The GBS Group’s MEAP™ health monitoring system unit for electric locomotives.

Virginia Beach, VA – October 3, 2007 – The GBS Group today announced the release of its innovative Maintenance Events Analysis Program remote monitoring and maintenance support system, known as MEAP™. This comprehensive end-to-end solution for analysis and wireless transfer of critical faults and alerts uses the company’s ME-1000™ devices, CMULink™ software, standard cellular communications, and GPS modems to ensure rapid, real-time communications between rolling stock equipment and maintenance personnel wayside. MEAP™ provides continuous monitoring of embedded sensors and immediately transfers critical maintenance event and fault data wayside to speed diagnostics, promote faster repairs at station stops, and increase overall train reliability and availability. The ultimate benefit is an improved passenger experience for transit customers.

“The ability to remotely monitor the health of a locomotive is very effective and gives Transportation and Mechanical personnel knowledge of train health in real time and that is vital to improving revenue route reliability,” said Bob Golden, CEO of The GBS Group. “Our engineers have been working with transit agencies to develop this system. The system has been tested and is working well. We are automatically extracting and analyzing system faults. Faults are reported within two minutes of discovery by the MEAP™ system. This is a very powerful tool and an exciting leap forward for rolling stock maintenance.”

            The GBS Group was founded in December 2005 and is a small business headquartered in Virginia Beach, VA. The company specializes in providing senior-level engineering consulting and technical services to commercial and government clients. In addition, the firm provides life-cycle support, information system integration, results-oriented technology insertion, project management, software development, business and change management consulting.

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