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After it became more heavily used, it was determined that the Army needed its own secure hub on a military base in Germany. This hub was located in [[Mannheim, Germany]] outside of Coleman Barracks at a ___location known as the "tank-farm". This ___location was chosen because it already housed other satellite hubs, one of which was for AFN.

While the Land Earth Station (LES) was located in Mannheim, the [[network server]]s that processed the messages and GPS ___location information were initially housed in Freidrichsfeld, [[Voerde]], [[Germany]]. They were later moved to [[Kilbourne Kasserne]] in [[Schwetzingen]]. This move was made becuasebecause the facility at Friedrichsfeld was not robust enough and had poor communications paths. The site in Schwetzingen, also known as "Site-S" had better comms and was also an official military [[Network Operations Center]] (NOC).

At its height, there were three server stacks for processing DTRACS data. One stack for European devices, another for devices in SWA and a third for receiving a split-feed from the KBR (Kellog Brown and Root) owned and operated server. While KBR had their own vehicles and server, all three systems used the satellite for their communications

The system was replaced by a newer system called [[Movement Tracking System]], or MTS. The last use of DTRACS by the US military was in early 2007. While some devices were still used by KBR in their deployment, the military decided to go with MTS instead of DTRACS for its [[military logistics|logistics]] tracking solution.

== Sources ==

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* http://www.qualcomm.com/products_services/mobile_content_services/enterprise/assetmanagement/omnitracs.html

* http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleman_Barracks

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