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UNIONTOWN, PA. APRIL 21, 2008: Advanced Acoustic Concepts’ (AAC) Integration and Test Facility, located in the University Technology Park adjacent to Penn State’s Fayette Campus, unveiled and demonstrated the Navy’s new Portable Mission Package Compute Environment (P-MPCE) to community leaders and elected officials on Monday, April 21.
The P-MPCE units can be software configured for any number of missions, including Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW), Surface Warfare (SUW) and Mine Warfare (MIW).
Monday’s visitors toured the actual units while they were still unclassified and experienced first hand the enabling technologies of future Naval Warfare.
Readily deployable, the P-MPCE is containerized in two twenty foot containers that can be easily transported and installed on a ship of opportunity to support Littoral Combat Ship Mission Module Test, Evaluation and Training. Next week, the P-MPCE will be transported by truck to Navy facilities in Newport and San Diego.
The P-MPCE was developed in response to requirements established by the Navy’s Mission Modules Program Office (PMS 420). Captain Michael Good, Program Manager, LCS Mission Modules Program Office, explained, “The P-MPCE provides a technology incubator for the fleet, enabling us to use any vessel for mission module sea tests, evaluation, demonstration and experimentation.”
Congressman John P. Murtha congratulated AAC in remarks delivered by his District Director, Mark Critz. He noted the state of the art manufacturing and production capability and exceptional employees who provided the Navy with this critical technology – on time and on budget. “Successful deliveries such as AAC’s P-MPCE validate the high technical quality of the workforce in the 12th Congressional District.”
The capabilities of the P-MPCE were highlighted in AAC’s presentation by Doug White, a recent Laurel Business Institute graduate who began his career with AAC as an intern.
Fayette County Commissioner, Vince Zapatosky, referenced the enormous economic impact created by AAC’s bringing together Fayette County’s talented workforce and projects such as the Navy’s P-MPCE.
Opened in 2005, AAC’s 40,000 square foot Fayette County facility is staffed by over 60 full time employees and provides intern opportunities for a number of students from local universities and colleges.
AAC established its niche in the defense industry by developing and integrating open architecture computer hardware and software for delivery to the U.S. Navy. The P-MPCE exemplifies AAC’s business focus of providing multi-community, multi-platform, service oriented architecture.
AAC specializes in advanced integrated sonar and detection systems, training/knowledge management systems and rapid supportability initiatives for both Navy and Homeland Security applications.
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AAC
is a technical leader in the fields of advanced sonar
systems, training systems and knowledge management systems.
AAC proudly leads a multi-community coalition that delivers
modernization systems for the U.S. Navy through an open
business, open systems technology insertion model.
~ Michael Carnovale, President - AAC |
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