Tadpole® Computing Products

Mission

A comprehensive approach to quality, performance and service is what sets General Dynamics C4 Systems apart from our competition. Our mission is to gain an understanding of the financial, operational and technical objectives of our customers so that we may offer solutions that provide long-term strategic value. Everything we do is based on providing our customers with the best possible solution at the lowest total cost of ownership. 

Overview

Explore the benefits of the Tadpole® family of secure mobile workstations, desktop/rackmount servers, notebook computers and ultra thin clients from General Dynamics C4 Systems.

• Customers include military and government agencies, healthcare providers, educational institutions and global enterprise customers.
• Our rapidly deployable mobile servers and thin clients are designed to be used in setting up temporary operation centers to deliver critical data in the event that the primary network is unavailable.
• Worldwide locations support the evolving needs for Tadpole mobile computing systems on a global scale.
• Full spectrum of SPARC, AMD and INTEL commercial and mobile rugged computing products designed specifically to meet our customers’ needs.
• Solaris™, Linux® and Windows® operating systems are available with or without wireless technology.
  Scalable configurations to accommodate individual customer requirements.
• Integrated peripherals, augmented with expansion slots, to guarantee that I/O is never a limitation. 

Our ability to work closely with our customers to deliver quality, cost-effective, on-time products is the main reason they continue to come back when they have new requirements.

The General Dynamics Difference

Engineering Capabilities

The General Dynamics engineering team has over two decades of design leadership in mobile computing products. Our core competencies include:

• Electrical design for system boards, software integration, mechanical RF/Wireless engineering that is specialized in design and integration of 3G cellular technologies.
• Mechanical and electrical design for hardware and product applications involving operation in harsh environments such as shock, operating temperature, vibration and dust/water sealing.

Customization

We have the ability to modify our COTS products, repackage components into other form factors and custom design high performance rugged computing solutions to meet program specific requirements. Our ability to customize our existing products allows our customers to deploy multiple variants of a common computing platform with a commonality of spares and replacement parts to reduce maintenance and overall life-cycle costs.

Wireless Integration

Beyond its state of the art hardware solutions, one of our key differentiators is our wireless integration expertise, which includes a comprehensive offering of wireless mobility solutions, providing mobile workers ubiquitous and roaming coverage, as well as capabilities that enable seamless upgrades as new wireless technologies emerge in the market.

Security

One of our main areas of expertise lies in developing products that provide our customers with uncompromised security. General Dynamics’ Tadpole family of mobile thin clients support today’s urgent demand for Cyber Security solutions needed to protect our nation’s critical data from theft and unauthorized access. With no local user storage, memory or software, our thin clients are resistant to local system crashes and the resultant loss of data, as well as highly secure from viruses, worms and denial of service attacks. Unlike other thin clients on the market, all applications run on reliable, secure, centrally managed servers making them the perfect solution for trusted operating environments that are required to work with multiple security networks.

In developing products that provide our customers with uncompromised security, General Dynamics’ Tadpole family of mobile thin clients support today’s urgent demand for Cyber Security solutions needed to protect our nation’s critical data from theft and unauthorized access. With no local user storage, memory or software, our thin clients are resistant to local system crashes and the resultant loss of data, as well as highly secure from viruses, worms and denial of service attacks. Unlike other thin clients on the market, all applications run on reliable, secure, centrally managed servers making them the perfect solution for trusted operating environments that are required to work with multiple security networks.

Removable hard drives, a TPM 1.2 and segregated copper independent Ethernet Ports that provide controlled access to multiple security domains over wired and wireless networks are security features available on Tadpole’s notebook computers and servers.

Legacy Product Support

Our products have a long history of supporting customer’s legacy needs. Product road maps include a legacy support path of 5-7 years.

Services

To ensure end-user satisfaction and provide companies with a single-source for project consultation, service and support, General Dynamics offers comprehensive pre-deployment consultation services and end-to-end life cycle support programs, which include:

• Project Management
• System Design
• Application Development
• Consulting
• Implementation
• Training
• Disk Image Management
• Asset and Network Management
• Help Desk Support