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Seven military and government sponsors secure Route1's participation in
annual Joint Chief-of-Staff's event

TORONTO, Nov. 21 /CNW/ - Following its participation in the Initial
Planning Conference (IPC) for CWID 2007 (Coalition Warfighter Interoperability
Demonstration) that took place in Virginia Beach, VA last week, Route1
Inc.(TM) (TSX-V:ROI) today announced an interoperability trial for its custom,
military-focused MobiKEY IBAD and DEFIMNET solutions. The trial will take
place at CWID 2007, to be held June 11-22, 2007 across multiple global sites.
CWID is the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff's annual event enabling
US Combatant Commands (COCOMs) and the international community to investigate
new and emerging technologies, including command, control, communications,
computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) solutions
that focus on relevant and timely objectives for enhancing coalition
interoperability. US Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM), on behalf of the
Chairman, is responsible for the oversight of CWID. The intent of CWID is to
investigate C4ISR technologies capable of being placed into an operational
environment within 12-18 months following the execution period.
MobiKEY IBAD (Identity Based Access Device) is based on Route1's popular
MobiKEY commercial product; while DEFIMNET (DEFense Identity Management
NETwork), a communication and service delivery platform focused on identity
management and entitlement-based access to resources, is a derivative of
Route1 MobiNET. Unlike its commercial variant, DEFIMNET is aimed at operation
within classified domains.
"The IBAD's inherent security features combined with its ease-of-use
could make it a great weapon in the Department of Defense's (DOD) arsenal. It
is of equally great interest to us for Homeland Defense applications," said
Chris Lambert, USNORTHCOM, CWID Program Manager. "The IBAD could provide us
with superior capabilities to gain strategic advantages over the enemy.
NORTHCOM is excited to be demonstrating the IBAD's potential during CWID."
"DEFIMNET is a clear reflection of the Defense Information Systems
Agency's (DISA) most recent move to an acquisition strategy highly focused on
a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and pay-per-use services," said Jerry
Iwanski, CTO and Senior Vice President of Product Strategy at Route1. "The
vision behind the development of Route1's products and technologies resonated
through the IPC. The foundation of DEFIMNET is information assurance through
identity management and strong encryption, combined with entitlement based
communication and access to resources such as C4ISR systems from anywhere and
at anytime. Our technologies can improve the situational awareness and
collaboration of the strategic and tactical commands and increase the
lethality of in-theater units. When assessed in the context of DISA's new
paradigm, I believe DEFIMNET's service delivery model is well positioned to
meet such objectives."
Iwanski continued, "While the IBAD is our first offering geared at the
defense sector, a number of other products will leverage the capabilities of
the DEFIMNET, particularly in the areas of cross-domain information access and
communications over ad-hoc meshed networks."
The CWID Senior Management Group (SMG), together with the coalition
partners, selects Interoperability Trial proposals to satisfy CWID's need to
share and exchange critical, time-sensitive information between military
organizations, international coalitions and civilian agencies. The selection
criteria include how well the Interoperability Trial's proposal satisfies one
or more of the stated objectives and sub-objectives as defined in the Federal
Business Opportunities announcement
(http://199.57.1.137/public/CWID07-Additional-FBO-information-26Apr06v2.doc).
In a rare outcome of events, Route1 has secured not one sponsorship, but
seven of them, including: DND JIIFC-Det (Joint Information Intelligence and
Fusion Capability Detachment), US Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), Canada
Command, US Marine Corps, US Air Force, Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems
Command (SPAWAR) and Royal New Zealand Air Force.
"We are thrilled to be sponsoring the Route1 DEFIMNET and the MobiKEY
IBAD trial," said Major Peter Lipohar, JIIFC-Det. "It was refreshing for us to
witness the tremendous response and interest from all US military branches to
sponsor Route1 to demonstrate the IBAD's capabilities."
Route1's trial will focus on two key objectives. The first one is
Integrated Operations: enhance the commander's capability to command, control
and coordinate across joint and coalition forces, government agencies,
non-governmental organizations (NGO), and first responders with an emphasis on
improving mobility, survivability and adaptive dominance. The second one is
Integrated Planning: provide solutions that improve the COCOM's ability to
conduct collaborative planning with coalition partners, including joint and
coalition forces, government agencies, NGOs and first responders - emphasizing
technologies and processes that support collection and dissemination of
Command and Control (C2) information using Net Centric Enterprise Services
(NCES).
"The MobiKEY IBAD addresses several challenges faced today by the
coalition warfighters in the real-world theater of operations and could very
well complement the Marine Corps' ability to communicate and access C4ISR
systems," said Michael Cajohn, Marine Corps Support Team, Northrop Grumman.
"In today's coalition information landscape, identity and security must
be absolute. Conventional weapons systems are ineffective in providing
adequate defenses as the battlefield moves into cyberspace," said Rene McIver,
Route1's Chief Information Security Officer. "DEFIMNET, as a service-oriented
model, is a new approach to providing universal identity and entitlement
management, enabling consistent information assurance across commands,
services, agencies, platforms and systems. There are new enemy types appearing
in cyberspace, and Route1 is ready to help the military meet this challenge.
Quite simply, DEFIMNET is proof that technology has evolved."
FORCEnet is defined by Chief of Naval Operations' Strategic Study Group
XXI as an "...operational construct and architectural framework for Naval
Warfare in the Information Age which integrates warriors, sensors, networks,
command and control, platforms, and weapons into a networked, distributed
combat force, scalable across the spectrum of conflict from seabed to space
and sea to land." Using this as an example, Iwanski explained that "DEFIMNET
could provide the enabling technologies and componentized service delivery
mechanisms for key aspects of constructs like FORCEnet. Entitlement-based
complex event processing will become an essential element in orchestrating
information dissemination and access across all assets throughout the combat
landscape."
Route1 has accepted invitations to demonstrate IBAD/DEFIMNET at the
following sites: NORAD-USNORTHCOM: Colorado Springs, CO; Marine Corps and
Army: Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Dahlgren, VA; Navy: Space and Naval
Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), San Diego, CA; and Air Force: Electronic
Systems Center (ESC), Hanscom AFB, MA; Canadian Forces Experimentation Centre
(CFEC), Shirley's Bay, ON; Joint Forces New Zealand (JFNZ): Upper Hutt, New
Zealand.

About Route1 Inc.

Route1 is a trusted provider of security and identity management network
solutions that are redefining today's workplace. At the heart of Route1's
solutions is MobiNET, a communications and service delivery platform focused
on identity management and entitlement-based access to resources. Leveraging
the power of MobiNET is MobiKEY, an ultra-portable computing device that
connects users to their desktop data, applications and network resources from
any Internet-enabled Windows-based PC. Route1's patent-pending solutions meet
the stringent security needs and high standards mandated by all levels of
government, and have been FIPS 140-2 validated and certified by ICSA Labs and
the CSE. As a Company with high regard for intellectual property, Route1
continues to encourage and nurture innovation across its talented team.
Headquartered in Toronto, Route1 is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange
(symbol: ROI) and has offices and agents in New York, California, Florida, the
UK, Germany, and Latin America. For more information, visit www.route1.com.

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