New product to model on-the-move urban communications for military operations

EXTON, Pa. and STATE COLLEGE, Pa., April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Analytical Graphics, Inc. (AGI), the producer of commercial off-the-shelf software for integrated analysis of space, defense and intelligence assets, today announced its new partnership with Remcom, a provider of electromagnetic simulation software products. AGI is extending its STK/Communications software with Remcom's rapid urban propagation models. The combination will model how mobile ad-hoc network performance influences net-centric intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) operations in urban terrain. Release is scheduled for fall 2009.

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Remcom's real-time propagation models produce higher-fidelity results than empirical techniques, but at greatly reduced computation times compared to full physics-based models. Integrating this technology with AGI's analytic models of motion and orientation of land, air and space nodes; complex antenna patterns and pointing; ISR sensors; and jamming environments provides a broad operational perspective for design, test and operations of tactical mobile communications, net-centric ISR architectures and urban tactics.

"We are thrilled that Remcom's technology will provide this added value to our users in the defense and intelligence communities who need to know when they might lose communications," says Dr. Peter Aves, AGI director of Partners & Alliances.

"AGI's STK/Communications software and Remcom's Wireless InSite Real-Time is a powerful combination, embedding our high-speed urban propagation simulations within a world-class mission planning tool," says Gregory Skidmore, Remcom director of Propagation Software. The Remcom team is very enthusiastic about this collaborative endeavor with AGI."

About Remcom

Remcom has been a market leader in the field of electromagnetic simulation software for nearly 15 years, creating the first universally usable full wave EM solver to be based on the Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) method. In addition to its flagship product, XFdtd(R), Remcom provides a suite of innovative software and services for antenna design and propagation, including Wireless InSite(R), XGtd(R), government software development and support, and more. Remcom is committed to its customers' unique needs, offering flexible licensing options for installations of all sizes as well as custom engineered solutions. Learn more at www.remcom.com.

About AGI

Analytical Graphics, Inc. (AGI) develops physics-based software that computes and depicts the relationships among moving objects over time. Space, defense and intelligence community professionals use it to model, simulate and operate Earth- and space-based systems. The software can be purchased as ready-to-use applications or development tools with flexible pricing and licensing options. For more information, visit www.agi.com.

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