All Santa Clara County municipalities and their respective fire, emergency medical services, and law-enforcement agencies participate in a joint agreement, the Silicon Valley Regional Interoperability Project (SVRIP). The goal of the SVRIP is to link all 32 of the municipal and county government public-safety agencies through an integrated voice-data wireless system.
The SVRIP has two phases. As part of the first phase, valued at $1.3 million over 10 months, Northrop will provide an assessment, design recommendations, and architecture for the radio interoperability and data integration system. The solution designed takes advantage of the legacy systems and communications infrastructure already in place. This approach reduces overall cost.
