NASA SBIR SUCCESS STORY Johnson Space Center
1988 Phase II

SimTool: An Advanced Simulation Support Environment

Lincom Corporation acquired by Titan Corporation

Houston, TX

INNOVATION
Created and Automatic Ada code generation and object based simulation construction. It also has a domain based simulation classification with graphical construction and control of simulations with integrated data control and analysis
Sample Display from SimTool
Sample Display from SimTool
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS
  • The technology has the unique capability for simplified simulation construction in a commercially available standardized computer language (Ada). The technology also can be used as a software tool by engineers to develop, operate, and maintain simulation applications, software components and simulation data. The government was provide with the SimTool version 1.0.
COMMERCIALIZATION
  • Market LinCom Corporation has been purchased by the Titan Corporation (NYSE:TTN).
  • Headquartered in San Diego, California, The Titian Corporation is an Incubator of technology based commercial business, offering innovative and advanced technical solutions
  • Titan has 3,400 employees, annualized sales of approximately $500 million and total backlog in excess of $1 billion.
  • The VrTool TM is listed in the Silicon Graphics Inc.(SGI) product catalogue
GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS
  • Pattern for Software development on the reusable Object Software environment (ROSE) project
  • Many capabilities developed in SimTool incorporated into NASA simulation tools (Trick)
  • Organizations with continuous math model development:
  • Space Vehicle Control System
  • Vehicle Performance Analysis
  • Robotic Manipulator Systems
  • Multi-Vehicle Rendezvous and Docking
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