Quantum3D Independence Image Generation Solutions Selected by Indra Systems for U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Weapons Systems Trainer Upgrade
Quantum3D COTS IDX 4000 ER IG Solution Provides High-Fidelity, Realtime Visual and Sensor Simulation Solution Using NAVAIR NPSI Databases for AV-8B Radar Night-Attack Weapons System Trainers
Orlando, FL, March 05, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Quantum3D®, Inc., a leading provider of Commercial off-the-Shelf (COTS), open-architecture, realtime visual computing solutions, announced today that Indra Systems, Inc., has selected Quantum3D Independence® IDX 4000 ER Image Generator (IG) Solutions as a critical component of Indra's upgrade of the United States Marine Corps AV-8B Radar Night Attack Weapons System Trainers (R/NAWSTs) at MCAS Cherry Point and MCAS Yuma. The upgraded training devices will support training for all AV-8B missions, incorporating high-fidelity simulation of the entire sensor suite deployed on the all-weather AV-8B aircraft, and will operate in both stand-alone and networked environments.
The IDX 4000 ER IG Solutions provide fully correlated scenes for the eight out-the-window channels of the AV-8B R/NAWST M2DART display, as well as the AV-8B's Navigation FLIR, LITENING Advanced Targeting Pod and Angle Rate Bombing System.
The high-fidelity, physics-based simulation of the AV-8B sensor suite is provided via the IDX 4000 ER IG system's Quantum3D Enhanced Sensor Simulation Technology (QUESTT). QUEST employs advanced pixel and vertex shader technologies and Quantum3D's realtime implementation of JRM TechnologiesT SigSimT to provide MODTRAN-4 compliant, band-accurate, at-aperture scene generation with advanced, low-latency sensor-post processing for sensor effects and symbology. The IDX 4000 ER IG will also render enhanced nighttime scenes to stimulate operational night-vision goggles, which will provide improved training fidelity compared to simulated NVG approaches that employ simulated NVGs and head trackers.
"Indra has a long history of providing quality AV-8B training systems to the USMC," said Brent W. York, Indra's Director of Simulation. "We're pleased that Quantum3D has partnered with Indra to continue that legacy, and I'm confident in Quantum3D's technical solution and ability to deliver exactly what the Marines need."
As part of its deliverables, Quantum3D will enhance and publish Navy Portable Source Initiative (NPSI) databases-a key element of the AV-8B program. Quantum3D Vice-President of Technical Marketing, Stephen Gersuk, commented, "Historically, the armed forces have purchased proprietary synthetic environment databases with each simulator, locking themselves into the same IG provider for follow-on systems or enhancements.
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The IDX 4000 ER IG Solutions provide fully correlated scenes for the eight out-the-window channels of the AV-8B R/NAWST M2DART display, as well as the AV-8B's Navigation FLIR, LITENING Advanced Targeting Pod and Angle Rate Bombing System.
The high-fidelity, physics-based simulation of the AV-8B sensor suite is provided via the IDX 4000 ER IG system's Quantum3D Enhanced Sensor Simulation Technology (QUESTT). QUEST employs advanced pixel and vertex shader technologies and Quantum3D's realtime implementation of JRM TechnologiesT SigSimT to provide MODTRAN-4 compliant, band-accurate, at-aperture scene generation with advanced, low-latency sensor-post processing for sensor effects and symbology. The IDX 4000 ER IG will also render enhanced nighttime scenes to stimulate operational night-vision goggles, which will provide improved training fidelity compared to simulated NVG approaches that employ simulated NVGs and head trackers.
"Indra has a long history of providing quality AV-8B training systems to the USMC," said Brent W. York, Indra's Director of Simulation. "We're pleased that Quantum3D has partnered with Indra to continue that legacy, and I'm confident in Quantum3D's technical solution and ability to deliver exactly what the Marines need."
As part of its deliverables, Quantum3D will enhance and publish Navy Portable Source Initiative (NPSI) databases-a key element of the AV-8B program. Quantum3D Vice-President of Technical Marketing, Stephen Gersuk, commented, "Historically, the armed forces have purchased proprietary synthetic environment databases with each simulator, locking themselves into the same IG provider for follow-on systems or enhancements.
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