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REACT™ for IRIX®
Man-in-the-loop Simulators: Training Program: F-16 Unit Training Device (UTD) Description: Raytheon Systems Company, in Arlington, Texas has developed reconfigurable combat aircraft simulators for the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard. All simulator functions, including real-time host, all visuals, and instructor/operator station, are supported by a single Onyx multiprocessor system. Program: F/A-18 Operational Flight Trainer (OFT) Description: Raytheon Systems Company, in Arlington, Texas has completed development of an F/A-18 training simulator for the US Navy using a 4-processor Onyx and three Indigo2's. The first system has been installed at the Naval Air Station in Miramar, CA. Program: F-111 Simulator Description: Wormald International has developed an F-111C mission training simulator for the Royal Australian Air Force. The simulator incorporates three Onyx systems; one each for Host, Sensor IG, OTW IG (with Wormald's IG SW, WIGS). In addition, Wormald uses a CHALLENGE system for Digital Radar Landmass Simulation, and two Indigo2's for IOSs. Raytheon Systems Company Program: Space Station Training Facility Description: Raytheon Systems Company, in Houston, Texas has developed a full mission simulator for NASA that is used to train the flight crew of the International Space Station. Multiple CHALLENGE servers handle all real-time host functions. The Boeing Company Program: AH-64D Apache Longbow Helicopter Crew Trainer Description: The Boeing Company in Mesa, AZ has developed the next-generation Longbow Crew Trainer for the U.S. Army using a 16-CPU Onyx as the real-time host. Symvionics, Inc Program: A-10 Unit Training Device (UTD) Description: Symvionics has been awarded a US Air Force contract to produce 17 A10 training simulators using CHALLENGE systems as the real-time host. Systems and Technology Corporation Program: F-16 Trainer Description: Systems and Technology Corporation (S&T), of Taipei, Taiwan, has developed an F-16 trainer under contract to the Taiwanese government. S&T is using CHALLENGE as the simulator's real-time host. Program: AGPG Crew Trainer Description: The Simulation Division of STN ATLAS GmbH in Bremen, Germany, has developed a combat training simulator for the German army, which is used to train Marder infantry vehicle crews. ATLAS uses a CHALLENGE server to control both friendly and enemy un-piloted forces. Thomson Training and Simulation Program: F-16 Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) Description: Thomson Training and Simulation, in Crawley, England, has developed a training simulator for the air forces of the Multi-National Fighter Programme F-16 using an Onyx system for the real-time host and cockpit displays. Man-in-the-loop Simulators: Engineering Program: F-16 JAST Handling Qualities Simulator Description: The Flight Simulation Lab at Lockheed Martin is upgrading their handling qualities engineering simulator using Onyx hardware. The Onyx will handle real-time host functions and generate cockpit displays. Lockheed Martin - Houston Program: SES Computer Platform Upgrade Description: Lockheed Martin is replacing outdated Encore and Cyber computers with CHALLENGE and Power CHALLENGE systems at NASA/JSC's Systems Engineering Laboratory. The upgraded simulator will be used to develop procedures for assembling the space station in orbit, as well as other tasks. Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space - Sunnyvale Program: Theatre High Altitude Air Defense (THAAD) threat simulations Description: The THAAD missile system will be deployed by the U.S. Army and used to detect and intercept Theater Ballistic Missiles (TBMs). Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space is the prime contractor for the THAAD program and is utilizing a 20+ processor Challenge system to simulate incoming TBM threats. This Challenge system is used to provide the threats in real-time (executing the models at 400 Hz) to the actual THAAD hardware. Additionally, Onyx RealityEngine2 systems are used for battlespace management during the simulation runs. NASA Ames Research Center Program: CVSRF Rehost Description: NASA is upgrading the real-time host capability of their Advanced Concepts Flight Simulator at NASA Ames using CHALLENGE systems. National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) Project: Advanced engineering simulator Description: The National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR in Dutch) in Amsterdam is a non-profit R&D organization which supports civilian and government entities around the world. When NLR recently built a second motion-based simulator to support its advanced research projects, a CHALLENGE system was chosen as the real-time host. Man-in-the-loop Simulators: Power Plant Computer-based training simulators are used throughout the world for training operators of nuclear power plants. Typically these systems simulate all aspects of the nuclear reactor and steam-driven electric power plant, and include a full mock-up of the power plant's control room. The following integrators all bid CHALLENGE or Power CHALLENGE systems as their real-time host computer. As a result, SGI systems are in use at a number of training facilities around the world. CAE Electronics in Montreal, Quebec has installed simulators based on SGI for the following electric utilities:
General Simulation General Simulation Corporation in Columbia, Maryland was formed through the merger of two rival power plant simulation integrators: General Physics and S3, Inc. Both companies were using CHALLENGE in their simulators. The combined company has installed simulators based on SGI for the following commercial nuclear power plants:
Thomson-CSF The Training and Simulation Systems Division of Thomson, based near Paris, has installed multiple CHALLENGE-based simulators for KSG in Germany, and multiple Power CHALLENGE-based simulators for EDF in France. Hardware-in-the-loop Simulators US Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) Project: Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC3) HWIL Simulator Description: US Army AMCOM in Huntsville, AL has purchased an 8-processor CHALLENGE10000 system for use in a 6-DOF missile simulator for the PAC3 missile (the follow-on to the Patriot). The maximum frame rate in the simulation will exceed 2000Hz. Gencorp Aerojet Project: SADDARM Missile Simulator Description: Gencorp Aerojet in Asuza, CA has developed a hardware-in-the-loop simulator for the US Army SADDARM missile using a 2-processor CHALLENGE 10000. I/O for the simulator will be accomplished using 18 VME cards. SAIC Project: Patriot missile simulator Description: SAIC in Huntsville, AL is currently deploying six Patriot missile HITL simulators. Each simulator incorporates a 4-processor CHALLENGE L for real-time computation and I/O. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) Project: Guidance System Evaluation Laboratory Description: Johns Hopkins APL has recently replaced the simulation computer in their Guidance System Evaluation Laboratory with 4-processor CHALLENGE. This facility is used for testing missile guidance hardware in real-time in representative radio-frequency environments, and for characterization and functional testing of infrared seekers. The facility can simulate missile velocities up to Mach 5. The CHALLENGE is used to generate all elements of the simulated environments. I/O is handled four VME-64 buses. Colsa Corp./Teledyne Brown Project: Exo-Atmospheric Kill Vehicle Simulator Description: Colsa and Teledyne Brown in Huntsville, AL have developed a missile simulator based on a 4-processor CHALLENGE 10000 system. Texas Instruments Project: Anti-tank missile test simulator Description: The Defense and Electronics Group of Texas Instruments in Dallas, Texas, has developed a hardware-in-the-loop simulator using an Onyx to test the tracking and guidance software of an anti-tank missile. The multiprocessor Onyx simulates the flight dynamics of the missile, and the RealityEngine2 graphics subsystem generates simulated Forward-Looking InfraRed (FLIR) imagery. Telemetry, Radar and Data Acquisition Systems Harris Corporation Program: RSA Air Force range system Description: Harris Corp. is upgrading the range telemetry system at the US Air Force's eastern ballistic missile test range. When complete, the RSA system will incorporate over 50 CHALLENGE servers and 35 Indigo2 workstations. These systems will use both REACT real-time features and Trusted IRIX B1 secure UNIX. MIT Lincoln Labs Program: Dual-Band Radar Description: MIT Lincoln Labs is under contract to the US Air Force to develop a new generation dual-band radar for tracking high speed, high altitude targets. In keeping with their objective of maximizing the use of Commercial Off-The-Shelf hardware, Lincoln Labs is using an 8-processor POWER CHALLENGE to perform target tracking. The POWER CHALLENGE will receive two 20 MB/S data streams, perform 1000 separate 16-point FFTs every 8 milliseconds, and store the two 20 MB/S data streams to disk. NASA Ames Research Center Program: Wind tunnel data Acquisition Description: The National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex at NASA Ames Research Center in Mtn. View, California has developed an updated data acquisition system for its wind tunnel test facility based on CHALLENGE systems, Symvionics Program: F-22 Flight Test (Load/Flutter Analysis) Description: Symvionics has developed a range telemetry system for use by the F-22 Flight Test Program at Edwards Air Force Base. The system, based on a CHALLENGE and multiple Power CHALLENGEs, will acquire real-time telemetry data and perform loads/flutter computational analysis. Command, Control, Communication, Computers and Intelligence (C4I) Gencorp Aerojet Program: Joint Tactical Ground Station (JTAGS) Description: The Electronic Systems Division of GenCorp Aerojet in Azusa, California, has developed a system for the U.S. armed forces which detect and report tactical missile launches. A multiprocessor Onyx receives data from space-based sensors. performs data reduction and pattern matching, and displays the results. Telefonica Program: Video-On-Demand Description: Telefonica, the leading telecommunications company in Spain, has developed a video-on-demand system using CHALLENGE systems. Developed by the Interactive TV Research and Development group, the initial system can supply up to 50 simultaneous streams. All scheduling is handled by the REACT/pro frame scheduler. Based on the success of the current project, Telefonica is moving ahead with development of a system that will support up to 500 simultaneous streams. Southwest Research Institute Program: On-air interactive visualization Description: Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, TX is using a 4-processor Onyx InfiniteReality for visualizing the results of weather model computations. The system will be used on-air to produce an interactive display of weather simulations. | |
