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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SCALABLE NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES AND VT MÄK INTRODUCE NETWORK CENTRIC FORCES SIMULATION TOOLKIT

Out-of-the-box Digital Battlefield Simulation Package Provides Real World Representation of Battlefield Communication Effects

Cambridge, Mass., January 27, 2009 – Scalable Network Technologies, Inc. (SNT), the leader in wireless network evaluation, and VT MÄK, (MÄK), a company of VT Systems Inc (VT Systems), announced the introduction of Network Centric Forces (NCF), a new toolkit for creating battlefield simulations where network communications are a central component. MÄK and SNT are exhibiting together and demonstrating NCF at the IDGA Network Centric Warfare conference January 28-30th in Washington, DC.

Network Centric Warfare (NCW), currently in development as a critical part of future US and Western allies’ military operations, depends on a wireless communications infrastructure that supports on-the-move communication. NCW has created the need for a new generation of simulation tools for training modern war fighters who depend on these on-the-move-communications.

Network Centric Forces is a comprehensive Network Centric Warfare simulation package that realistically models the interrelation of network conditions and human behavior to predict battle outcomes. NCF includes QualNet®, SNT’s simulation engine for predicting network performance, and VR-Forces®, MÄK’s toolkit for generating and executing battlefield scenarios - all the tools a customer needs to get their network-enabled battlefield simulation started quickly.

Through ultra high-fidelity simulation of the communications environment, NCFprovides a new level of realism for mission planning and rehearsalreadiness training. VR-Forces provides behavior and threat modeling in a user-friendly GUI environment that accurately determines and realistically displays entity movement. In combination with QualNet’s communication network modeling, NCF can determine how factors like urban terrain, dropped packets, traffic surges and weather conditions collectively impact overall battle outcomes.

“The biggest challenge in designing and deploying network-centric systems is building a network infrastructure that can handle a diverse range of traffic types, such as call for fire, situational awareness, etc., all over a shared infrastructure, and in a predictable manner. NCF models the lynchpin of network centric operations – how individual network factors and human behavior combine to determine the outcome of battle.”

~ Rajive BAGRODIA, Ph. D.

Founder & CEO, Scalable Network Technologies

"Representation of communications effects in battlefield simulation is rapidly being acknowledged as mandatory to achieve any level of credibility. Whether it's experimentation, training, mission rehearsal or Course of Action Analysis, this out-of-the-box digital battlefield simulation will save the user time, money, and provide the highest quality representation of the effects of communication on the battlefield."

~ Warren KATZ

Chief Executive Officer, VT MÄK

Pricing and Availability

NCF is available now. For more information or pricing, please contact r .

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Scalable Network Technologies (Los Angeles, CA) develops and supports high-fidelity emulation and simulation software that revolutionizes the design and development of wireless networks and devices for commercial and military applications. QualNet Developer is the only modeling and simulation tool that can evaluate early-stage alternative device designs and application code at real time speed, at a scale of up to thousands of network nodes. EXata is the only network evaluation tool that can create “software virtual networks” – exact digital replicas of physical networks in virtual space that are indistinguishable to applications, devices, or users. Together these tools provide an integrated and seamless solution for evaluating and assuring the reliability of legacy and future wireless networks. Customers include major aerospace and defense customers, the US Department of Defense, mobile network operators, as well as research agencies and universities. For more information visit

VT MÄK, a company of VT Systems, develops software to link, simulate and visualize the virtual world. MÄK creates tools and toolkits for distributed simulations, develops PC-based military tactical and operational trainers, crafts custom solutions, and researches and develops the latest simulation technologies. The company builds commercial off the shelf simulation software that is flexible, portable and supported. MÄK puts its distributed simulation expertise in each of its interoperable products, from the VR-Link networking toolkit, to VR-Forces, MÄK’s computer generated forces toolkit. MÄK’s worldwide customers include ITT Industries, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Thales, Tenix, Dassault, and BAE. Please visit

VT Systems and its subsidiaries are preferred providers of engineering solutions, products, integrated systems and services in the Americas across the core business areas of marine, aerospace, electronics and land systems. Headquartered in Alexandria, VA, VT Systems operates throughout North America and offers a broad range of proven innovative services to both the commercial and government sectors. VT Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd. Please visit

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Michelene K. St. Amand

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Camille Cox
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