Military Simulation Seminar - COTS Tools and Techniques

Los Angeles, CA
April 8, 2008

Three expert simulation companies -- VT MAK, Scalable Network Technologies, and DiSTI -- have collaborated to produce a traveling one-day educational seminar on how to leverage COTS tools and techniques in the design and development of new military simulation applications. "Military Simulation Seminar -- COTS Tools and Techniques" includes demonstrations of the use of COTS tools in Network Centric Warfare simulation, communications modeling, and human machine interfaces, and is complementary for industry, government and military professionals.

The seminars will show how COTS software suppliers are collaborating to provide a high level of interoperability and the advantages these products offer to integrators for capturing contracts on a cost, quality and schedule basis. The seminar schedule includes: Phoenix, AZ (April 21); San Diego, CA (April 23); Newport Beach, CA (April 24); Akron, OH (May 5); Virginia Beach, VA (May 7); and Reston, VA (May 8). Seminars at all venues are from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with lunch provided.

For more information, a current listing of locations and date, and to register for any of the seminars, go to http://www.mak.com/seminars.

About the Seminar Partners

VT MAK (Cambridge, MA) a company of VT Systems Inc, develops software to link, simulate and visualize the virtual world. MAK creates tools and toolkits for distributed simulations, develops PC-based military tactical and operational trainers, crafts custom solutions, and researches and develops the latest simulation technologies. The company builds commercial off the shelf simulation software that is flexible, portable and supported. MAK puts its distributed simulation expertise in each of its interoperable products, from the VR-Link networking toolkit, to VR-Forces, MAK's computer generated forces toolkit. MAK's worldwide customers include ITT Industries, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Thales, Tenix, Dassault and BAE. Please visit http://www.mak.com.

DiSTI (Orlando, FL) is a global leader in Human Machine Interface development and the provider of the Simulation Professional Series Training classes. Its Flagship product, GL Studio, leads the industry in the development of Real-Time, 3-Dimensional Human Machine Interfaces for Computer Based Training, Maintenance & Part Task Trainers, Full Mission Simulators and Safety Critical Applications. For more information visit http://www.disti.com.

Scalable Network Technologies (Los Angeles, CA) is the leader in parallel processing technology for network performance evaluation. The company develops and supports high-fidelity evaluation software tools used for predicting the performance of computing and communications networks and network devices. SNT has created a new category of evaluation tools for today's sophisticated networks that meets the demand for real-time, real-network performance testing. Widely recognized for its flagship product, QualNet, the company's customers include major aerospace and defense contractors, the US Department of Defense, mobile network operators, as well as research agencies and universities. More information is available at http://www.scalable-networks.com.

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