FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CATI Training Systems Completes FSXXI CH-47F OFT X-IG® 4.1 Upgrades
Ozark, AL., June 24, 2019
was contracted by L3 Link Training and Simulation to supply X–IG™ Image Generator for a
fourth CH-47F OFT Chinook Operational Flight Trainer (OFT) and upgrade of all three existing
U.S. Army’s Flight School XXI (FSXXI) CH-47F OFT devices from X–IG™ 3.3 to X– IG™ 4.1.
The CH-47F OFT4, was accepted and ready for training (RFT) by the U.S. Army in December of 2018.
CATI’s latest X–IG™ Image Generator includes up-to-date industry technologies, significant performance
improvements and the addition of an expanded library of content to include: more realistic blowing dust,
weather effects, models, and vegetation options. The existing CH-47F OFT devices entered service this
spring at the Warrior Hall facility in Daleville, AL. FSXXI was started in 2004 and trains as
many as 1600 new student pilots per year.
About CATI Training Systems
CATI is headquartered in Ozark, AL, and was initially incorporated in 1992 as Carmel
Applied Technologies, Inc. CATI entered the competitive visual system providers
market in 1997 with an OpenGL™ Silicon Graphics (SGI) based image generator,
X–IG®. CATI Training Systems continues to provide engineering services and
products for government, commercial, and civilian organizations around the
world.
Today, CATI′s image generator solutions and UAS Training devices are all PC–
based. CATI′s image generators are specifically designed around industrystandard
OpenGL™, a high-performance graphics Application Programming
Interface (API), and OpenFlight™, the 3D standard format for the visual simulation
industry.
The open design of X–IG® and X–Gen®, run on 100% Commercial-Off the
Shelf (COTS) PC–based hardware and software. This allows us to offer high-performance,
versatile capabilities for various types of training, testing, and
experimentation. X-IG® and its suite of associated tools and programs offer
superior image fidelity, realism, and ease of integration with most simulation
systems.
Every system CATI delivers provides unmatched ease of use, open architecture,
COTS tools, and flexible interface options as well as low acquisition, overhead,
and life cycle support costs.
Contact:
Vincent C. Hill
Vice President Business Development
CATI Training Systems
C: 850-461-9642
O: 334-598-1319
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