Enhanced Communications Gateway Server
An off-the-shelf legacy communications gateway, Northrop Grumman's Enhanced Communication Gateway Server (ECGS) automates message preparation and handling and enables broad interoperability between disparate communication systems. This store-and-forward switching system converts legacy message formats, such as between ACP-127 and JANAP-128, and other formats.
ECGS's messaging tool features a graphical user interface, which is easy to learn and use. Using Microsoft's Windows® 2003 operating system, the ECGS will run on single or multi-processor systems, ranging from desktop support to enter-prise messaging. ECGS offers a low-cost solution to legacy message communications at any level. It can be used as a stand-alone product, and, with its extensive Defense Messaging System (DMS) capabilities, it can operate as part of the Decision Agent™.
Certified and highly secure, ECGS is approved by DISA for use in the DMS. The ECGS is the legacy message switch for the National Gateway at the Pentagon. ECGS automatically translates between numerous communication protocols and message formats, so users no longer need to be concerned about the requirements of the message recipient. It is in use across DoD, intelligence and civilian communities to assure continuous communications, at multiple security levels, between and among the armed services.
ECGS supports multiple operator access for simultaneous message service operations with an intuitive user interface and automation support. It can be configured for either autonomous operation, automatically servicing message originators on message errors, or full support, where service operators correct and forward messages.