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Royal Navy messaging programme
Selenia Communications has recently completed the installation of Naval Afloat
Messaging Coherency (NAMC) on the Royal Navy's HMS Westminster, and installation work is under way on HMS York, HMS Edinburgh and RFA Wave Ruler.
The Portsmouth site of Selenia Communications was contracted by the prime contractor, EDS, to enhance the Royal Navy’s afloat messaging capabilities through the supply of its Message Processing System (MPS) 2000 under the NAMC programme.
This is part of the UK’s wideranging activities to enhance networked command & control being awarded.
Two further platforms were installed under an Urgent Operational Requirement during the Iraq conflict. Selenia Communications has also recently completed the supply of
MPS2000 for the Romanian Type 22 Frigate regeneration programme.
Selenia Communications Managing Director Phil Robinson commented, "MPS2000 is an easy to use and operationally effective messaging system. It makes extensive use of commercial off-theshelf components to deliver high levels of messaging services securely and reliably. Using Microsoft Windows and a relational database,
MPS2000 features portability between hardware platforms and IT operating environments. This ensures flexibility of installation, future growth potential, ease of support and low project risk." and communications across the naval battlespace and involves surface warships, submarines and Royal Fleet Auxiliaries.
NAMC is replacing the legacy messaging systems, DIMPS and
AMHA,currently fitted to surface warships and Royal Fleet Auxiliaries. It offers a proven, easy to use system and Windows-based, online contextsensitive help.
To date, seven RN platforms have been successfully fitted with
NAMC and a training system fitted in HMS Collingwood. The programme is due to complete in late 2006. MPS2000 was fitted to six platforms previous to NAMC
