U.S. DoD JITC Conducts IPv6 Testing Over Global Crossing IP Network

(Business News & Technology News, 27 Nov 2006)

Global Crossing has announced that the Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) is using the Global Crossing IP network to test the global capabilities of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6). JITC supports the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) by providing testing, evaluation and certification of information systems and equipment.

Global Crossing's IPv6 team is working with the JITC at its center in Ft. Huachuca, AZ, to certify and test equipment and capabilities before the DoD transitions from IPv4 to IPV6, the new generation of Internet Protocol. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has issued a memorandum requiring all federal civilian agencies to add IPv6 technology to their network backbones by June 2008.

Global Crossing has given the JITC access to and termination from its Phoenix Network Operations Center (NOC) to a nearby Point of Presence (PoP) to help JITC simulate a network environment that is similar to the DoD's existing network.

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