GL Studio has had many successes since its inception. Below are links to the complete story
for a few of these projects that we have chosen to highlight. Some of the projects you see here
are available as demonstration executables for download from our site at the "Demos" page.
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F-14 Repeater Panels :: Indra Systems |
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Indra Systems has selected DiSTI® and GL Studio™ to build the four repeater panels for the
F-14 Instructor Operator Station. The system is being developed for the Naval Air Station
Oceana in Norfolk, Virginia.
The F-14 repeaters call for the four panels to be simulated on four LCD wide-screen monitors turned
90 degrees. The simulated devices are redrawn replicas of the instruments found in the F-14 aircraft.
The system will show the Pilot and RIO screens, both left and right and will be updated in real-time
over Ethernet from the F-14 Student Station.
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A-10 IOS Upgrade :: Airforce Research Laboratory |
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The Air Force Research Laboratory in Mesa, AZ selected DiSTI®
and GL Studio™ to upgrade the cockpit repeater graphics in the Instructor Operator
Station for the A-10 Unit Training Device.
The system requirements call for a photo-realistic re-creation of the A-10 cockpit that the
instructor can view in real-time. The cockpit repeater graphics are updated by a real-time
stream of DIS Data PDUs produced by the simulator.
The simulated instruments are photo-realistic replicas of the entire A-10 cockpit, including
the main instrument panel and both pilot side panels. The system is re-configurable and is
expandable to support future aircraft upgrades. The instructor is able to pan and zoom the
display and move and scale individual instruments. GL Studio has a unique capability that allows
the instructor to be able to save customized cockpit layouts.
The current IOS system runs on SGI™, O2™ and SGI Indigo 2™ hardware. Future planned upgrades
include rehosting the system to PC based hardware. GL Studio supports this future requirement by
providing a path to migrate to PC based hardware running either Windows or Linux. No change is
required in the GL Studio source code!
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F-18 Cockpit :: L3 Communications |
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L3 Communications in Arlington, Texas has developed an F-18 cockpit Using GL Studio.
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14B58 P3-C Radar Training System :: Camber Corporation |
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Camber Corporation has selected DiSTI® and GL Studio™
to build re-configurable simulated radar control panels for the 14B58 P3-C radar training
system. The system is being developed for the Naval Air Warfare Center, Training System
Division (NAWC-TSD) in Orlando, FL and will be fielded at Jacksonville NAS.
The 14B58 P3-C re-configurable training system requirements call for the radar control
panels to be simulated on four LCD touch screen monitors. The simulated devices are photo-realistic
replicas of the radar control panels found in the P3 aircraft. The system can be re-configured
to simulate two variants of the P3 aircraft and is expandable to support future aircraft upgrades.
The radar and multi-function displays are simulated on separate networked computers and
integrated to the system using video-capture hardware. The captured video is integrated
into the GL Studio graphics as video texture in real-time.
The trainers are networked to an instructor operator station (IOS), also being developed by DiSTI.
The IOS controls and monitors the student stations and provides simulated radar contacts that
create an interactive training environment.
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T-39 Radar Intercept Trainer :: American Systems Corporation (ASC) |
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American Systems Corporation has selected DiSTI® and GL Studio™ to build the
simulated instruments for the AIRT/GMRT APG-66 Radar Training System for the T-39 aircraft. The suite
of ten networked trainers is being developed for the Naval Air Warfare Center, Training System
Division (NAWC-TSD) in Orlando, FL and will be fielded at Pensacola NAS.
The requirements call for the T-39 instruments to be simulated on two 23" LCD touch screen monitors.
The simulated instruments are exact replicas of the instruments in the Copilot station of the T-39N
aircraft and include a full simulation of the APG-66 Radar System. The system has an overall frame
rate of 30 Hz and is built from low cost PC hardware.
DiSTI used its GL Studio™ software to produce photo-realistic representations of the instrument suite
so students will see an exact animated photo replication of the cockpit. The radar simulation is run
on a separate networked PC and integrated into the system via a video capture board. The trainer also
includes an out-the-window view created with MPI’s Vega™.
This project once again shows how easily GL Studio integrates with other COTS tools to produce high
quality, real time, cost effective solutions for training. No other tool on the market provides the
power and flexibility of GL Studio.
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