OPNET Teams with MÃK Technologies’ for New Distributed Warfare Simulation Capabilities
OPNET confirms interoperability of its HLA module with MÄK Technologies’ market-leading runtime infrastructure
BETHESDA, MD– September 16, 2003 --OPNET Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPNT), a leading provider of management software for networks and applications, today announced the completion of interoperability testing of its HLA module with MÄK Technologies’ RTI. By using the MÄK RTI, OPNET’s customers can more effectively simulate the network-centric warfare environment by incorporating communications effects into force-on-force simulations, hardware-in-the-loop studies, and training applications.
The U.S. Defense Modeling and Simulation Office’s (DMSO) High Level Architecture (HLA) is a standard for distributed simulations to support warfare analysis and planning. The RTI provides a set of services used by simulators and simulations to coordinate their operations and data exchange during runtime execution. The MAK RTI has been verified by DMSO as HLA compliant.
Yev Gurevich, Vice President of Engineering at OPNET, stated, “Our defense industry clients are interested in using the HLA standard for simulating the network-centric warfare environment. We are pleased to be working closely with MÄK, a pioneer in the field of distributed simulations for the defense community.”
Warren Katz, COO of MÄK, added, “We're very pleased that OPNET, the leading vendor of analysis software for battlefield networks, has selected the MÄK RTI to provide their HLA networking. The two products represent the best of their respective breeds, and their combination will provide the best commercial option for integrated C4ISR performance analysis.”
Availability
OPNET’s currently available HLA module for OPNET Modeler 10.0 is compatible with the MÄK RTI.
About OPNET
OPNET Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of management software for networks and applications. OPNET’s best-in-class solutions address: application performance troubleshooting; network configuration auditing; network capacity and resiliency planning; application deployment planning; systems capacity planning; and network technology R&D. OPNET solutions have been operationally proven in thousands of customer environments worldwide, including corporate enterprises, government and defense agencies, network service providers, and network manufacturers.
About MÄK Technologies
MÄK Technologies develops software to link, simulate and visualize the virtual world. We create tools and toolkits for distributed simulations, develop PC-based military tactical trainers, craft custom solutions, and research and develop the latest simulation technologies. We build commercial off the shelf simulation software that is flexible, portable and supported. Whether you choose our best-selling networking toolkit, VR-Link or our computer generated forces toolkit, VR-Forces, you have purchased a product backed by the industry's leading distributed simulation experts. MÄK's primary users are in the defense industry, though the company's products and solutions are applicable to anyone with a distributed simulation requirement. Our worldwide customers include ITT Industries, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Tenix, Dassault and BAE. Please call 617.876.8085 or visit www.mak.com for more information.
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