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To: charlie who wrote (6162)	6/24/1999 10:48:00 PM
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SGI Wins Major Contract to Power Air Force's New F-16 Distributed Mission Trainers Full Line of Visual Systems and Servers to Enhance Tactical Training and Safety MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- SGI (NYSE: SGI - news) today announced it has been selected by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT - news) to provide sophisticated, high-performance visual computing equipment to power the world's first networked, full-mission F-16 simulators. The simulators will allow pilots to engage in virtual missions with other pilots operating simulators from locations worldwide. As part of the U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command's distributed mission training initiative, the F-16 simulators will enable pilots to experience an automated full-mission briefing, participate in virtual combat sorties and link with other participants such as AWACs aircraft, ground troops and tank crews -- all in virtual reality. The new simulators will offer automated debriefings to give pilots feedback on their performance during their virtual missions. ''As the world leader in visual display systems, SGI is providing a key element necessary for this world-class team to deliver the best value to the Air Force,'' said Al Barber, vice president, Tactical Defense Systems, Lockheed Martin. ''With its geo-specific, photo-derived imagery, the system recreates mission rehearsal scenarios -- in real time.'' The new simulators are expected to play a critical role in mission rehearsal and safety of flight procedures, which include responding to such events as engine flameout, that are otherwise impractical from a safety standpoint. With the networked simulators, pilots will fly virtual missions in which they can zero in on ground targets, evade threats, engage in combat and perform all types of maneuvers. ''The SGI technology powering these simulators will enable pilots to move seamlessly from low-altitude, on-the-deck air-to-ground missions to high-altitude air-to-air combat,'' said Anthony Robbins, vice president, Federal Systems Area, SGI. ''Our visual computing systems will allow the simulators to operate in the same multi-role function the F-16 plays in actual missions.'' The first simulators are slated for delivery to Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., and to Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. SGI will provide SGI(TM) Origin(TM) 2000 and Origin(TM) 200 servers, Silicon Graphics® Onyx2(TM) graphics systems and Silicon Graphics® Octane®, Silicon Graphics® 320 and Silicon Graphics® 540 visual workstations. SOURCE: SGI