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Published Fri, Mar 11th 2011 Back to Articles

AC&S Ltd receives order from Metropolitan Police

AC&S Ltd has received an order from the Metropolitan Police for a number of mission computers for use in their fleet of EC145 helicopters.

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AC&S Ltd, an aerospace consulting and services company based in the north west of Englang have received an order from the Metropolitan Police for a number of mission computer and symbol generators for use in their EC145 helicopters.

The Mission Computer and Symbol Generator (MCSG) is an extensible mini PC for use in non-essential airborne operations. It works with Microsoft Windows® embedded Operating Systems and may have optional applications such as image processing software for airborne or similar missions added to it.

The MCSG was developed to address the demand for integrating existing typical aircraft systems which traditionally are installed as separately switched systems which do not integrate.

It is capable of integrating with numerous existing product systems such as GPS or camera feeds, and acts to bring these systems together to expand their abilities and increase utilisation.

The MCSG is no ordinary ruggedized unit. It has been especially developed for mission systems both in Rotary and Fixed Wing sectors.

The basic specification includes a fanless Solid State hard drive and Mil Spec connectors to address vibration and handling issues. It is currently DO160 tested for vibration, dust and shock. However, the MCSG also features user specified connectivity as requested by customers including RS232/422, multiple Mil Spec USB and PS/2 ports for connections to Keyboards, Tracker ball, Mouse, VDU, flash drives, etc

More details can be found on the AC&S ltd blog and website.

Contact Information

Mark Tomlinson
AC&S Ltd
37 Victoria Road East
Thornton-Cleveleys
FY5 5BU