World’s First Intel i9 Portable Computer

July 28, 2017 by admin Leave a Comment

Intel i9 Portable

The first i9 portable with 4K displays is now shipping. Those of you who have landed here looking for an i9 laptop are likely to be a little disappointed! The AGS-MegaPAC-L2 is a bit of a behemoth, weighing in at about 60lb (27Kg), and measuring 15″ x 23″ x 9″ (38cm x 59cm x 23cm) when closed. However, the imposing bulk has advantages…

Dual 23″ 4K displays

Full Size, full travel keyboard,

Massive expansion capability and HDD/SSD storage capability

The latest Intel i9-9700X processor.

Intel i9 processor in a transportable package

i9 workstation setup i9 Transportable workstation i9

Intel i9-7900X Specifications

# of Cores – 10

# of Threads – 20

Processor Base Frequency – 3.30 GHz

Max Turbo Frequency – 4.30 GHz

Cache – 13.75 MB L3

Bus Speed – 8 GT/s DMI3

# of QPI Links – 0

Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 Frequency ^{‡ –}4.50 GHz

TDP – 140 W

Max RAM 128GB

Sockets Supported – FCLGA2066

Performance is impressive – and if you need even more power, a Dual Xeon version is available. (i9 is single processor only)

Open expansion card slots allow for customization and the addition of video capture cards, high speed network cards etc. Uses include broadcast, C4ISR, Cyber-security, and anything else that nedds full workstation power in a transportable package. Wheeled transit case is included, and hard-sided shipping containers are available.

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Transportable workstation now with multi-touch displays

June 19, 2017 by admin 1 Comment

Touch screen workstation

Workstation users are getting younger! The callow youth that operate our C4ISR systems were brought up with a touch screen tablet in their cradles. To make the best transportable workstation even more appealing to the actual users, AGS has added multi-touch controllers and three touch screens to the MilPAC-III.

C4ISR workstation with desert cooling system

Now with three multi-touch screens

Natural ergonomic interaction

Rotating, panning and zooming are now much more natural movements, and navigating across the entire 5760 x 1080 image space no longer requires multiple trackpad slides, or repetitive mouse movements. Multi-touch controllers can respond to up to ten inputs per display.

The robust friction hinges of the MilPAC-III work perfectly with touch operation, and may be angled to give the operator the ideal viewing angle and touch experience.

Powerhouse portable

The MilPAC-III has dual 22-core Xeon processors and can be fitted with up to 40TB of SSD storage for extremely fast and highly reliable storage. Operating with large datasets and GEOINT overlays is smooth and responsive. Each display can be mirrored to an external TV or other monitor when sharing data with senior staff is appropriate.

Mil Spec portable

The MilPAC-III passes multiple mil-specs including Mil Std 901D Lightweight shock, Class B and MIL-STD-810F. It is deployed and proven in theater Worldwide and is available from AGS in Azusa CA.

Deployable Workstation with High Capacity Filtered Cooling System

February 3, 2017 by admin Leave a Comment

MilPAC-III Cooling Option

The MilPAC-III deployable workstation is now available with an optional high capacity filtered cooling system. Utilizing a washable electrostatic filter and four high performance fans, the new “Desert Filter Back” allows extended operation in hot, dusty and unpleasant environments. The positive pressure system ensures that contaminants can only enter the system through the filter.

The four fans were selected and tested to perform well as a high pressure input to the cooling flow. All air entering the MilPAC-III is filtered through the filter-back, and all the other fans exhaust, keeping the interior clean and cool.

Deployable Workstation high capacity air filter

Electrostatic Filter

The MilPAC-III filter is constructed of multiple layers of custom woven electrostatic polypropylene media, plus non-woven polyester. The triple action filters promote free air flow, and have superior dust holding capacity. Particulates are captured and attracted together electrostatically to form larger clumps. These settled particles are washed out through drain holes during periodic cleaning.

MilPAC-III

The MilPAC-III is a Dual-Xeon portable computer with three HD displays which is currently deployed by the US military in multiple roles. It is currently shipping with 26TB storage, and dual E5-2699V4 22 core Xeon CPU’s, making it one of the most powerful portable computers available. Useful features include HDMI mirroring of the three displays to HD Monitors or TV’s, and a CAC Card reader built into the keyboard.

Massive removable hard drive (HDD or SSD)

January 5, 2017 by admin Leave a Comment

16 Drive removable hard drive array

The AGS-NetPAC was developed for network and telecom companies as a portable test system. This computer has the power and hard disk performance to continuously copy a 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GE, 10GbE, or 10 GigE) network to disk. The drives are relatively expensive and desirable, so they are contained conventionally within the chassis using screws and guides to make stealing them more difficult. Network test equipment is often left for extended periods in un-monitored environments. The original AGS-NetPAC is still available and continues to be used extensively in the telecommunications and network test worlds.

Ruggedized portable with 18 internal or 16 removable drive bays

Removable storage for military applications

This blend of portable performance and storage ability turned out to be of interest to three letter agencies and other government entities. In these applications however, the drives need to be removable as soon as they contain classified information. The new AGS-NetPAC-R is the solution. With a 16 drive removable hard drive array, the NetPAC can be configured with up to 64TB of removable storage (either HDD or SSD’s may be specified). Cybersecurity field operations love the portability of the NetPAC.

16 Removable Hard Drive HDD array - 32TB Removable drive system. Suitable for Network analysis, cyber warfare, stran technologies cyber network analyzer

AGS-NetPAC-R rugged portable computer with massive removable hard drive array

Other computer specifications

Other specifications are a high-end processor, and usually, but not always, a high speed RAID controller. Graphics can range from on-chip to a high end nVidia or Quadro graphics card, and drive a 17″ HD LED display.

Dimension: 17.15″W x 14.68″H x 7.00″D / 24.0 Lbs (without HDD/SSDs)

CPU: Intel i7 or Dual Intel Xeon E5-2600 V4’s

RAM: Up to 1TB

PSU: AC or DC Power supplies (we have 24V and 48V systems available)

Availability:

The AGS-NetPAC-R is available now. There is no other compact portable computer with this number of removable hard drives.

If you have any questions, please use the contact form below.

Mil-Spec Workstation update

January 6, 2016 by admin Leave a Comment

MilPAC-III – Mil-Spec Workstation

The MilPAC-III continues to develop. Now with Dual Intel Xeon E5-2687W-V3 processors and an updated graphics card, the MilPAC-III is an extremely powerful transportable Mil-Spec workstation that can be used for GEOINT, C4ISR and other high capacity high performance applications.

Dual Intel Xeon E5-2687W-V3 processors

Each processor has 10 cores running at a base 3.1GHZ, with a max (Turbo) frequency of 3.5GHz. Each chip is backed with 25MB of Intel Smart Cache for very high performance transportable computing.

Expanded RAID data drives

Three new 8TB drives are fitted in a RAID5 configuration. With around 15TB of usable disk storage, the MilPAC-III can handle a large database or GIS application – e.g. Google Earth with custom intelligence overlays. These drives are removable and easily replaced in the field should the need arise; perhaps one set with classified data, another unclassified.

Three screen display

The three standard displays can be mirrored to HD TV screens via the included HDMI outputs mounted conveniently on the top panel.

MilPAC-III Datasheet

Mil-Spec Workstation

August 25, 2015 by admin 1 Comment

Rugged Workstation for US Navy

MilPAC-III Navy Workstation

The average age of the computers on a US Navy ship might surprise you! Until you consider that the ship re-fit cycle is somewhere around seven years, and that the computer systems need to be specified, competed, procured and delivered prior to a refit taking place. I don’t have an exact number, but it’s old! (especially for a computer)

This makes it difficult for the Program Executive Office C4I (Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence) to fulfill its role of “providing the right communication and technology tools for Information Dominance: Anytime… Anywhere.”

PMW-120¹ decided that what was needed on board all ships is a modern, powerful computer that can display and help analyze video data. The computer had to be portable, and fit through hatches on board ship, while providing multiple inputs for video feeds. Hence the Intelligence Carry-On Portable (or ICOP) program was born.

ACME Government Systems proposed a modified version of its existing triple screen portable computer – the MCCS-3U – and won an initial contract to supply the Navy with five trial systems.

The first rugged workstation deployed with the 5th Fleet

Original deployed workstation

These trial systems were so popular that many ships decided to allocate money from their operating funds to purchase systems immediately, rather then waiting for the systems to become available through a program of record. A significant number of systems were purchased this way, and using the feedback from the operators of the fielded units, ACME Government Systems was able to develop a new deployable workstation with additional capabilities required for the operational shipboard environment that was designed and tested to pass all the MILSTD’s required. The MilPAC-III was released in 2013 and is now being deployed broadly throughout the fleet.

Three screens, and a server-grade dual-processor motherboard are all encased in an aluminum and polymer-composite case, which has passed the stringent MIL-S-901D test to simulate a torpedo strike. After nine blows from a 400lb hammer dropped through up to 5’ the MilPAC-III amazingly booted up and worked flawlessly! The 901D² test is usually regarded as a destructive.

The MilPAC-III / ICOP computer runs a suite of software that integrates commercial and military information dynamically and in real time. Using a customized version of Google Earth means that training for the analysts it minimized, and the operator interface is polished and high performance. The Google Earth data and overlays are stored in a removable RAID array on the MilPAC-III.

The Navy was so please with the fast rollout and performance of the ICOP program that it won awards: Department of the Navy Acquisition Excellence Award: The ICOP team – a joint Office of Naval Research (ONR) and PEO Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I) unit level Rapid Technology Transition (RTT) effort – provided a highly successful prototype system which provides multi-source intelligence, analysis, and integrated 3-D operational picture of the battlespace. The ICOP was developed in only eight months as a response to an urgent Fleet requirement. Due to a highly successful operational assessment, the prototype was transitioned into long-term support.

MilPAC-III – the only Mil-Spec workstation with three screens and Mil-S-901D certification.

Notes:

¹ PMW 120 is the Battlefield Awareness and Information Operations Program Office. They deliver intelligence, meteorological, oceanographic and operations data to sailors.

² MIL-S-901D Test apparatus