Doors Open in Chattanooga

Monday, 03 October 2005 20:28

Representatives of the U.S. Navy and Congressman Zach Wamp were on hand for today's ribbon cutting ceremony officially opening Adaptive Methods' Chattanooga, Tennessee office. In September, Adaptive Methods, headquartered in the Washington, DC area, expanded operations opening its third office in the Krystal Building, located in downtown Chattanooga. Captain Paul Rosbolt of the U.S. Navy's IWS5 Program Office kicked off the ceremony with a brief presentation about technologies Adaptive Methods currently develops and integrates to meet the Navy's undersea warfare transformation objectives. The Navy was also represented by Commander James Chisum of the Navy Program Office which sponsors many of Adaptive Methods' current anti-submarine warfare programs.

The keynote address was provided by Tennessee's 3rd Congressional District Congressman Zach Wamp. Congressman Wamp was instrumental in bringing Adaptive Methods to Chattanooga through his efforts in leading the Tennessee Valley Corridor Technology Initiative. In a heartfelt delivery, Congressman Wamp stressed the Navy's need for utilization of new technologies such as those of Adaptive Methods which “enable a more advanced Navy to improve our nation's defense capabilities while reducing the number of our fighting men and women needed to get the job done.” Congressman Wamp further added his belief that Adaptive Methods' technology could “support a growing need for improved Homeland Defense initiatives.”

Other key officials welcoming the company to Chattanooga were Ron Littlefield, Chattanooga City Mayor; Claude Ramsey, Hamilton County Mayor; Doug Fisher, District Director for Congressman Wamp; Joe Ferguson, President and CEO, The Enterprise Center; Tom Edd Wilson, President and CEO, Area Chamber of Commerce; and Dr. Dave Whitfield, Director of the University of Tennessee SimCenter. Representing Adaptive Methods were the company's President, Llew Wood; VP Software and Systems Development, Barclay Roman; and VP Systems Integration, Mark Meister. A video of Adaptive Methods Data Fusion technology and open house followed the ceremony.

Adaptive Methods is a developer of advanced sensor processing and computing architecture products for surveillance, security, and military combat systems. In addition to working with the University of Tennessee SimCenter on modeling and simulation programs, Adaptive Methods' Chattanooga office will provide engineering and program management operations for the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship Anti-Submarine Warfare Mission Package.