E&S Wins BAe Contract For Avro RJ Simulator; Award Strengthens E&S's Share in Civil Market.HORSHAM, Sussex, United Kingdom--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 16, 1996-- Evans & Sutherland (E&S) (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ESCC ESCC Eastern Shore Community College ESCC East Sussex County Council ESCC Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma ESCC Enhanced Serial Communication(s) Controller ESCC Electrically Self-Calibrating Cavity ) has been awarded the visual system for Sabena Airline's Avro RJ simulator in a contract between E&S Commercial Simulation Business Unit and BAe Regional Aircraft. E&S will install and integrate the visual system on a Reflectone manufactured full flight simulator Full Flight Simulator (FFS) is a term used by National (civil) Aviation Authorities (NAA) for a high technical level of flight simulator. Such authorities include the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the United States and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in Europe. to be located at the Sabena Flight Training Centre at Brussels Airport Brussels Airport (IATA: BRU, ICAO: EBBR) (also called in Dutch: Luchthaven Zaventem or in French: Aéroport de Zaventem), also Zaventem Airport or Brussels (Zaventem) International Airport, was formerly known as " in late 1996. The visual system includes E&S's latest image generator, the ESIG-3350 GT, and its new raster/calligraphic projector, which delivers improved brightness and contrast performance. The contract marks E&S's commitment to providing complete visual systems for the full range of commercial aircraft, supplying either directly to airlines or through simulator or airframe manufacturers, and confirms its position as a global player with recent orders in the Far East, North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and Europe. The win strengthens the position E&S's Commercial Business Unit has established in the simulator visual systems sector. E&S entered the market as a complete visual systems supplier in August 1994 and has grown its share of the Commercial Simulation market to 50% with contracts from customers including United Airlines and Airbus Industrie. E&S is the only independent supplier of complete visual systems to gain FAA Level D approval. Its systems are compatible with all the major flight simulator flight simulator, device providing a controlled environment in which a flight trainee can experience conditions approximating those of actual flight. A simulator generally consists of an enclosure housing a working replica of the interior of the cockpit of an manufacturers. E&S has a long track record as a supplier of image generators to the simulator market and has been the leading supplier for the Avro/RJ/BAe 146 aircraft simulators. "Avro is a key player in the regional jet market and after a long relationship with BAe as a component supplier we are delighted by its endorsement of E&S's full visual systems capability," commented Stuart Anderson, General Manager, Evans & Sutherland Commercial Business Unit. The Commercial Simulation Unit of Evans & Sutherland Corp., centred in Horsham, Sussex, was established in 1994. Its primary role is to service civil aviation visual requirements, from top end performance machines targeting FAA Level D (and equivalent) certification standards, to lower cost devices for fixed base simulators. Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp. manufactures hardware and software for highly realistic visual systems that produce high-quality 3D graphics and synthetic environments for a variety of simulation, training, engineering, and virtual reality applications. The company has delivered visual systems for simulation and training to the civil aviation and defense industries, every U.S. branch of service, allied military forces and NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. , museums, planetariums, and location-based entertainment centers. E&S was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in the University of Utah The University of Utah (also The U or the U of U or the UU), located in Salt Lake City, is the flagship public research university in the state of Utah, and one of 10 institutions that make up the Utah System of Higher Education. Research Park, Salt Lake City. The E&S home page is located at http://www.es.com. -0- Note To Editors: E&S and ESIG ESIG European Solvents Industry Group ESIG Environmental and Societal Impacts Group (US National Center for Atmospheric Research) ESIG Electronic Signature ESIG Ecole Supérieure d'Informatique de Gestion are registered trademarks of Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp., Salt Lake City. CONTACT: Evans & Sutherland Jayne Anderson, 801/588-1502 or Bloomfield Turner Associates Celia Turner, 0171 248 1225 |
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