I|ITSEC \ technology vision takes shape

The months leading up to December are always busy at Presagis.  This year was no exception.  Presagis exhibited at the I/ITSEC trade show in Orlando, Florida displaying the latest in COTS software for the training & simulation market.  

Aeria - It begins here

We continue to innovate and work toward delivering on the Presagis technology vision, Aeria .  

At the show we demonstrated the STAGE / Vega Prime / AI.implant / DI Guy integration running with a CDB database back-end as well as presented everyone with a look at a Vega Prime / VAPS XT / Flightsim demo.  

I/ITSEC attendees were also very interested in CDB and the CDB specification.  Over 140 people attended the CDB User Group meeting at the show while Presagis booth presentations on the topic were also very popular.

CDB was developed to help you manage the storage size, longevity, and scalability of your synthetic environment database as well as database correlation, confiugration management and database availability timeline issues. 

see i/itsec 2008 photos

Many of the exciting events that took place at I/ITSEC have been chronicled on the Presagis blog complete with videos and photos.  See the Presagis bus, as well as images of our booth.

Presagis is proud to announce the winners of the 2008 Presagis Awards, recognizing the creativity and innovation of customers and partners using Presagis COTS software solutions. Submissions in all categories were evaluated on content, supporting documentation, and criteria specific to each category.

This year's Presagis awards winners include:

	Best 3d models:  cantaloupe | 3D This year's "Best 3D Models" award recipient is Germany's cantaloupe|3D for their sophisticated models of military vehicles. Using Presagis Creator, cantaloupe|3D developed three highly realistic, low-polygon count 3D models.  cantaloupe|3D has years of technical experience using low polygon models to create simulations that provide serious game level features as well as advanced visual quality.  Read more...
	Best Database:  AEgis Technologies Group This year's recipient is AEgis Geospatial Programs Group for their aerial simulations for NBC's coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing.  These aerial simulations include views of seven Chinese cities, 350 individual structures, and all 35 Olympic venues.   Read more...
	Best Extension Based on API:  General Dynamics UK This year's recipient is General Dynamics, United Kingdom Limited, for its integration of the SoftMap portable software digital map product with the Presagis VAPS and VAPS XT products. General Dynamics UK Ltd. has been workingwith Presagis extensively to integrate SoftMap into the VAPS and VAPS XT development environments.  Read more...
	Best Visualization Application:  CAD Center Corporation This year's recipient is CAD Center Corporation for their image generator of ship handling simulation systems for marine training. This image generator represents some of the most sophisticated visuals currently available. The IG system contains 3-7 projector out-thewindow channels for a cylindrical screen, 2 plasma display channels for rear view, and 1-2 binocular channels with gyro-sensors.  Read more...
	Most Innovative Application:  Rontal Applications This year's recipient is Rontal Applications for their SimGuard Management System. SimGuard is an advanced incident management system developed to provide geospatial situational awareness and decision support tools.  Read more...
	Most Valuable Industry Partner:  Concurrent Computer Corporation This year's "Most Valuable Industry Partner" award recipient is Concurrent Computer Corporation for their ImaGen visual server integrated with Presagis visualization software, Vega Prime and Lyra.  Read more...

Many of our customers have successfully developed and implemented training applications using Presagis products.  Here are just a few recent projects developed by some of our customers:

national aerospace laboratory \ tactical research facility

The National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) of The Netherlands is an independent technological institute that carries out applied flight research simulations for the aviation and space sectors.  Its clients include national and international governments, large and small industries, and aerospace organizations.  NLR is a non-profit institute that has several specialized research facilities including its new Fighter 4-Ship. The Fighter 4-Ship is the evolution of one of NLR's existing facilities, the Generic Fighter Operations Research Cockpit Environment (GFORCE).  GFORCE provides high-end simulations in an extremely realistic cockpit environment and was developed with an emphasis on elaborate human factors and training experimentation.  The Fighter 4-Ship combines this full-mission simulator with mock-up derivatives.

As a result of this evolution, NLR has a research facility that, by allowing up to four fighter pilots to carry out joint missions in a virtual environment, can simulate collective tactical operations.  Focusing on interoperability and re-configurability, the Fighter 4-Ship enables research on fast-jet team operations and large-scale collective, combined, and/or joint operations.  And, like the GFORCE, the Fighter 4-Ship is not a training facility but a research facility, so it is able to validate new technologies as well as the best possible training methods for tactical operations.

Then NLR began designing the Fighter 4-Ship, they had specific criteria regarding the flexibility, cost, and portability of the facility.  According to Michel Keuning, Senior Scientist at NLR "We wanted to keep the facility low-cost and mobile, which are both very important factors for conducting our research."  

To meet these criteria, NLR employs Presagis Terra Vista for terrain creation and Presagis Vega Prime for sensor modules.  In addition, they also use SIM OneNet to link different simulations that use different communication protocols and Presagis Simulation technology to create scenarios for their applications.

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TECHNICAL SERVICES \ ministry of defense visualization system

The Ministry of Defense (MoD) from a foreign government had a requirement to provide a visualization system based on COTS software products that could facilitate the generation of visualization databases for situational awareness.  This system would help them to increase productivity by shortening database production time, as well as to increase operational effectiveness, by allowing end users more flexibility in utilizing visualization databases for analysis than with previous approaches.

To bring the broader benefit of this unified, versatile imaging solution to the various groups and users dependant on this data, the MoD embarked on the OBVIOUS (Operations Backing Visualization for Interactive Optimization of User Scenarios) Program; a system for creating visualization databases, coordinating and disseminating them to various end users and allowing multiple levels of interactive visualization for modeling and simulations applications. 

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The 2009 Presagis calendar is hot off the press!  Here are just a few of the images that were selected:

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At Presagis, we work closely with leading industry companies in order to offer innovative technologies that address our customers' needs. 

In this newsletter, we highlight how Concurrent Computer Corporation, one of our Presagis Award winners, successfully integrated their ImaGen visual server with Presagis visualization software, Vega Prime and Lyra.

Here are the latest product releases and updates from the Presagis product development team.

Lyra config improvements:

• Lyra Config Scene Content panel now has a specific interface for loading TerraPage archives.
• Lyra Config does not force the user to use a Virtual Texture dataset anymore, simplifying scene creation.

STAGE \ NEW AI.IMPLANT & DI GUY LICENSING

STAGE Scenario users are now able to receive runtime licenses of Presagis AI.implant and Boston Dynamics' DI-Guy with each purchase of a STAGE Scenario license. This product bundling makes STAGE Scenario the first and only COTS CGF software product to ship out-of-the-box with artificial intelligence and human characters for the creation of lifelike simulations.  Click here to learn more.

CUSTOMER SUPPORT \ NEW ONLINE SUPPORT SITE LAUNCHED

Presagis is committed to customer satisfaction with our software.  Presagis recently launched a new Technical Support Portal for its maintenance customers.  

Our cross-functional teams have worked many months to deliver this great new resource for our customers.

The new portal allows you to have a single, unified view into all of your Presagis technical support and maintenance details - across all of the Presagis products that you own. The new Portal will offer you 24/7 access to:

• Support request status,
• Logging of new cases,
• Viewing of the maintenance status on your Presagis software licenses,
• Accessing the Presagis Knowledge Base and our Product User Forums,
• And much more.

upcoming events \ visit us and learn

Presagis will be exhibiting and hosting a number of events throughout the New Year.  Come and visit our booth or attend our seminars in order to learn more about how Presagis can help you with your project or application.

AVIONICS \ AMSTERDAM
The 7th annual Avionics exhibition and conference is now bigger than ever in its new larger home at the PTA in Amsterdam.  The conference programme will cover a broad range of technical and topical issues - ranging from Military to Commercial - with a full schedule of tutorials and technical paper sessions.

Date: Mar 11 - 12, 2009    Booth: C21

ITEC \ BRUSSELS
Presagis  will be demonstrating its cutting-edge software products for visualization, behavior & dynamics, content creation, artificial intelligence, and embedded display graphics at ITEC 2009.

Date: May 12 - 14, 2009   Booth: B100


CANSEC \ OTTAWA
We will be demonstrating our suite of COTS simulation technology, offering its users cutting-edge true-to-life modeling and simulation solutions.

Date: May 27 - 28, 2009   Booth: TBD

SIM TECT \ ADELAIDE
Come join Presagis as we demonstrate our powerful suite of COTS modeling & simulation software at SimTecT 2009.

Date: Jun 15 - 18, 2009  Booth: TBD

IMAGE \ ST. LOUIS
IMAGE is the Premier Technical Conference in Visual Simulation since 1977.  We will demonstrate our realistic and immersive visual simulation solutions.

Date: Jul 13 - 16, 2009  Booth: TBD

news \ press releases

Presagis recently announced some exciting news. Below are the most recent announcements:

December 1^st, 2008
Presagis to Support Development of Boeing Next-Generation Helicopter Simulator 

December 1^st, 2008
Presagis Announces Winners of First-Annual Presagis Awards

December 2^nd, 2008
Presagis Strengthens Integration and Functionality Across Entire Software Portfolio

You can also visit our Press Coverage Section to view all of our recent media coverage.

Presagis offers comprehensive training on all of its products to ensure that you can get the most from our software. 

New Course Offering

We are introducing a new Creator training class in the UK.  This class will take place from February 16^th - 19^th at our Burgess Hill Training Facility.

To register or to find out more about this course, click here.

Course Schedule

VAPS XT - January 19^th-22^nd, 2009

STAGE Scenario - January 26^th-29^th, 2009

Creator -February 9^th-12^th, 2009

Creator - February 16^th-19^th, 2009

Terra Vista - February 16^th-19^th, 2009

Vega Prime - February 16^th-19^th, 2009

Vega Prime Sensor - February 23^rd-24^th, 2009

VAPS XT - March 16^th-19^th, 2009

STAGE Scenario - March 23^rd-26^th, 2009

Terra Vista - March 30^th-April 2^nd, 2009

LEARN MORE

If you wish to learn more about Presagis products, or if you would like to know more about upcoming Presagis events, please visit our website for more information.

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