NETANYA, Israel, May 4, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RADA Electronic Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq:RADA), announced today that it has supplied the Black Box for Axxana's Phoenix Disaster Recovery EDR System, following successful completion of intensive environmental qualification testing.
Axxana, which was recently added to the list of "Cool Vendors in Storage Technology, 2009" by Gartner, Inc., has developed the Phoenix Enterprise Data Recording (EDR) Black Box which allows storage arrays to replicate in synchronous fashion over asynchronous distances. Axxana has integrated three technologies into its solution:
1. Flash drives for low-latency I/O and low power requirements,
2. Emergency cellular transmission,
3. The adaptation of the RADA airborne "black box" to preserve the
data in case of fire, flood, mechanical shocks or explosion.
The Phoenix Black Box can be viewed as a hardened storage system, that can survive the following extreme conditions:
* Direct flames at 2000oF for one hour followed by 450oF for an
additional 6 hours
* Pressure of 5000LB
* Pierce force of a 500LB rod dropped from 10FT
* 30FT of water pressure
* Shock of 40G
This technology allows a storage vendor to save the data not yet committed to the remote site in an EDR housed in the array, and allows the data to be recovered following almost any disaster to the primary site.
It also allows organizations to attain Zero RPO (Recovery Point Objective) with an existing remote site, which significantly simplifies the recovery from any disaster.
Commenting on the event, Zvi Alon, RADA CEO, said, "RADA has successfully exploited this unique opportunity where we can use our mature technology, developed for military applications, in a solution to the growing demand for enterprise information disaster recovery. We have great expectations of this program and we believe that our customer, Axxana, has the potential to capture significant part of this huge and fast growing business."
About RADA
RADA Electronic Industries Ltd. is an Israel-based defense electronics contractor. The Company specializes in Data Recording and Management (Digital Video & Data Recorders, Ground Debriefing Stations, Head-Up Display Cameras), Inertial Navigation Systems, Avionics Solutions (Trainer Aircraft Upgrades, Stores Management Systems, Interface Computers) and avionics systems for UAVs.
Note: Certain statements in this press release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially. Such risk uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to, changes in general economic conditions, risks in product and technology developments, market acceptance of new products and continuing product demand, level of competition and other factors described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.