After Hurricane Ivan damaged more than 600 buildings at Naval Air Station-Pensacola, the Navy decided to do a complete overhaul of the audiovisual operations in the Conference Facility, which is used by civilian contractors and government officials, as well as the military.
Underscoring the importance of the installation, it is said that if one makes a career of either Naval or Marine Corps aviation, it will include a stint at Pensacola. PCS was appointed to integrate the massive upgrade, having previously provided numerous technology solutions for the base.
The goals included improving video and audio quality from the previous high levels, ease of use, and superior aesthetics.
Kramer scalers and a Sierra matrix router were selected to deliver high quality video and the capability to distribute it throughout the facility.
Content can be collected from multiple sources, including each of the building’s eleven conference rooms, and directed elsewhere as ordered.
The system enables even inexperienced operators to make seamless and quick transitions among multiple sources — with push-button ease — and allows presenters to display sensitive information through a dedicated line from their computers, in order to keep classified material from being shared.
PCS also has been chosen to integrate systems in many other buildings at the enormous Naval Air Station on Florida’s panhandle.