Concurrent awarded $2 Million contract by AAI corporationAtlanta 23 January 2001 Engineering Support, Inc. (ESI) has purchased 13 of Concurrent's Power Hawk Series 640 closely-coupled systems and spares for maintenance trainer devices. The value of the total contract with ESI exceeds $2 million.
ESI, a wholly owned subsidiary of AAI Corporation, provides
systems engineering processes instrumental in designing maintenance
training products with unparalleled fidelity. Innovative hands-on
maintenance trainer technologies are an ESI hallmark, offering
solutions for mission readiness to government and commercial customers
worldwide. The simulation application for which Concurrent's Power
Hawk 640 systems will be used demands "real-time" computing that is
virtually unattainable via a standard PC. Scheduling, communication,
and execution tasks are, however, readily accomplished by Concurrent's
Power Hawk system.
Simulation devices require hundreds of simultaneous
"computer-intensive" tasks, and Concurrent was able to bring its
30-plus years of real-time experience to the table and provide the
precise, fault-tolerant performance mandated by such mission-critical
applications. Imperative features of the customized systems include
real-time clocks, shared memory, POSIX calls, and instant response to
external events.
"Concurrent's Power Hawk 640 was chosen for this application as
the result of an ESI Technical Trade Study. The objective of the study
was to provide a COTS solution for an Open System architecture that
best met performance and life cycle cost requirements," said David
Warner, deputy program manager for ESI's maintenance training systems
at the company's facility in Summerville, SC. "Concurrent has
demonstrated the ability to quickly customize solutions as needed, and
its systems are also compatible with Commercial-Off-The-Shelf
technology," he added. "This superior technology, combined with
Concurrent's 100 percent dedication to a total solution and excellent
customer support, made Concurrent a clear choice for this simulation
application."
ESI's parent company, AAI Corporation, has earned the Defense
Department's highest certification for design and manufacturing
quality assurance. AAI is a company focused on the design and
production of defense and training systems. Its products include
unmanned aerial vehicles, training and simulation systems, automated
aircraft test and maintenance equipment, and ground transportation
components.
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