Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:55:00 -0500 http://www.modsim.org/ Modsim.org en-us http://www.modsim.org/images/logo.gif http://www.modsim.org/ admin@modsim.org http://www.modsim.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2067 SAN DIEGO, Calif. - June 10, 2009 - Cubic Defense Applications, Inc., the defense systems business of Cubic Corporation (NYSE: CUB), reported more than $45 million in new bookings for its fifth-generation air combat training instrumentation, the P5 Combat Training System/Tactical Combat Training System. The new bookings -- for the U.S. Air Forces Europe and U.S. Navy - bring to $260 million the company's revenues to date for the P5 system. P5 is currently operational at 13 military bases across America and has flown more than 100,000 sorties, earning its wings as a proven and reliable training tool for combat aviators. Cubic Defense Applications and its principal subcontractor, DRS Technologies, Inc. are providing P5 CTS/TCTS systems under a 10-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract awarded in June 2003 with a ceiling value of $525 million. P5 features easily transportable components, advanced security features, real-time weapons simulations and live monitoring functions. Key components include aircraft-mounted airborne instrumentation pods and ground stations with display systems that aircrews can use to conduct, monitor and control live air combat training, as well as post-flight debriefs. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:55:00 -0500 http://www.modsim.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2066 Montreal, June 10, 2009 – (NYSE: CGT; TSX: CAE) – CAE today announced a series of military contracts valued at more than C$80 million. Key customers include the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, United States Navy and other global militaries. “In the first two months of our new fiscal year, we are continuing to see momentum in our Military market segments as defence customers look to expand their use of synthetic training,” said Martin Gagné, CAE’s Group President, Military Simulation Products, Training and Services. “Simulation offers a number of advantages, most notably cost advantages as well as the ability to practice and rehearse different mission scenarios.” Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:50:00 -0500 http://www.modsim.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2065 Sundog Software,LLC, has announced Linux support and increased performance for its 3D clouds, sky, and precipitation software library for simulation and game developers. Version 1.8 of SilverLining(tm) now includes libraries for Linux in addition to Windows, and offers a 20% performance boost for OpenGL developers targeting NVidia-based systems. "With this release, visual simulations can include more clouds in their scenes without impacting framerates," said Frank Kane, CEO of Sundog Software. "We've seen over 300 frames per second on consumer-grade hardware, with scenes of 3D cumulus clouds with physically realistic lighting stretching to the horizon." Version 1.8 of SilverLining obtains this performance boost through the new "bindless graphics" extensions to OpenGL. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:05:00 -0500 http://www.modsim.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2064 Q3D’s Independence Image Generator at Heart of 360-Degree Training Simulator SAN JOSE–May 26, 2009–Quantum3D, Inc., a leading provider of Commercial-off-the- Shelf (COTS) real-time visual computing solutions, today announced that its Independence 2000TI technology insertion plan has delivered 100 percent availability for the F-15E Mission Training Center in Suffolk, United Kingdom. The training center, a project of the U.S. Air Force and The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], began operations in April 2008 and has supported more than 400 training missions with 100 percent availability. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.modsim.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2063 SAN DIEGO - May 26, 2009 - Cubic Defense Applications, the defense systems business of Cubic Corporation (NYSE: CUB), announces its second foreign sale of Cubic's latest-generation air combat training system to the Singapore air force. Cubic is proud to add the Singapore air force to the growing community of P5 Combat Training System/Tactical Combat Training System users. Under a contract awarded by the 675th Armament Systems Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Cubic and principal subcontractor DRS Technologies will deliver P5 Combat Training System (P5CTS) airborne subsystem pods and ground stations to Singapore for use at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. Singapore has combat pilots assigned to several U.S. Air Force bases to take advantage of the good airspace for training in these locations. Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.modsim.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2062 May 2009 - New Zealand. Transas has developed a new engine room simulator of the Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV). An inovative new simulator has been installed at the Royal New Zealand Navy Engineering School as a part of their Marine Engineering Sythetic Training Environmet (MESTE) complex. The project was locally supported by the Electronic Navigation Ltd. The simulator provides the RNZN with a a flexible solution to meet their training and assessment needs. A distinctive feature of MESTE is the overall simulation of the OPV's Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS). The simulator faithfully replicates the OPV IPMS screens, electrical plant controls, and the local operation of ships systems. Realistic system control consoles provide a high level of simulator fidelity. Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:50:00 -0500 http://www.modsim.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2061 Just one day after the launch of America's Army 3, the U.S. Army has opted to close its main Emeryville, CA-based studio in an effort to "consolidate development." A representative for America's Army confirmed the news with Shacknews, noting that future development of the free-to-play PC military simulator will occur at the program office in Redstone Arsenal, AL. Exactly how many developers were affected is as yet unknown. "This consolidation will allow us to gain efficiencies between our public and government applications," the representative explained. " We appreciate all the hard work that every member of the America's Army team has contributed to the project, and we look forward to delivering future America's Army game releases in the months ahead." More Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.modsim.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2060 We have just added 4 new links to our database: iberSim:IberSim is a one day training and simulation networking event based in Madrid, Spain that will include: * Conference with speakers * Small exhibition * Group of expertise Themes for the IberSim 2009 conference include: * Link between simulators, training systems and C4i * Using serious games technologies in simulation: usability and perspectives * Virtual maintenance training improvements: state of the art technologies and challenges * Live Virtual Constructive and Network Centric Warfare technologies and solutions * Urban operations simulation * New technologies for projection and display systems. More. Antycip Simulation COTS partners: Presentation of Antycip Simulation COTS partners for training and simulation. Antycip Simulation, a subsidiary of ST Electronics (Training & Simulation Systems) Pte Ltd., is the European leader in the provision of independent modelling and simulation COTS tools, projection systems and related engineering services. More. Multi-channel Visual Display Systems: Display Solutions, Inc. is a privately-owned small business in the state of Massachusetts. We provide designs, products and intergation services to clients using state of the art multimedia video display technology for simulation display and training applications. Our client list includes many of the principal end users and system integrators in the simulation and training industry. More. Antycip Simulation Projection Solutions: Antycip Simulation provides custom projection solutions to address multiple immersive display requirements. This includes flight simulation, driving simulation, ship’s bridge simulation and custom large screen immersive theatres. Antycip Simulation projection systems are widely used for virtual reality, training and real-time simulation applications. More. To add your products to our database, follow this link. You need to be a member. Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.modsim.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2059 The week of June 22 will see the ITEA Test and Training Forum take place in Williamsburg, VA, with a major focus on M&S issues that span both the testing and training disciplines of DoD. The details are available at: ITEA page on Test and Training Forum The conference will be bringing together the top names from DoD testing and DoD training to look at how best to create interoperability and a shared future, and also to identify the opportunities and challenges of the new Administration. More... Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.modsim.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2058 For anyone interested in seeing the whole of the Serious Games Market Report published in 2007 (its findings have been quoted a lot in the leading press), Apply Group is now making it available for only £35 (+ vat) instead of the usual £599 + vat. Also, the audio CD of the proceedings for the Apply Serious Games Conference (2008) is now only £79+ vat (incl p&p) instead of the usual £299 + vat. Both offers are available on a limited number of 10. the prices will revert to the last full price after they have gone. Details. Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:25:57 -0500 http://www.modsim.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2057 The aim of the 10th annual European GAMEON® Conference (GAMEON®'2009) on Simulation and AI in Computer Games, is to bring together researchers and games people in order to exchange ideas on programming and programming techniques, which will be beneficial to the gaming industry and academia. Secondly it aims to steer young people into this industry by providing how-to tutorials and giving them the opportunity to show their ideas and demos to the gaming industry. The conference will concentrate mostly on the programming of games, with special emphasis on simulation, AI and fuzzy sets, and physics related computer graphics. Next to that, all of this will be fused in the topic of computer game design in stand-alone and networked games. Software providers will be able to show their latest packages and give hand-on tutorials for the participants. If you are interested in the other GAMEON® conferences check out this page. Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:20:18 -0500 http://www.modsim.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2056 Version 1.81 is available from SunDog's download page, at http://www.sundog-soft.com/Downloads.htm. New features include: . support for "Bindless Graphics" on OpenGL. If you have an NVidia card (G80 class or newer) with the latest drivers (185 or newer,) you can expect a substantial performance gain with this release. . support for Linux and Mac OS X . cloud layers that don't blow away with the wind or as the camera moves away from them. The new CUMULUS_CONGESTUS_INFINITE and CUMULUS_MEDIOCRIS_INFINITE cloud layer types feature clouds that wrap within a cloud layer that stays centered at the camera position, creating the effect of a cumulus cloud layer that never ends. . faster initialization times Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:17:37 -0500 http://www.modsim.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2055 Altia HMI Plugs in to Off-the-Shelf Components for Testing and Reviews New product development teams often need to create the illusion of a production-ready system before the product is even complete. Altia is proud to offer seamless integration to off-the-shelf, low-cost electronic hardware components that can be connected to a PC running an Altia simulation. These hardware components are available with different sensor options – like pressure, voltage/current, motion, and distance/range – that allow development teams to build physical prototypes of volume knobs, washing machine rotary controls, warning lights and more. By integrating an Altia Design model with these “plug and play” building blocks, users are able to create extremely high fidelity mock-ups for use in user studies and management reviews. Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:10:00 -0500 http://www.modsim.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2054 READING, PA. – May 28, 2009 – Fidelity Technologies Corporation (Fidelity) announced it has been listed as one of an elite group of companies selected for the second Simulation, Training and Instrumentations Omnibus contract (STOC II) by the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) By qualifying contractors under this program, the Army will be able to rapidly evaluate bids for training systems and services, knowing that the companies under STOC II have demonstrated their ability to deliver. The Army plans to award $17.5 billion in contracts over the next ten years under the program. Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:05:00 -0500 http://www.modsim.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2053 Companies develop dynamic driving simulator helping police train safely Montreal, Quebec - June 9, 2009 - PresagisTM, a leading provider of commercial-off-the shelf (COTS) modeling, simulation and embedded display graphics software, today announced that XPI Simulation Ltd. (XPI) has selected interoperable software, AI.implantTM and CreatorTM, from Presagis to support the development of a driving simulator. The XPI simulator, which will be used by a division of the United Kingdom (UK) Police, will simulate emergency response and pursuit scenarios to aid in the safe and effective training of police drivers. "The true power of Presagis tools is found in the complimentary features that are tightly integrated across their software portfolio," said David Fulker, Technical Director, XPI Simulation Ltd. "Thanks to Presagis we are able to deliver high-quality simulations quickly. Selecting pre-integrated tools gives us an out-of-the-box experience that saves time and money and avoids lengthy database development and integration." Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:20:00 -0500 http://www.modsim.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2052 TransLucid is now offering evaluation versions of its Falcon™ sensor image generator toolkit. Contact us at info@TransLucidInc.com for more information.The Falcon™ toolkit includes the following components: * Material tool - Create, manage, and edit material properties and material systems easily. Also includes diurnal (24-hour) temperature curve instant previewing. * Classifier - Easily transform visual textures into sensor textures for run-time use. * Falcon API - Documented code and shader examples clearly illustrate how to quickly evolve your visual OTW simulation into a high-fidelity sensor simulation. Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:05:00 -0500 http://www.modsim.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2050 ANTYCIP SIMULATION PRESENTS MYMODELS, A CONFIGURABLE HIGH FIDELITY MODELLING TOOLKIT Antycip Simulation presents MyModels, a configurable high fidelity modelling toolkit, at ITEC 2009 Brussels, Belgium, 13 May, 2009 - Antycip Simulation Ltd, a subsidiary of ST Electronics (Training & Simulation Systems) Pte Ltd, presents MyModels, a configurable high fidelity modelling toolkit (MTK) designed for the rapid generation of high fidelity models. Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:45:00 -0500 http://www.modsim.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2051 MORS is holding its 77th MORS Symposium (MORSS) on 16-18 June 2009 in the new Lewis and Clark Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Please connect to http://www.mors.org/77thmorss/front.htm for links for the online registration and abstracts. Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:45:00 -0500 http://www.modsim.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2049 To provide flight simulation enthusiasts with a realistic experience, Logitech today unveiled the Logitech Flight System G940. The latest addition to the acclaimed Logitech G-series line of gaming peripherals and the company’s first force-feedback flight simulation controller, the design and controls of the Flight System G940 were inspired by military and commercial planes and helicopters. “There’s nothing ordinary about a G-series gaming peripheral, and the G940 is no different,” said Ruben Mookerjee, Logitech’s director of product marketing for gaming. “We approached this project with the goal of redefining the flight sim experience. Whether you’re flying an A380, an F/A-18 Hornet or a Comanche helicopter, when you want to feel the wind on your wings, control engines together or independently or master tricky maneuvers, the G940 behaves and feels like the real thing – from takeoff to landing.” Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:58:03 -0500 http://www.modsim.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2048 BOULDER, Colo. - (Business Wire) Anark Corporation, leading provider of automated 3D CAD transformation and visualization solutions, today announced support for OpenFlight™, the most widely adopted 3D visualization format for real-time 3D visualization. Anark Core 2.2 exports OpenFlight™ data using native OpenFlight Read/Write API's from Presagis™, a leading provider of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) modeling and simulation software. Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:52:33 -0500 http://www.modsim.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2047 Lyon, France - June 1st 2009 - PathEngine announces release 5.20.00 of their pathfinding and agent movement SDK, with key features being: addition of a voxel 3D processing code path (switchable on an option with the existing BSP based code path), support for completely dynamic (i.e. fully run-time specified) off mesh graph connections, and an example implementation for formation movement with very minimal per-agent update cost. We're also very pleased to announce licensing to Masthead Studios, for the 'Earthrise' MMORPG. Voxel 3D Processing PathEngine's 3D content processing is a fully automatic and robust framework for generating pathfinding ground mesh from arbitrary 3D source data, with clients now able to choose between two different and complementary implementations of the underlying scene processing. Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:45:00 -0500 http://www.modsim.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2046 Combination of high performance technologies from Maplesoft helps teachers focus on concepts, not tools Adept Scientific (Letchworth, Herts) announces new releases of Maplesoft™ (Waterloo, Canada) core products – MapleSim™, the high-performance, multi-domain modelling and simulation tool, and Maple™, the technical computing software for mathematicians, engineers and scientists. These products are based on Maplesoft’s core technologies, including the World’s most advanced symbolic computation engine and revolutionary physical modelling techniques. Together, they provide a platform where students can work confidently with everything from theoretical concepts to the subtleties and art of design. Sat, 30 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.modsim.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2045 April 1, 2009 – Ternion® Corporation celebrates its 20th anniversary this month as a leading provider of commercial simulation software and services. ternion-20th-anniversary.gifSince its foundation in 1989 as a privately held, employee-owned company, Ternion Corporation has offered simulation products and services that are both innovative and cost-effective. Its flagship product, FLAMES®, is a robust off-the-shelf framework that can be tailored to meet almost any simulation requirement and interface with live, virtual, and constructive (LVC) systems. In addition, Ternion offers custom software development and support services based on the FLAMES framework. Fri, 29 May 2009 00:10:00 -0500 http://www.modsim.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2044 Frasca International has been selected to provide a new King Air B200GT FTD to Serco Group plc ("Serco") as part of the prestigious RAF Cranwell Multi-Activity Contract (MAC). The new Frasca King Air B200GT FTD will feature the Collins Pro Line 21™ fully integrated avionics system, an enclosed instructors station, and Frasca’s Graphical Instructor Station (GISt). Other features include Frasca’s TruVision™ Global visual system with a 220 degree display system and a custom RAF Cranwell visual database. Serco currently operates two additional Frasca B200 FTD’s. (April 24, 2009) Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.modsim.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2043 SAN DIEGO, California - April 23, 2009 -- Cubic Applications, Inc., the mission support services business of Cubic Corporation (NYSE: CUB), has received a new contract valued at approximately $70 million to develop and conduct battle simulation training exercises for the United States Forces Korea. Cubic's efforts will help enable the transformation of the U.S. force posture taking place in the Korea Area of Operations and strengthen the operational readiness of the U.S.-Republic of Korea (ROK) alliance. Cubic's Information Operations Division, based in San Diego, began its new Korea Battle Simulations Center (KBSC) support contract in April. The division's ROK-based program staff includes more than 100 Cubic employees and subcontractor personnel working in support of this flagship contract. Thu, 28 May 2009 04:20:00 -0500