Boston Dynamics, located in Cambridge, Mass., announced that it has completed the first phase of its work on a joint project to upgrade the U.S. Navy's catapult launch systems trainer. Boston Dynamics and American Systems Corporation (ASC)--under contract with the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD)--are replacing the existing video-based training system, in use since 1988, with interactive 3D computer simulation. The new system uses Boston Dynamics' PeopleShop software to depict flight-deck crew and aircraft during simulated carrier launch operations.
The existing training device relies on branched-video technology to train aviation …
Set-Aside Alert; July 27, 2007
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; December 5, 2003
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