CATI Training Systems 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 Incorporated (SGI) based image generator, X–IG^®.

Today, CATI′s image generator solutions and UAS Training devices are all PC–based. CATI′s image generators are specifically designed around industry-standard OpenGL^®, a high-performance graphics Application Programming Interface (API) and OpenFlight^®, the 3D standard format for the visual simulation industry.

X–IG^® and X–Gen^® runs on 100% COTS PC–based hardware and software, including Windows and Linux operating systems.