2017

Technolink Snapshot April 2017


Snapshot News from Technolink Members

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Dr. Jeffrey Reed, Director of Business Strategy and Advanced Technologies at Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas), part of the energy group Sempra, shares the announcement of the installation of fiber-optic lines along all of the corporation's new and replacement gas pipelines, in a move that will help prevent pipeline damage and leaks. Believed to be one of the first gas utilities in the US to use the photonics technology, SoCalGas says these new lines will send early warning of pressure changes or vibrations that might indicate a leak or stress on the pipeline caused by construction work, changes in geology, or the impact of a broken water main.  The company, which maintains more than 100,000 miles of gas pipelines, says that it will install fiber-optics along all new and replacement pipeline segments that are wider than 12 inches in diameter and more than a mile long.
“The fiber optic cables will be installed approximately 36 inches below the ground surface and 12 inches above the pipelines,” it added. The first such installation, on a seven-mile stretch of pipeline in Bakersfield, which is around 100 miles north of Los Angeles, should take place later this year.  






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Mike Harrington of AK Constructors shares that the current trend in construction is collaboration. Whether the project is manufacturing, federal infrastructure renovation or commercial office space, all types of construction can benefit from an early stage collaborative process between owners, engineers and constructors. AKConstructors specializes in a collaborative project approach: forming design build teams and developing relationships between users, designers and builders that result in on-time, cost effective construction. Team players can share new technology and design concepts while determining the best methods of implementation for the specific project. Once construction begins the collaborative process continues with on-site communication technology that allows information and changes from the design to be reviewed and implemented on site within hours not days. 





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Wahid Nawabi, President and CEO of AeroVironment, the leading supplier of unmanned aircraft systems to the U.S. Department of Defense and 35 allies, is pleased to highlight two new innovations: Snipe™ UAS and Blackwing™. Snipe is designed specifically to provide dismounted ground troops with immediate organic tactical overwatch – over the wall, down the alley, around the hill. Weighing less than 130 grams (4.6 ounces), this ultra-compact air vehicle can be stored in a soldier’s tactical vest then launched into the air for operation in less than 60 seconds with no assembly. Each vehicle includes both an electro-optical (EO) and infrared (IR) sensor that transmits information in real-time for day and night operations.  AeroVironment’s Blackwing is designed to provide rapid response intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) from a wide variety of operational platforms including undersea, surface, air, land, and mobile launch vehicles.  The miniature flying ISR package can be operated manually or autonomously.  Blackwing’s built-in, interoperable datalink enables cross-domain command and control (C2) relay operations between land, surface and undersea manned and unmanned vessels.  Blackwing provides the operator with real-time video for information gathering and feature/object recognition.  The vehicle’s small size and quiet motor make it difficult to detect, recognize and track even at close ranges. Blackwing has a modular payload bay to enable specific mission capabilities.
AeroVironment (NASDAQ: AVAV) provides customers with more actionable intelligence so they can proceed with certainty. Based in California, AeroVironment is a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems, tactical missile systems and electric vehicle charging and test systems, and serves militaries, government agencies, businesses and consumers. For more information visit 
www.avinc.com.




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Oli Thordarson, CEO of Alvaka Networks, announces the move to larger headquarters in service expansion driven by security, DFARS/NIST 800-171 and IT uptime and performance management demands.  The 24x7 world of the internet is driving companies to operate in real time all the time with more security and compliance than ever before. Those challenges to public and private entities are driving continued growth at Alvaka Networks.








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Congratulations to Feyzi Fatehi, CEO of Corent Technology who has been selected to receive the 2017 OCEC Distinguished Engineer Merit Award from the Orange County Engineering Council.  Click here to read more about Mr. Fatehi and Corent's cloud migration platform in this recent article from the Orange County Business Journal






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A special thanks to Pasadena Star-News for
featuring the Spring Technolink Forum and highlighting CMTC Solutions!
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