NSA SME-PED - the handheld for spooks

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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 <http://www.gizmag.com/go/4601/>


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 NSA SME-PED - the handheld for spooks

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 September 16, 2005 The United States National Security Agency (NSA) is
 planning to build its own secure wireless handset capable of voice  
and data
 communications over public networks, including CDMA, GSM and Wi-Fi.

 The handset which is currently going under the name of "secure mobile
 environment - portable electronic device," (SME-PED) is a secure  
wireless
 product that will provide users with voice and data communications
 supporting security levels up to Top Secret, as well as e-mail
 communications supporting security levels up to Secret.

 The SME-PED also provides Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)  
functionality.
 The SME-PED will provide the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and  
other
 U.S. Government users with a converged voice and e-mail communications
 device similar to commercially available devices such as BlackBerry,
 SideKick and Treo 650. Two companies have been awarded US$18  
million dollar
 multi-year contracts to develop the SME-PED.

 One of the companies awarded the contract (the name of the other  
company
 has not yet been released) is L-3 Communications via its  
subsidiary, L-3
 CS-East, an industry leader in designing, developing and  
manufacturing Type
 1 Secure Telephony terminals for the U.S. DoD.

 "We are thrilled to have been selected by the NSA to develop the  
SME-PED,"
 said Greg Roberts, president of L-3 CS-East. "SME-PED continues L-3's
 legacy of developing leading-edge, high assurance communications  
products
 for use by the U.S. Government. L-3 CS-East will leverage recent
 investments in cryptographic technology as well as our experience and
 expertise in applying the U.S. Government's Future Narrow Band Digital
 Terminal (FNBDT) and High Assurance Internet Protocol Interoperability
 Specification (HAIPIS) protocols while executing this critical  
program."

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