Applications
and Markets
Process
Control
Government/Aerospace
Communications
Utilities
Other Markets and Services
Process
Control
MODCOMP has a long-standing commitment to process control and
factory automation applications. MODCOMP computer systems support
batch and continuous process control applications to process primary
metals, oil and gas, rubber and plastics, pharmaceuticals, chemicals,
pulp and paper, and food and beverages.
MODCOMP
works closely with other companies to provide engineered systems
for factory automation that include discrete parts manufacturing
for fabricated metals and non-electrical machinery and components
for electrical, electronic, and automotive applications. MODCOMP
also offers plant control software, intelligent I/O control systems,
and advanced networking capabilities for growing mid-size companies,
as well as major conglomerates.
MODCOMP
can provide users with enterprise-wide solutions such as streamlining
a manufacturing production system and integrating it with the
information management system. The automation of a plant at all
levels, from the factory floor to the corporate boardroom, is
increasingly becoming a requirement to compete in today's global
marketplace. MODCOMP's real-time systems, can meet the requirements
of today's competitive industrial automation marketplace by bringing
the factory of the future into the present.
Government/Aerospace
For two decades, high performance and reliability have been hallmarks
of MODCOMP computer systems in aerospace applications. MODCOMP
provides the computing power for a broad range of applications
including national defense systems, C4I (command, control, communications,
computers and intelligence), planetary exploration, aeronautical
engineering, and space transportation systems.
MODCOMP
is a key supplier of computers for national defense systems that
track missiles, hostile aircraft, and other unfriendly objects.
MODCOMP systems can be found in the Perimeter Acquisition Vehicle
Entry Phased-Array Warning System, or PAVE PAWS, where it controls
the radar, processes the radar output, and provides diagnostics
on the radar hardware. MODCOMP offers superior real-time solutions
for C4I customers who build systems for weather monitoring and
forecasting, battle and/or mission control, satellite control,
air traffic control, intelligence analysis, environmental monitoring,
and mapping geographical analysis.
MODCOMP
computers are also used for high-speed data acquisition and control
applications, such as shuttle engine testing, pre-launch space
shuttle data acquisition processing, monitoring and controlling
research data at wind tunnel facilities, and processing telemetry
data at NASA installations that include the Kennedy Space Center,
Langley Research Center, and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.
Recognizing
the growing, changing environment of computing for government
and aerospace applications, MODCOMP is committed to standards
by supporting a UNIX operating system, POSIX, networking such
as TCP/IP, Ada, and the MIL-STD-1553 avionic interface. In aerospace
applications, MODCOMP has the proven experience and expertise
to handle time-critical applications where lives, as well as money,
are at stake.
Communications
Accuracy, security, and real-time information have become
the essential tools of this information-based world economy. By
using MODCOMP's balanced real-time technology as the basis for
a communications system, a user can access information quickly
and transparently. MODCOMP is on the cutting-edge of Internet
based electronic commerce solutions providing corporations the
necessary technology and expertise to be able to take advantage
of this new way of conducting business. MODCOMP has many real-time
systems in communications and network applications including packet
switched networks, reservation service systems, transaction processing
systems, information system access, and front-end processing for
IBM, DEC, CDC, Cray and many other systems. MODCOMP systems are
widely used in data communications applications ranging from direct
interfaces to satellite channels that link geographically dispersed
earth stations to supplying up-to-the-second financial information
to stockbrokers and their clients.
Utilities
MODCOMP systems are used within the various utilities markets.
On-line supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems
in electric, gas, and plant monitoring of waste-water treatment
plants provide real-time data for efficient energy management
of all processes. These applications require real-time deterministic
system performance. MODCOMP systems are used worldwide in these
markets providing long-term reliable performance.

Other
Markets and Services
MODCOMP systems can be found in many other real-time applications.
In addition to the process control, government/aerospace, communications,
and utilities industries, MODCOMP systems are used in applications
that include online transaction processing (OLTP) in financial
institutions, hospitals, and manufacturing companies. MODCOMP
systems are also used in various transportation applications,
such as centralized traffic control and computerized train dispatch
systems. Scientists and researchers use MODCOMP computers in a
variety of applications, such as solar energy and nuclear research,
cancer and agricultural research and in analytical, image processing,
and robotics laboratories.
To
serve the needs of a wide range of real-time users, MODCOMP offers
a comprehensive alternate channel program called ALERT (ALliance
for Excellence in Real-Time). MODCOMP combines resources with
vertical market specialists such as systems integrators (SI's),
value added resellers (VAR's), original equipment manufacturers
(OEM's) , and software marketing alliances to provide end-users
with total turnkey solutions for their computing needs.