Presagis
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Presagis is a provider of commercial off-the-shelf
(COTS) modeling, simulation
, and embedded display graphics software. The company provides software solution to customers in the Aerospace, Defense, and Automotive industries.
. Product brands such as Creator, STAGE, Terra Vista, VAPS and Vega Prime, as well as industry accepted standards including OpenFlight and TerraPage, are long standing legacies of these companies.
, Lockheed Martin
, Airbus
, SAAB
, BAE Systems
, CAE, Thales
, and Northrop Grumman
.
Presagis develops solutions for developing content creation, visualization, simulation, and embedded graphics applications.
Embedded graphics drivers:
(now in Presagis) to address the key market requirement for an open standard for terrain database paging. TerraPage is a Presagis-developed and supported on-disk format designed for large area terrain and texture paging. In addition to providing access to large spatial terrain databases, this standard also fulfills the role of an optimized disk format for visual systems that may not already have one.
Commercial off-the-shelf
In the United States, Commercially available Off-The-Shelf is a Federal Acquisition Regulation term defining a nondevelopmental item of supply that is both commercial and sold in substantial quantities in the commercial marketplace, and that can be procured or utilized under government contract...
(COTS) modeling, simulation
Modeling and simulation
Modeling and simulation is the use of models, including emulators, prototypes, simulators, and stimulators, either statically or over time, to develop data as a basis for making managerial or technical decisions. The terms "modeling" and "simulation" are often used interchangeably.The use of...
, and embedded display graphics software. The company provides software solution to customers in the Aerospace, Defense, and Automotive industries.
History
Presagis was formed following CAE’s, acquisition of three companies: Engenuity Technologies, MultiGen-Paradigm, and TERREXTERREX
Terrain Experts, Inc. is now .TERREX was a developer of software tools for 3-D terrain database generation and visualization. The Terra Vista terrain generation product line is used extensively for real-time 3-D image generation, battlefield visualization, mission rehearsal and planning, gaming,...
. Product brands such as Creator, STAGE, Terra Vista, VAPS and Vega Prime, as well as industry accepted standards including OpenFlight and TerraPage, are long standing legacies of these companies.
Technology
Presagis solutions are used by such companies as BoeingBoeing
The Boeing Company is an American multinational aerospace and defense corporation, founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington. Boeing has expanded over the years, merging with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Boeing Corporate headquarters has been in Chicago, Illinois since 2001...
, Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin is an American global aerospace, defense, security, and advanced technology company with worldwide interests. It was formed by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta in March 1995. It is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, in the Washington Metropolitan Area....
, Airbus
Airbus
Airbus SAS is an aircraft manufacturing subsidiary of EADS, a European aerospace company. Based in Blagnac, France, surburb of Toulouse, and with significant activity across Europe, the company produces around half of the world's jet airliners....
, SAAB
Saab
Saab AB is a Swedish aerospace and defence company, founded in 1937. From 1947 to 1990 it was the parent company of automobile manufacturer Saab Automobile, and between 1968 and 1995 the company was in a merger with commercial vehicle manufacturer Scania, known as Saab-Scania.-History:"Svenska...
, BAE Systems
BAE Systems
BAE Systems plc is a British multinational defence, security and aerospace company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, that has global interests, particularly in North America through its subsidiary BAE Systems Inc. BAE is among the world's largest military contractors; in 2009 it was the...
, CAE, Thales
Thales Group
The Thales Group is a French electronics company delivering information systems and services for the aerospace, defense, transportation and security markets...
, and Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman Corporation is an American global aerospace and defense technology company formed by the 1994 purchase of Grumman by Northrop. The company was the fourth-largest defense contractor in the world as of 2010, and the largest builder of naval vessels. Northrop Grumman employs over...
.
Presagis develops solutions for developing content creation, visualization, simulation, and embedded graphics applications.
Products
Presagis offers COTS software for developing modeling & simulation and embedded graphics applications. Products include STAGE, Creator, Terra Vista, Vega Prime, and VAPS XT.Content Creation Products
- Creator: Creation of real-time 3DReal-time computer graphicsReal-time computer graphics is the subfield of computer graphics focused on producing and analyzing images in real time. The term is most often used in reference to interactive 3D computer graphics, typically using a GPU, with video games the most noticeable users...
content for use in visual and urban simulations - Terra Vista: Production of correlated terrain databases for visual, sensor, and SAF/CGF applications.
Visualization Products
- Vega Prime: Creation and deployment of visual simulation, multi-domain simulation, and general visualization applications.
- Lyra: Based on Vega Prime, Lyra provides a COTS visualization application delivering 60 Hz image generation.
Simulation Products
- STAGE: Development of scenarios that include positioning forces, creating routes and waypoints, and assigning tasks or plans.
- Flightsim / Helisim : Reconfigurable Six Degrees Of Freedom (6DOF) flight model for creating PC-based fixed/rotary wing flight simulations.
- AI.implant: Artificial IntelligenceGame artificial intelligenceGame artificial intelligence refers to techniques used in computer and video games to produce the illusion of intelligence in the behavior of non-player characters . The techniques used typically draw upon existing methods from the field of artificial intelligence...
software and SDKSoftware development kitA software development kit is typically a set of software development tools that allows for the creation of applications for a certain software package, software framework, hardware platform, computer system, video game console, operating system, or similar platform.It may be something as simple...
that allows users to create intelligent, autonomous human and vehicle agents for simulation projects.
Embedded Graphics Products
HMI and graphics modeling tools for embedded systems:- VAPS XT: A flexible C++ object-oriented HMI modeling tool. The ARINC 661Arinc 661ARINC 661 is a standard which aims to normalize the definition of a Cockpit Display System , and the communication between the CDS and User Applications which manage Aircraft avionics functions...
plugin support ARINC 661 development. - VAPS XT-178: VAPS XT DO-178BDO-178BDO-178B, Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and Equipment Certification is a document dealing with the safety of software used in airborne systems....
qualifiable version, including DO-178B ARINC 661 development. - VAPS QCG: A DO-178 qualifiable code generator for VAPS applications
Embedded graphics drivers:
- SeaWind: Drivers for a wide set of embedded platforms
- SeaWind-178: DO-178B certifiable drivers
CDB
The Common Database (CDB) specification is an open synthetic environment database specification stewarded by Presagis. CDB was developed as a simulation specification for producing a unified synthetic representation of the world.OpenFlight
OpenFlight is a widely adopted 3D Visualization format for real-time 3D visualization. It was originally developed by MultiGen-Paradigm (now Presagis) in response to a need for database transportability within the visual simulation community. Military visual simulation includes battle simulation, fighter jet flight simulation, and tank simulation. Visual simulation also includes geospecific terrain for accurate realtime fly through of regions of the planet. The OpenFlight standard is managed and supported by Presagis.TerraPage
TerraPage was developed in 1998 by TERREXTERREX
Terrain Experts, Inc. is now .TERREX was a developer of software tools for 3-D terrain database generation and visualization. The Terra Vista terrain generation product line is used extensively for real-time 3-D image generation, battlefield visualization, mission rehearsal and planning, gaming,...
(now in Presagis) to address the key market requirement for an open standard for terrain database paging. TerraPage is a Presagis-developed and supported on-disk format designed for large area terrain and texture paging. In addition to providing access to large spatial terrain databases, this standard also fulfills the role of an optimized disk format for visual systems that may not already have one.
See also
- DO-178BDO-178BDO-178B, Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and Equipment Certification is a document dealing with the safety of software used in airborne systems....
- ARINC 661Arinc 661ARINC 661 is a standard which aims to normalize the definition of a Cockpit Display System , and the communication between the CDS and User Applications which manage Aircraft avionics functions...
- ARINC 424ARINC 424ARINC 424 or ARINC 424 Navigation System Data Base Standard is an international standard file format for aircraft navigation data maintained by Airlines Electronic Engineering Committee and published by Aeronautical Radio, Inc....
- CIGICommon Image Generator InterfaceCommon Image Generator Interface is an interface designed to promote a standard way for a host device to communicate with an image generator in the simulation industry.- External links :**...
- DISDistributed Interactive SimulationDistributed Interactive Simulation is an IEEE standard for conducting real-time platform-level wargaming across multiple host computers and is used worldwide, especially by military organizations but also by other agencies such as those involved in space exploration and medicine.-History:The...
- DMSO MIL-STD-2525bAPP-6aAllied Procedural Publication 6A Military Symbols for Land Based Systems was the NATO standard for military map marking symbols. APP-6A was promulgated in December 1999. The NATO standardization agreement that covers APP-6A is STANAG 2019 , promulgated in December 2000...
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