The United States Navy Oceanographic Navigation Group at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi provided strong financial support for the acquisition of of the Alpha 4100 series from DEC. In particular, NAVO provided $40,000 towards the purchase of this equipment. Visits of personnel from NAVO took place in February 1997 in order to gather information on Web technology for naval applications. Landry Bernard III of the Oceanographic Navigation Group is a member of the Advisory Board of ADL.