The UI's National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) announced
Jan. 16 that McDonnell Douglas Corp. has joined the center's Industrial
Program.
McDonnell Douglas is one of the world's largest defense and space contractors
and the third-largest commercial aircraft manufacturer.
"We are excited about adding a leading aerospace company to NCSA's
industrial program," said Larry Smarr, NCSA director. "McDonnell
Douglas has been a leader in using high-performance computing technology
in the development and production of aerospace systems. Their modeling and
simulation efforts have been significant in supporting their work in such
areas as avionics, launch and space-mission operations and training systems.
NCSA will help them apply many of the evolving leading-edge high-performance
computing and information technologies to their expanding need to extract
more knowledge from their extensive databases in all aspects of their business."
"McDonnell Douglas is pleased about the opportunities that membership
in the highly successful NCSA Industrial Program will bring," said
Allen Atkins, vice president of product application technologies for McDonnell
Douglas. We believe the combination of leading-edge computational techniques
provided by NCSA and the diverse experience of our other Industrial Partners
will result in a unique synergism."
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