The Defense Systems Services Division (DSSD) of ILEX Systems, Inc. provides quality systems and software engineering for defense  applications. ILEX DSSD specializes in the innovative application of state-of-the-art software technology and software development methodologies to develop comprehensive real-time solutions satisfying our customers’ systems and software needs. Our systems engineering expertise has been successfully applied to embedded, distributed and complex computer system developments and Post Deployment Software Support (PDSS) under both military and commercial standards implementing and sustaining command and control, communications, intelligence, training, transaction processing and process control systems and applications.

The DSSD, a division of ILEX, was established in 1981 as a division of COMCON, Inc., an engineering services company. High quality products and services and total customer satisfaction have resulted in steady growth to a staff of over 700 highly trained and experienced professional, technical and administrative support personnel. The DSSD represents substantial personnel, equipment and facility resources and the capability to rapidly commit those resources in support of customer requirements world wide.

The DSSD has placed teams of engineers at customer sites, worldwide, including: four sites in Korea - Seoul, Camp Humphries, Pyongtoek, and Uijongbu; six sites in Germany - Darmstadt, Heidelburg, Bad Kreuznach, Wiesbaden, Bad Aibling and Wurzburg; Kosovo; Bosnia; Puerto Rico; Washington, DC; Ft. Huachuca, AZ; Ft. Carson/Colorado Springs, CO; Ft. Belvoir/Alexandria, and Arlington, VA; Ft. Bragg/Fayetteville, NC; Ft. Gordon/Augusta, and Ft. Stewart/Hinesville, GA; Ft. Campbell/Hopkinsville, KY; Ft. Hood/Killeen, TX; Ft. Polk, La; Fort Leavenworth, Ks; Ft. Bliss, TX; Goodfellow AFB, TX; Ft. Drum/Watertown, NY; Ft. Lewis/Tacoma, WA; Annapolis Junction, MD; and Ft. Shafter and Schofield Barracks, Honolulu, HI. The DSSD can quickly and effectively establish, staff and equip new facilities at any location in response to customer needs.

The DSSD has extensive systems and software development and sustainment experience in which current and emerging technology has been applied to develop state-of-the-art solutions to our customers’ problems in the following technology areas:

Post Deployment Software Support (PDSS) - The DSSD provides support to the military intelligence community in the Post Deployment Software Support of in excess of forty Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, Fusion, Sensor and Training systems and software ranging from large Intelligence gathering and fusion  systems to legacy signal intelligence systems and training systems. Expertise in communication and electronic signal detection, intercept, analysis, communications intelligence, electronic intelligence and countermeasure generation for signals from radio frequency through radar and laser frequencies is employed in supporting these systems. Knowledge of antenna technology, pattern recognition techniques, detection and identification algorithms and jamming techniques are applied in providing real-time solutions to intelligence and electronic warfare problems. The DSSD has developed tools, techniques and processes for all phases of the software life cycle that permit software changes to be quickly implemented, validated and disseminated world wide in response to threat changes. State-of-the-art simulation and modeling techniques are used to engineer environment simulators and test beds that provide timely, economical validation of software change effectiveness in accurate battlefield scenarios. Innovative graphic user interface and man-machine interface solutions tuned to the user’s environment provide our customers with useful, user-friendly systems. Developments and enhancements using centralized and distributed architectures and client-server technology have been successfully completed which provide totally compliant solutions to real-time high volume transaction processing requirements. Services in real-time system design, performance analysis and optimization, systems integration, interoperability certification, and technology insertion to mature systems serve to enhance to system functionality and usefulness and extend to useful life of supported systems.

Software Reuse, Re-Engineering, Domain Engineering and Software Process Improvement - The DSSD has advanced the state-of-the-art in software reuse, domain engineering and re-engineering technology through participation in the Software Technology for Adaptable Reliable Systems (STARS). Considerable experience has been gained in domain analysis, software process modeling, system/software process baselining, identification of process-related metrics, and collection, analysis and reporting of metrics data. The extensive use of Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools and techniques in engineering system and software requirements has extended DSSD’s technology base. This technology base permits DSSD to provide economic and timely solutions to new requirements based on previously developed assets through reuse and re-engineering and to control, measure and constantly improve our software processes and those of our customers.

Multimedia/Computer Based Training (CBT) Systems - ILEX DSSD employs a state-of-the-art multimedia laboratory to generate innovative solutions to customer requirements for interactive computer based training and automated on-line "paperless" documentation. These solutions are integrated with hypertext for instant access to tutorial, or other supporting information. This laboratory provides the capability to create multimedia training scenarios integrating digitized audio and video with computer generated 3D animation, scanned photography, and graphics which provide a true-to-life, virtual environment for operator and maintenance training. Digital services are provided which include: conversion of paper text, graphics, photographs, video, and audio into digitized libraries; data capture of computer monitors, video screens and live action; and mastering of CD-ROMs. ILEX DSSD has extensive experience developing and producing systems that are compliant with Section 508 standards 1194.22 and 1194.24, such as the following fully compliant products:

Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS) Computer Based Training

Common Ground Station (CGS) Hardware Computer Based Training

Common Ground Station (CGS) Software Computer Based Training

Commander's Tactical Terminal - Three Channel Radio (CTT-3) Computer Based Training

Network Operations Center - Vehicular (NOC-V) Computer Based Training

Training Systems - ILEX DSSD provides life cycle sustainment, enhancement and modernization capabilities in support of a wide range of computer based training systems in both stand-alone and system embedded configurations. Support services range from system initialization, operation, maintenance, training scenario generation, and data gathering and reduction, to support day-to-day operations, to re-hosting, migration and functional enhancement to extend system life and expand system capabilities.

Databases - The DSSD is skilled in the development and maintenance of relational, object oriented and hierarchical database systems employing both commercially available and custom database management systems and languages (dBase, Clipper, FoxPro, Oracle, Paradox, Microsoft Access, Sybase, Microsoft SQL Server).

Systems Engineering Support - The DSSD provides efficient and cost effective systems engineering support in functions including: software quality assurance, configuration management, test and evaluation, IV&V, and software tool development.

The DSSD applies this extensive skills and experience base in a project managed structure. This structure, combined with the corporate authority to commit resources, ensures that appropriate resources will be applied to a task and that these task resources will be managed locally to ensure the most efficient and cost effective solution to the customer’s requirements achievable.

 

Locations and Contacts:

Eatontown, NJ Operations
246 Industrial Way West
Eatontown, NJ 07724
Phone: (732) 380-9400
Fax: (732) 380-9401

Fort Huachuca Operations
1838 Paseo San Luis
Sierra Vista, AZ 85635
Phone: (520) 458-9759