Released on = February 19, 2007, 12:16 pm

Press Release Author = Hillary Smith-Ferguson

Industry = Aerospace

Press Release Summary = AVID LLC releases SPOT software for anyone who needs the
best software for providing precise comparisons of how effective aerial surveillance
can be under varying conditions.

Press Release Body = SPOT is now available for commercial licensing!
SPOT handles camera selection (high vs. low resolution), aircraft type (fast vs.
slow), aircraft stability (smooth vs. bumpy), flight path (effect of banking),
terrain (trees, buildings, mountains), wind (constant and gusts), weather (fog,
rain, snow), and target selection. This powerful new tool can continuously
calculate the number of sensor pixels that are focused on a target by each sensor on
each vehicle.a revolutionary process for evaluating sensors that will become the
industry standard for the future.



SPOT combines a 3-D virtual world with realistic models of aircraft performance and
camera sensitivity. It can simultaneously handle multiple surveillance aircraft,
each hosting one or more cameras of user-specified capability. Using SPOT,
designers can compare the performance of surveillance platforms in an environment
and mission of their choosing from their desktop PC without the expense of flight
trials in real aircraft. There is also the option of using aircraft models
generated from other design tools, thus mission video results can be generated for
aircraft that exist only on paper.


Web Site = http://www.spot.avidaerospace.com

Contact Details = 1750 Kraft Drive Suite 1400
Blacksburg, VA 24060
540.961.0067 phone
540.961.0068 fax