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Attensity Helps Hill Air Force Base Use Unstructured Data to Reduce Costs and Improve Reliability of Air Combat and Logistics Equipment; Contract Latest in Series of Government Customer Wins for Attensity Text Analytics Suite.


PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California
Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries.
, Calif. -- Attensity, the innovator in Text Analytics software solutions, today announced that it was awarded a contract with Aerospace Engineering Spectrum (AES) and identified as a vendor in an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ IDIQ Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (contracting/procurement) ) multi-award contract that AES received. AES is a Utah-based joint venture consortium (JVC JVC Victor Company of Japan (or Japan's Victor Company)
JVC Jewelers Vigilance Committee
JVC Jesuit Volunteer Corps
JVC Jet Vane Control (directs VLS-launched missiles)
JVC Jonker-Volgenant-Castanon
) providing product and process improvement solutions for Hill Air Force Base (HAFB HAFB Hill Air Force Base (Utah)
HAFB Holloman Air Force Base (New Mexico)
HAFB Hickam Air Force Base (Hawaii)
HAFB Hanscom Air Force Base (Massachusetts) 
). Attensity has teamed with AES to interface with HAFB's Defense Repair Information Logistics System (DRILS DRILS Defense Repair Information Logistics System
DRILS Defense Retail Interservice Logistic Support
DRILS Depot Repair Information Local Server
), a specialized web-based application for collection and retrieval of Air Force serialized repair information.

Attensity's software will be used in conjunction with DRILS to extract unstructured, text-based information stored in various USAF legacy databases. By fusing this unstructured content with existing structured data, HAFB will be able to capture critical details on defective or faulty aircraft components faster and more effectively. Attensity's Text Analytics solution will initially be used in the A-10 and F-16 Avionics repair shops to help detect and analyze repair text to enhance maintenance.

"Extracting serialized historical repair data from legacy systems' text is helpful to identify cost and reliability trends," said Tony Pombo, president of Total Quality Systems (TQS TQS Total Quality Service
TQS Television Quatre Saison
TQS Throttle Quadrant System (gaming)
TQS Total Quality Score
TQS Total Quality Selling, Inc.
), part of the AES JVC that is working closely with Attensity. "We must improve Air Force equipment reliability and reduce maintenance cost in order to enhance weapon system readiness. We believe that Attensity's Text Analytics interfaced with DRILS will enable us to deliver actionable information to the supply chain managers at Hill."

"The contract with HAFB follows a number of Attensity deployments within the intelligence community and is a natural extension of our work within the logistics and manufacturing verticals, areas where we have already seen a great deal of success within our commercial division," said Craig Norris, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Attensity.

Organizations such as HAFB spend heavily on maintaining and tracking parts for servicing, repairing and overhauling air combat and logistics equipment. HAFB is responsible for Air Force-wide item management as well as depot-level overhaul and repair of all types of landing gear, aircraft wheels, brakes and tires. The center also manages logistics for all conventional air munitions mu·ni·tion  
n.
War materiel, especially weapons and ammunition. Often used in the plural.

tr.v. mu·ni·tioned, mu·ni·tion·ing, mu·ni·tions
To supply with munitions.
, solid propellants and explosive devices used throughout the Air Force.

Attensity's patented software is the only solution available that automatically extracts valuable pieces of data from free-form text and fuses it with structured content, enabling government and commercial organizations to see and respond to critical issues or events that historically have been very difficult to detect and analyze. In addition to featuring the industry's most advanced information investigation and discovery technology, Attensity's Text Analytics solution is the most tailored solution available for organizations involved in government intelligence, government logistics, law enforcement and defense.

For pricing information, please contact Attensity or review the GSA (1) (Global mobile Suppliers Association, Sawbridgeworth, U.K., www.gsacom.com) A membership organization of suppliers of GSM products and services. Its goal is to promote GSM as the worldwide mobile communications standard. See GSM Association and GSM.  schedule.

About Attensity

Attensity Corporation delivers Text Analytics software solutions that rapidly and accurately transform unstructured data into valuable, actionable information. It enables government and Global 2000 customers to transform unstructured text, integrate it with structured data and leverage it within an enterprise data warehouse for analytic and decision support. The company's patented software solutions provide the widest breadth of text extraction technologies available and speed detection and response to critical events and issues related to intelligence analysis, money laundering The process of taking the proceeds of criminal activity and making them appear legal.

Laundering allows criminals to transform illegally obtained gain into seemingly legitimate funds.
, fraud detection, insurance claims processing, voice of the customer, and service and warranty analysis. Attensity has its corporate headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif., and a technology center in Salt Lake City, Utah For ships of the United States Navy of the same name, see .
Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake, or its initials, S.L.C.
. Attensity has been named one of FORTUNE Magazine's 25 Breakout Companies. For more information, please visit http://www.attensity.com.
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