Cubic Corporation’s Global Defense (CGD) business division received $16 million worth of orders from a U.S. Navy contract for immersive game-based courseware to support the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). Cubic’s development efforts of the Immersive Virtual Shipboard Environment (IVSE) learning product for LCS are in alignment with the Navy’s...
The DiSTI Corporation, a provider of graphical user interface development software, released GL Studio 6.2, its user interface development toolkit for performance, fidelity and reliability. GL Studio is used to produce high-performing reliable 2D/3D graphical user interfaces. This release offers more than 30 enhancements so non-programmers can create complex user...
TrianGraphics GmbH released Trian3DBuilder Version 6.5. The new version more effectively supports a wider range of data and includes new scripts, integrated databases, material and shader support, and a multitude of functions for editing and getting optimal results from source data. The Trian3DBuilder Version 6.5 lets users create sophisticated game-quality...
Modest Tree released 3D Editor Version 1.5, the newest version of its software for rapid creation of 3D training applications. Modest3D Editor lets users of all experience levels create 3D training using a visual storyboarding process to create complex, multi-pathed advanced 3D applications without coding. Version 1.5 includes enhancements to...
Charles River Analytics won a $1.5 million U.S. Army contract to develop a medical simulation and tutorial platform to improve its medical training and patient care. Charles River is partnering with Professor Frank Ritter and Dr. Chris Garrison of Pennsylvania State University (PSU) to build a Virtual Intelligent Tutor for...
Northrop Grumman delivered its multispectral testing solution for F-35 electronic warfare simulation capabilities to the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) at Point Mugu, California. The company says this delivery included the most sophisticated test environment the company has ever created. Northrop Grumman’s multispectral testing solution recreates accurate...
Cubic Corporation’s Cubic Global Defense business division in partnership with Federal Resources won a more than $6 million contract to supply the United States Air National Guard (ANG) with 95 PRISim Suite® PortableTrainer TM systems that include recoil and less-lethal training weapons and devices. The trainer systems have software capabilities...
Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim), a developer of simulation and training software, released two software developer kits for creating custom applications for VBS3, desktop military simulation training package, and VBS Blue IG, BISim’s new CIGI-compliant, 3D whole-earth image generator. VBS Simulation SKD lets developers customize and extend VBS3 by providing an...
Marc de Fritsch joined MASA Group as the company’s Managing Director. De Fritsch assumes the role following a military career with the French Army, from which he retired as a Brigadier after serving for more than 30 years. MASA develops Artificial Intelligence-based modeling and simulation software. One of De Fritsch's...
From the Arctic Circle through Eastern Europe to the Arabian Peninsula, heightened tensions are giving rise to fears that war between major powers might be a miscalculation away. Russia and the West continue to ratchet up the rhetoric while escalating war-prep exercises along their borders. Rick Adams analyzes recent developments in what looks to be an indefinite new Cold War.