Her Majesty's Government Communication Centre
- Her Majesty's Government Communication Centre
Her Majesty's Government Communication Centre (HMGCC) is a small group tasked to provide electronics and software to support the communication needs of the British Government. It is closely linked with the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and the British intelligence community.
The organisation employs approximately 380 personnel and the solutions it provides are bespoke to fit the needs of the government, its organisations, and specifically its intelligence assets. HMGCC is responsible for research and design in the following disciplines:
*Radio frequency engineering
*Signal Processing
*Software Engineering
*Acoustics
*Audio Engineering
*Operating Systems
*GUI Design
*Embedded Systems
*System Engineering
*Manufacture and Application of Microcircuits
*Study of Power Sources
*Operational Research
*Mechanical Engineering
*Operating Systems
ee also
* GCHQ
* MI5
* MI6
External links
* [http://www.hmgcc.gov.uk/ Official HMGCC Website]
* [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/alan-turnbull/secret.htm#HMGCC Hi-res aerial photography (UK Secret Bases, Jan 2007) reveals £30 million expansion project]
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