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December 2008

VT MÄK Announces VR-Vantage 3D Visual Solution

Cambridge, Mass., December 2, 2008 — Singapore Technologies Electronics Limited’s (ST Electronics) US subsidiary, VT MÄK (MÄK), today previewed VR-Vantage, the company’s new 3D visual solution. The product is built on Open Scene Graph (OSG) and includes a collection of visual applications as well as a toolkit. VR-Vantage consists of the next generation MÄK Stealth, MÄK’s 3D information station; Vantage IG, a desktop image generator for viewing out-the-window scenes; and the VR-Vantage toolkit to extend the included visual applications or even build a new application.

VR-Vantage is terrain-agile, allowing customers to use the terrain they already have. Many 3D tools lock the user to a specific terrain format. VR-Vantage can directly load a wide variety of industry standard formats. It also allows users to compose terrain “on-the-fly” directly from source data, reducing the need for database creation tools.  

VR-Vantage comes with a rich set of built-in content. The product includes Boston Dynamics’ DI-Guy to animate human characters, IDV’s SpeedTree for dynamic vegetation, and Sundog’s Silver Lining for weather effects and volumetric clouds. MÄK is negotiating with other partners to include more built-in functionality. VR-Vantage also includes top quality 3D vehicle models that support damage representations and articulated parts.

With the introduction of VR-Vantage, VT MÄK now provides all the fundamental building blocks for visual simulation solutions.  Bringing our philosophy of flexible applications and powerful toolkits to the visual simulation market, we've answered our customers demands for a well-integrated, highly functional COTS 3D visualization toolkit that offers the ability to customize and extend to meet their unique needs, much like our other highly acclaimed products.

Warren KATZ
Chief Executive Officer, VT MÄK

Customers have been looking for a flexible 3D visualization solution that fits their system architecture, their budget, and the way they work. But they’ve always been forced to compromise. Scene graphs and other toolkits were customizable, but required time and money to develop applications and integrate content. Commercial IGs had great features out of the box, but couldn’t be easily extended, and often were tied to the vendor’s content-generation toolchain. With VR-Vantage we’ve responded to our customers. We give users both out-of-the-box applications and a powerful 3D toolkit in a single product offering. We’re proud to add a flagship visualization product to complement our Link and Simulate products.

Len GRANOWETTER
Director of Product Development, VT MÄK

Pricing and Availability

VR-Vantage will be available from March 31, 2009. Interested customers can request to be considered for an early adopters program that will start in February. For more information, visit www.VR-Vantage.com or contact sales@mak.com.

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VT MÄK, a company of VT Systems, develops software to link, simulate and visualize the virtual world. MÄK 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. MÄK puts its distributed simulation expertise in each of its interoperable products, from the VR-Link networking toolkit, to VR-Forces, MÄK’s computer generated forces toolkit. MÄK’s worldwide customers include ITT Industries, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Thales, Tenix, Dassault, and BAE. Please visit www.mak.com.

VT Systems, and its subsidiaries are preferred providers of engineering solutions, products, integrated systems, and services in the Americas across the core business areas of marine, aerospace, electronics and land systems. Headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, VT Systems operates throughout North America and offers a broad range of proven innovative services to both the commercial and government sectors. VT Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd. Please visit www.vt-systems.com.

Media contact:

Sarah Thuman
Manager, Corporate Communications
VT Systems
Phone: 703-739-2610
Fax: 703-739-2611
Email: sthuman@vt-systems.com
                       
Michelene K. St. Amand
Director, Marketing Communications
VT MÄK
Tel: 617-876-8085 ext. 144 
Fax: 617-876-9208
Email: mstamand@mak.com
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