The PTR Group Capabilities 2014 20 Feb 2014
How We Make a Difference Cutting Edge Know How At Cisco, The PTR Group is the preferred North American vendor to develop courseware and train their embedded engineers globally At NASA Goddard, we lead the robotic arm development for the next generation space servicing missions We have been conducting Cyber Network Operations (CNO) for the past 8 years in a critical national capability At NSA, we developed a virtualized solution to make mobile devices secure inside their buildings, increasing convenience and efficiency At ORBCOMM, we optimize satellite flight software, extending the life of a large commercial satellite constellation The PTR Group has a legacy of creating solutions for government and commercial customers across all industries to address their technical challenges and to maintain their competitive advantage
Corporate Overview Cutting Edge Know How We are an Engineering Services company specializing in embedded, real-time and distributed system technologies Founded: 2000 / Cleared Staff: over 30 / Avg. Experience: 17 yrs. Culture: Engineering organization with a passion for learning Recognized industry experts & innovators Featured national and international speakers Papers presented to Government and industry Thought leadership "Internet of Things" Connected devices and M2M technologies Testbed/virtualization technologies Commercial / Government clients US-based: Maryland / Virginia
Our Corporate Culture Cutting Edge Know How An engineering organization with a passion for learning Dedicated culture to learning and performing engineering Internal collaboration of experts from different industries form a multidimensional approach to problem solving Our CTO monitors and interacts with industry, conducting internal reviews and education to increase technological prowess Innovative Internal Research & Development (IRAD) projects used for learning and exploring
What we do and who we do it for SATELLITE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ROBOTIC CONTROL CYBER OPERATIONS & RESEARCH EDUCATION & TRAINING COTS & RE-ENGINEERING Avionics systems & flight software Satellite and ground-station control software Payload interface & control Attitude and control systems Spacecraft integration & test Mission operations Ground command & telemetry Launch & early operations Anomaly resolution Space servicing capabilities Semi-autonomous devices Robotic Technology Development (RTD) Evolution of Hubble servicing team RESTORE Satellite Tool experiments using ISS robotic arm Develop procedures & tools Testing & operations mgt Data & communication sys Protocol processing Vulnerability detection, analysis, & mitigation Realistic network traffic generation/simulation Network virtualization C 2 Systems End-user data dashboard design and implementation Courseware development & delivery services World-wide delivery Online training facility Courses structured from modular courseware Custom courseware Technology modernization Mash-ups Custom hardware design & development Hardware bring-up & support packages Open-source, COTS, RTOS, & custom software integration, design, development, delivery & support Wireless connectivity & control
Underscoring Growth in Connectivity & Convergence EMBEDDED SYSTEMS MOBILITY & WIRELESS M2M NETWORKS CYBERSECURITY One $Trillion market and expected to double over the next 4 years Demand-driven trend for access to data & applications from anywhere Speeds of 50 Mbps or greater will be commonplace in five years and 100 Mbps will not be unusual Internet and wireless devices of all kinds will be communicating with one another to increase situational awareness Emergence of smart sensor networks is introducing millions of new IP-connected Smart Objects Network traffic will be 4x 2010 levels by 2015 We have a long way to go in reducing our digital vulnerabilities in almost every aspect of our connected lives Ensuring embedded engineering relevance
Explore Our Emerging Technology Focus Tools IPv6 Embedded Stack Fingerprinting IPv4/IPv6 Network Device Mapping Remote Network Device Discovery Network Testbed Packaged Services Product Teardown and Reverse Engineering IPv6 Stack Vulnerability Analysis Network Software IPv6 Transition Exploits and Exploitation Tools Man-in-the-Middle Attacks Using IPv6 Precision Denial of Service Permanent Foothold in Mobile Devices Technology Primers Wi-Fi Direct/Miracast/WiDi Zigbee and 6LoWPAN and their impact on the Future of Mesh and Low Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks (LR-WPANs) Bluetooth v4 and High Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks (HR-WPANs) NFC USB 3.0/3.1
SAIC contacted The PTR Group to create a prototype system to search removable media for malware Using COTS and other key technology advancements, PTR created a fully-functional rapid prototype PTR worked with SAIC to create an Atom-based Android platform capable of running the McAfee Virus Scanner for Linux In only 10 days and with a limited budget, PTR created the first generation prototype of the SAIC Ravelin system for demonstration Custom icons and Android user screens were developed to facilitate setup and operation by non-skilled users
NASA turned to The PTR Group to support their satellite servicing and repair mission PTR engineers developed the software that powers the next generation robotic arm selected for the future NASA and DARPA spacecraft servicing missions PTR was the first to put a Linuxbased platform into space We have supported space programs for customers such as The U.S. Naval Research Lab, Orbital Sciences and Orbcomm for over a decade
The PTR Group supports critical cyberspace operations Cutting Edge Know How We leverage our commercial embedded experience in support of National Security goals Our experience and success in the commercial arena creates opportunities for our government partners to accomplish mission goals using newly developed and/or leveraged technologies in embedded and real-time systems As experts in building embedded systems, we have a unique perspective that is instrumental in navigating the reverse engineering process Our experience with circuit-level hardware and the hardware/software interface makes us uniquely effective in supporting Computer Network Operations (CNO)
Cisco turned to The PTR Group to train their engineers in embedded Linux and other emerging technology areas We develop the course content and maintain ownership of the intellectual property rights PTR trainers are accomplished engineers and are able to relate real-world experience to their students Our collection of embedded engineering courses is one of the most comprehensive in the industry We create custom courses and train engineers at many Fortune 100 companies worldwide Our virtual training facilities support training around the globe
IMCI Technologies turned to The PTR Group to modernize their product line Our rapid-response solutions to their tough technical problems helps them maintain their position as a dominant global supplier of SNMP-based monitoring equipment We migrated their product architecture from a costly commercial operating system to Linux - dramatically reducing their product development and production costs We helped them leverage open source software components available for their new Linux-based architecture to develop ten new products in less than six months
Northrop Grumman turned to The PTR Group to hack an Android-based cell phone to upgrade the hardware platform for a critical DoD competition We delivered the solution in a matter of days enabling them to deploy and conduct a successful field test I ve finished testing your latest Nexus One Android 2.3.4 kernel with the Ethernet interface and it works great. This is exactly what we wanted and we are confident that this version will successfully get us through the field tests. Your multicast patch came just in time! Thanks to you we were able to successfully demonstrate our solution on three phones at the Army's NIE 12.1 leadership demo at Ft. Bliss on Monday and Tuesday.
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