GSN_Magazine April Digital Edition

Cubic executive to discuss benefits of cloud
hosting at transportation summit
JW Fishers describes equipment now
used to locate weapons and explosives
SAN DIEGO April 27, 2017 Cubic
Transportation Systems (CTS),
a business unit of Cubic Corporation
(NYSE:CUB), today announced
Chris Bax, vice president of global
ITS strategy, will participate
in a panel discussion
on the benefits of cloudbased
technologies for traffic
management systems
at the ITS Heartland 2017
Annual Meeting in Wichita,
Kansas from May 1 – 3.
Population growth is
increasing the demands
placed on roads and associated infrastructure
around the world. Inevitably,
pressure to expand and support
transportation infrastructure growth
is placed on the transit authorities
that manage them. During the panel,
Bax will cover “smart city” technology
and how cloud hosting can be
used to meet the needs of advanced
traffic management solutions. He
will highlight the benefits of cloudbased
platforms, from integration
capabilities to cost-effectiveness, resiliency
and reliability. Additionally,
Bax will address how cloud hosting
is being applied, the long-term
advantage and its ability to support
Chris Bax
smart cities.
“Transportation infrastructure will
constantly evolve in order to meet
population growth,” said Bax. “It’s
imperative for traffic management to
be efficient now and in the
future, as the only way we
can maximize the lifetime
performance of transport
solutions is to rely on new
technologies.”
Bax will take part in the
following panel session:
Session 3A: Beyond the
Signal – What’s New in Traffic Management
and Operations
Wednesday, May 3, 8:30 – 10:00 a.m.
(local time); Riverview Ballroom,
Hyatt Regency, Wichita, Kansas
Moderator: Ron Hall, ITS Heartland,
State Director, Kansas Department
of Transportation (DOT); Panelists:
Zach Hansen, SRF Consulting
Group; Tom Hein, Kansas DOT;
Brian Sovik, Data Transfer Solutions
Follow Cubic Transportation Systems
at @CubicTS or use the
hashtags #THISisITS and #realITS
to join the conversation. For updates
or participation in the ITS Heartland
conversation during the event, use
the hashtag #ITSHeartland.
About Cubic Corporation
Cubic Corporation designs, integrates
and operates systems, products
and services focused in the
transportation, defense training and
secure communications markets.
Cubic Transportation Systems is a
leading integrator of payment and
information technology and services
to create intelligent travel solutions
for transportation authorities and
operators. Cubic Global Defense is
a leading provider of live, virtual,
constructive and game-based training
solutions, special operations and
intelligence for the U.S. and allied
forces. Cubic Mission Solutions provides
networked Command, Control,
Communications, Computers,
Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
(C4ISR) capabilities
for defense, intelligence, security
and commercial missions. For more
information about Cubic, please visit
the company’s website at www.cubic.
com or on Twitter @CubicCorp.
Before 1970 the widely accepted solution
for disposal of old munitions,
typically called unexploded ordnance
(UXO), was to dump them
into rivers, lakes and oceans. Today
we know this creates a multitude of
problems, the worst of which are
pollution and the risk of an explosion.
Many people have already
lost their lives to these underwater
booby traps. The uncertainties
surrounding their precise location
and degree of decomposition,
makes attempting to recover these
dangerous devices an even more
difficult task.
Several international organizations
have been formed to address
the problem of UXO on land
and underwater, and a variety of
tools and techniques are being
employed to locate and remove
them. One of the groups working
the problem is the Japan Mine Action
Service (JMAS), a non-profit
engaged in humanitarian activities
to create better and safer living
conditions. Since its inception in
2001, JMAS has implemented UXO
clearance projects in a host of countries
from Japan to Afghanistan. JW
Fishers Pulse 12 boat-towed metal
detector is assisting in these operations.
The detector will locate both
ferrous and nonferrous metals, an
important feature as munitions
can be made of a variety of metals
including brass and steel. It’s large
rectangular search coil can find
metal buried up to 16 feet, and the
Pulse 12 works equally well on land
and in the water. With three detection
heads attached to the master
control console, an area up to 72
feet wide can be swept in one pass;
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saving time, fuel, and manpower. To
inspect sites on land, the coil can be
mounted on the front of an ATV or
other vehicle allowing large areas to
be swept quickly. This powerful machine
is now helping a JMAS team
uncover lethal UXO in Palau reports
representative Terada Yasuo.
Another organization using
Fishers equipment in a similar operation
is the Regional Centre for
Underwater De-mining (RCUD)
in Montenegro, which was part of
the former Yugoslavia. A bloody
civil war in the 1990’s left the
country littered with unexploded
ordnance and waterways unsafe to
travel because of many scattered
mines. After numerous fishermen
and boaters were killed from these
deadly devices, RCUD acquired a
Fisher side scan to help locate the
mines. The operation was a success.
With the help of the sonar
and trained divers, many explosives
were found and removed
from the country’s lakes and rivers.
Today the sonar is being used for
more peaceful purposes. RCUD is
working in cooperation with RPM
Nautical Foundation and the Center
for Conservation and Archaeology