E&S to Upgrade Command and Tactics Trainer for U.K. Army.SALT LAKE CITY -- Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp. (E&S(R)) (Nasdaq: 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 ) today announced that the company has successfully completed the third phase of the upgrade to the United Kingdom Army Aviation Command and Tactics Trainer (ACTT ACTT n abbr (BRIT) (= Association of Cinematographic, Television and Allied Technicians) → sindicato de técnicos de cine y televisión ) and has been awarded phase four. The phase four upgrade contract includes a major software upgrade to the existing stations, further enhancing the tactical training capability for all the simulated platforms. E[acute accent acute accent n. A mark (´) indicating: a. that a vowel is close or tense, as é in French été. b. that a vowel or syllable has a high or rising pitch, as in Chinese or Ancient Greek. c. ]The School of Army Aviation is successfully using the tactics trainer for the Attack Helicopter A helicopter specifically designed to employ various weapons to attack and destroy enemy targets. Mission Commanders course in addition to the Army Pilots Course (APC (1) (American Power Conversion Corporation, West Kingston, RI, www.apcc.com) The leading manufacturer of UPS systems and surge suppressors, founded in 1981 by Rodger Dowdell, Neil Rasmussen and Emanual Landsman, three electronic power engineers who had worked at MIT. ) -- Operational Training Phase (OTP (1) (One Time Programmable) Refers to programming content or logic into chips such as EPROMs and EEPROMs, which cannot be reversed. See antifuse. (2) (One Time P ), Aviation Mission Commanders Course, Squadron Commanders Course and the Electronic Warfare Instructors Course. E[acute accent]Lt. Col. Andy Wellesley AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) An audio compression technology that is part of the MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 standards. AAC, especially MPEG-4 AAC, provides greater compression and better sound quality than MP3, which also came out of the MPEG standard. , the chief ground instructor at Middle Wallop, commented, "The ACTT is an essential enabler to the success of these courses, providing realistic tactical training in an all-arms synthetic environment. The ACTT goes from strength to strength." E[acute accent]"The continued success of the ACTT program to meet the tactical training needs of Army Aviation in today's dynamic environment is an excellent example of what can be accomplished with close collaboration between the end user (School of Army Aviation), the contracting agency (Defense Procurement Agency) and the contractor (Evans & Sutherland)," said E&S Simulation Systems Vice President David Figgins. "Our continuing execution of our customer's vision for this product ensures that the needs of Army Aviation will be met now and in the future, including the ability to integrate with other United Kingdom networked training initiatives." E[acute accent]About Evans & Sutherland E[acute accent]Evans & Sutherland produces professional hardware and software to create highly realistic visual images for simulation, training, engineering and other applications throughout the world. E&S visual systems are used in both military and commercial systems, as well as planetariums and interactive theaters. Visit the E&S Web site at http://www.es.com. E[acute accent]E&S is a registered trademark of Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp., Salt Lake City. |
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