Major prime contractor selects Crystal Group for CSfC Enablement Program

Crystal Group, Inc., designer and manufacturer of rugged high-performance edge compute solutions, secured a multimillion-dollar contract with a major defense contractor to deliver rugged, cybersecurity-enabled, Crystal Group solutions for deployment in advanced radar systems used by the United States Army.

Crystal Group rugged servers will be deployed in radar systems used to detect incoming missile and artillery attacks, as well as attacks from hypersonic weapons. These radar systems are essential to the protection and safety of U.S. soldiers and civilians around the world.

Crystal Group was selected due to their proven history of reliability, quality, and customer support as the existing provider of rugged computing hardware on other portions of the program. When lives are on the line, reliability is paramount, and Crystal Group’s rugged product line is the most trusted available in the market.

“Winning this program represents so much more than just a win, it is a renewed pledge to Crystal Group and proves to our employee-owners that their relentless commitment to our customers does not go unnoticed,” says Lindsay Palma, program manager at Crystal Group. “We understand the importance of mission success for the end-user and are ecstatic to grow Crystal Group’s presence on this program that is protecting our warfighters each and every day.”

For this program, Crystal Group is supplying a network attached storage unit, equipped with Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC) Program capabilities, enabling encrypted data transmission in edge environments. Crystal Group’s advanced engineering team developed this custom cybersecurity-optimized solution that meets all requirements.

“Our participation in this program unlocks a new realm of opportunity for our customers’ cybersecurity challenges and enables them to pair our proven agile engineering development with industry-leading data protection,” says Chad Hutchinson, Vice President, Engineering at Crystal Group.

The ground-based radar systems are deployed at the tactical edge where environmental and electromagnetic concerns are significant, posing numerous challenges for traditional computer hardware. By using Crystal Group’s rugged solutions, those concerns are met with tried-and-true ruggedization techniques that enable reliability in some of the most remote environments.