Fleet Management Solutions (FMS) announces the completion of integration with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Detention and Removal (DRO) Vehicle Management Information Systems (VMIS) and FlyteComm Frontsight.

Implementation of the FMS equipment and web services integration of FMS Fleet Central with DRO enterprise applications is delivering the operational readiness, mission effectiveness and cost reductions anticipated when the project began one year ago.

DRO promotes public safety and national security by ensuring the departure of all removable aliens from the U.S. through the fair and effective enforcement of the nation's immigration laws.

DRO has installed the FMS GPS tracking device, which transmits position, direction, speed and other telematic data for user-specified events and reporting in more than half of the 4,600 vehicles within the DRO fleet. Data is sent through the Iridium satellite network to the FMS Fleet Central Web server, permitting dispatch centers to securely login and closely monitor the vehicles' location, movements and status.

The integration project now provides FMS Fleet Central data seamlessly to DRO VMIS which uses the AssetWorks enterprise asset management application to manage the entire population of DRO assets.

Accurate and timely accountability of fleet assets is critical to mission success. With the annual cost of fuel and maintenance for the fleet at more than $20 million, it is an important area of efficiency improvement for DHS.

"The data being gathered from FMS for use in VMIS is reducing the overall cost of fleet maintenance and providing fleet efficiencies that enable us to meet federal mandates," said Charles "Chuck" Welke, DRO Fleet Inventory and Communications Unit. DRO uses Federal Prison Industries, known as UNICOR, to provide the baseline information into the Vehicle Management Information System (VMIS), which manages all DRO vehicular assets.

FMS Fleet Central is also integrated with the DRO FlyteComm Frontsight service which provides the Agency's air and ground common operational picture. "We are pleased with the results of the integration between FlyteComm Frontsight and the FMS real-time fleet data," stated Maurice Bailey, President and CEO for FlyteComm. "This enlarges the view of operations at strategic DRO locations and supports the efficient operation of their entire asset base."

"We understand the pressures federal agencies are under to achieve operational readiness and mission effectiveness while reducing costs," said Cliff Henley, CEO of FMS. "With this integration DRO can combine real-time vehicle location, movement and status information with complementary mission critical asset management and tracking applications to enhance and streamline strategic operations."