To support the critical mission of our Command Operations Centers, Coherent Systems has developed a highly reliable support system dubbed Hitchhiker (HH). These 5th wheel trailers provide housing for all electronics & servers including redundancy for major servers and network storage; gigabyte network backbones; and hardwired Cat-5 video distribution throughout complex.  Additional 5th wheel support trailers also provide storage, integrated power supply and ECUs.

Features of Hitch Hiker and Fifth Wheel Support Trailers
COC (NET Centric) AKA Hitch Hiker

• A field enabled contingency/operational asset
• Air, land, and sea mobile
• Highly compressed communications capability
• Seamless TADIL integration
• Hosts multiple correlation and integrated picture software elements
• Provides hotel services and transportation for included Ops Center
• Intended to facilitate rapid “between the stovepipes” sensor, weapons and C2 integration
• Focused on joint integration

Experience in theatre, particular in dry, desert environments shows that dense critical server equipment needs to be shelterized for robust hostile environmental protection and operation:

• Supports flexible spectrum of powered up operation from On the Move, to On the Pause, to rapid seamless deployment of the full complex:
• Dramatically reduces IT/ server setup time
• Adequate cooling and dust reduction dramatically increase electronic component life
• Adequate power protection (15 KW per Hitch Hiker) and automatic server shutdown supports high confidence IT environment
• Inherently higher level of physical security for classified information and storage (thin clients are unclassified as soon as they are disconnected from SPIR net)
• Shock and vibration mitigation
• Less wear and tear on all cabling and connectors
• Multiple Hitch Hikers provide high degree of redundancy and load sharing capability
• Substantial power and volume margin for growth

To learn more about Hitchhiker fifth wheel support trailer systems, please contact us.