- Source: HM Government Communications Centre
His Majesty's Government Communications Centre (HMGCC) is an organisation which provides electronics and software to support the communication needs of the Government of the United Kingdom. Based at Hanslope Park, near Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, it is closely linked with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the British intelligence agencies.
History
HMGCC was founded in 1938, specialising in overseas bespoke wireless communications. HMGCC used to have a communications centre at Signal Hill near Gawcott, in Buckinghamshire. Stephen Ball was Chief Executive until 2000, when Dr John Widdowson took over; Widdowson moved to GCHQ in 2005. Sarah-Jill Lennard was CEO from 2008 to 2011. Juliette Wilcox was CEO from 2019 to 2021.
Structure
The organisation provides bespoke solutions to fit the needs of the government, its organisations, and specifically its intelligence assets. As of 2024, HMGCC had teams in the following areas:
Software engineering
Manufacturing
Corporate and support
Project and programme management
Systems engineering
Hardware engineering
See also
GCHQ
MI5
MI6
Bletchley Park
Hanslope Park
References
External links
Official HMGCC Website
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Antarktika
- Mumbai
- Ekonomi Britania Raya
- Sophie, Adipatni Edinburgh
- HM Government Communications Centre
- Lincolnshire Poacher (numbers station)
- British intelligence agencies
- GCHQ
- National Cyber Security Centre (United Kingdom)
- His Majesty's Coastguard
- Center of government
- Gururaj Deshpande
- Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
- Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre
