STN ATLAS selects Onyx 3000 to develop Swiss Army's Electronic Tactical SimulatorBremen 27 November 2000 STN ATLAS Elektronik GmbH, Bremen, Germany, has selected the SGI Onyx 3000 series as the graphics system platform for the Swiss Army's Electronic Tactical Simulator for Mechanized Formations (ELTAM) program.
As part of a multimillion-dollar contract approved by the Swiss Parliament
under its 1999 Arms Program, STN ATLAS will supply a large-scale simulation
system to the Swiss Army for combined arms combat training at the squadron and
battalion level. The ELTAM system will encompass all command and control
operations as well as military engagements performed in real time in a virtual
battle scenario.
Once the simulation system is installed and delivered to the Swiss Army in
October 2001, it will be impossible for trainees to distinguish between
military units actually involved in a virtual battle and units simulated by the
SGI Onyx 3000 series graphics systems. SGI will supply four SGI Onyx
3400 graphics systems with four graphics pipes and four three-pipe SGI Onyx
3400 systems to be used for the full mission tank simulators.
"We selected SGI Onyx 3400 because only this series of high-performance
graphics systems has the power and real-time visualization capabilities
required to meet the needs of the Swiss Army," said Ulrich Sasse, head of the
Simulation Systems Division, STN ATLAS.
The recently released SGI Onyx 3000 series, which includes SGI Onyx 3400, is
the world's most powerful visualization system series, providing breathtaking
performance. Designed to simultaneously process 3D graphics, 2D imagery and
video data, the SGI Onyx 3000 series scales from single-user systems to those
that combine the ultimate in supercomputing and visualization technologies.
As part of the ELTAM system, instructors will have a bird's-eye view of the
virtual battle scenario as it unfolds from any point in the terrain. In
addition, the scenario can be observed by instructors through tank optical
systems such as periscopes and angular mirrors.
SGI is also supplying 22 Silicon Graphics Octane2 visual workstations
for the ELTAM part-task trainers. The Silicon Graphics Octane2 visual
workstation delivers more visualization power than any other UNIX desktop
workstation. Octane2 combines the groundbreaking, next-generation VPro 3D
graphics system, the latest high-performance MIPS processor and
industry-leading system bandwidth in an affordable power desktop package.
Due to the modular and coherent design of the ELTAM simulator, components such
as additional workstations for co-trainees or new combat compartments can be
added without having to change the system concept. The computer components of
the system are linked via an FDDI network.
STN ATLAS Elektronik GmbH specializes in the manufacture and supply of
electronics equipment and systems for applications within the defense industry.
One of Germany's leading electronics and systems companies, STN ATLAS covers a
broad spectrum of services in the simulation field, including tank gunnery and
combat simulation, battlefield and direct-fire weapon effects simulation,
traffic and driving simulation, nautical and tactical simulation and flight
simulation part task/full mission.
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