SALT LAKE CITY, UT and SAN DIEGO, CA – February 10, 2009 - Parvus Corporation announces the availability of the DuraCOR 820®, a rugged, ultra-small tactical mission computer measuring less than 3.0” in height and 3.0 lbs in weight.

Fully qualified to MIL-STD-810F environmental specifications (altitude, thermal, shock, vibration, humidity) and now available commercial off the shelf (COTS), the DuraCOR 820 will be on display at Booth # 1906 of the AFCEA/USNI West 2009 Conference. AFCEA West is the largest defense and technology exposition and conference on the West Coast, being held at the San Diego Convention Center February 11-13.

The DuraCOR 820 serves an ideal high-performance computing subsystem for space/weight-conscious manned and unmanned systems. Designed for Military and aerospace ground mobile and airborne deployments, the DuraCOR 820 features a conductively-cooled 1.4GHz Intel Pentium-M processor and solid state disk pre-loaded with a Linux or Windows XP Embedded operating system. This corrosion/splash-resistant unit is qualified to reliably operate in ambient temperatures of -40ºC to +71ºC, 15G operating shock, 95% humidity, 60,000 ft altitude, and aircraft/helicopter vibration profiles.

Rugged watertight ultra-miniature Mil-spec performance Connectors bring out dual 10/100 Fast Ethernet network connections, MIL-STD-704E power input, analog Video, 3x USB, 2x RS-232, DIO, keyboard, and mouse. This robust combination of function and small form factor ruggedness enables the DuraCOR 820 to support a wide range of applications, including Command and Control (C2) On-the-Move, Unmanned Vehicle Operator Control, C4ISR Situational Awareness, etc.

AVAILABILITY and PRICING

The DuraCOR 820 is now available off the shelf and has a list price of $9,995. Since the DuraCOR 820 is based on a modular PC/104+ architecture, the unit can be special ordered with a different I/O configuration. Options include 1-4 integrated MIL-STD-1553 channels, additional RS/232/422/485 serial channels, a 12-channel GPS receiver, or other customer-specific I/O limited by available connector pinouts.

About Parvus

Parvus Corporation is a leading supplier of rugged COTS computing and IP networking subsystems for Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) constrained military, aerospace, and homeland defense applications. Parvus’ tactical mission processors, network routers and Ethernet switch products provide highly reliable command, control, computing and communication (C4) capabilities for situational awareness and mobile data processing in airborne, ground vehicle, and naval installations. Parvus was founded in 1983 and is part of the Eurotech Group, a world leader in small form factor and high performance computing with operations across North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information, visit www.parvus.com.