Discover the latest Pitch Recorder 3.0 introducing a significant and unique new capability called “Keyframe Jump”. This feature guarantees that playback of a simulation recording always begins with accurate states.
Pitch Recorder is a powerful tool for capturing any type of data from your simulation for real-time monitoring and debugging as well as replaying in support of after action reviews. Record and playback all data streams HLA/DIS, Audio, Video in synchronization. Works with object model of your choice, whether RPR FOM, NETN FOM, Space FOM, ATM FOM or other. Control from any UI including web-based UIs and easily store in variety of database formats.
Take the time to catch up on the latest distributed simulation technologies with Pitch.
We have hosted free webinars on a series of topics related to distributed simulation.
In 2020 Pitch delivered a total of 15 Pitch Café webinars with more than 13 hours of information on distributed simulation to more than 500 participants from over 20 countries. Webinar presentations and demonstrations have been approximately 30 minutes long followed by Q&A with experts.
See below for more information on past sessions.
2020 Webinars Recap
Spring Series
23 April Building Space Simulations with HLA, the Space FOM
28 April Simulated Radio
30 April Build Distributed Simulations with ease
20 May Introduction to Cross-Domain Security for Training
28 May Time Management in HLA Made Easy
10 June HLA & Air Traffic Control Simulation
25 June Building a Unified infrastruture for Distributed Simulation
Pitch Technologies is proud to announce the receipt of a substantial award from the 100 M$ Epic Games MegaGrant fund. The grant enables Pitch to develop new technologies for combining its leading simulation capabilities, based on open standards, with the Unreal Engine. The result will be an architecture that makes game-based simulation and training more distributed, high-performing and secure.
“Our collaboration with Epic Games will make the power of the Unreal Game Engine more accessible to simulation developers. Pitch has a leading position in the open standards based simulation community and has a wide range of products that will synergize with Unreal Engine. The collaboration will also help game developers collaborate with simulation developers. Furthermore, this is a stepping-stone for innovation, where the bigger picture can be simulated and interacted with in VR, AR and MR in previously unseen applications.” said Björn Möller, President of Pitch.
[Linkoping, Sweden & Bristol, United Kingdom : 17 June 2020]
Vocavio Technologies has announced the availability of their vCONNECT plug-in for Pitch Talk, a real-time interface to Pitch Technologies’ simulated radio/intercom software product Pitch Talk.
Vocavio’s plug-in ingests Pitch Talk’s audio streams into their vCONNECT analytics platform, for near real-time analysis of team communication performances in synthetic training environments. The vCONNECT platform from Vocavio assesses communication & coordination performance in high workload, high stress environments, measuring non-verbal cues in speech dialog e.g. pitch, rhythm and tone of voice.
Pitch Talk is a communications framework to support distributed simulation, covering a wide range of applications from individual and crew training to theatre level command and control training. Pitch Talk enables high fidelity simulation-based training with highly realistic voice communications through simulated radios and intercoms.
Vocavio Technologies, VP Product, Conor McKenna, said, “Capturing quality audio is critical to generating insights from speech dialog, so developing the vCONNECT plug-in for Pitch Talk was an important step in providing a seamless solution to the synthetic training community. This unique combination blends audio realism in training with scientific analysis to generate insights not previously available.”
Bjorn Möller, Pitch’s President, added, “Vocavio’s connection with Pitch Talk combines a revolutionary and novel communication analysis technology with off-the-shelf simulated radio/intercom. I believe that many defense and also air traffic control customers could enhance both training and operations with Pitch Talk and vCONNECT.”
VOCAVIO TECHNOLOGIES
Vocavio enables simulation providers to assess teams that are training for high-stress high-workload environments. The performance data generated brings a new evidence-based approach to debriefing critical non-technical skills of communication, teamwork and decision making. Scientifically validated in trials with military and commercial pilots. Accessible alongside your existing communications infrastructure, via cloud or enterprise license. Website: www.vocavio.com Follow us on twitter @VocavioMetrics
PITCH TECHNOLOGIES
Founded in 1991 in Linkoping, Sweden, Pitch Technologies is the world leader in standards-based interoperability products and services for training and simulation. Pitch has sold more than 100,000 licenses to aerospace and defense customers in 38 countries. Our mission is to make systems work together using open standards. Pitch has offices in Sweden, France, UK and USA. More info at www.pitchtechnologies.com.
EUROCONTROL, EUROCAE and Pitch would like to invite you to the free webinar on HLA & Air Traffic Control Simulation.
Agenda: 10 of June 14:00 CEST / 13:00 BST / 08:00 US ET
14:00 Introduction to the Webinar
14:05 Real-time platforms of future Air Traffic Control and simulation based validation using HLA by Thomas Damm (DFS), Jean-Christophe Cota (EUROCONTROL), Martin Johansson (Pitch Technologies)
15:05 Break
15:20 Pitch’s contribution to the ongoing efforts of EUROCAE by Boris Pothier and Martin Johansson (Pitch Technologies)
16:10 Close
Interested?
The webinar will be delivered via WebEx. For questions contact: patrick.penot@pitch.se
Building a Simulation Infrastructure for the Next Generation European Air Traffic Management System
SESAR (Single European Sky ATM Research) programme is the primary vehicle founded to demonstrate the viability of the technological and operational solutions for the European Union’s Single European Sky (SES) initiative.
In support of SESAR, EUROCAE leads a number of technical standardisation activities. One of the task forces within EUROCAE, WG-81, is focused on analysing the means, opportunities and technical challenges to enhance the functionality and behaviour of real-time ATM platforms by linking different real-time platforms and by incorporating fast-time models and tools in the run. WG-81 also looks into study requirements for this interoperability and examines the requirements for common data interchange standards, data preparation facilities and high-level exchange protocols.
EUROCONTROL, EUROCAE and Pitch Technologies (Pitch) have been cooperating in support of the above activities and the development of a standardized distributed simulation information exchange model based on ATM Validation Platforms Interoperability Specification (ED-147).
Join us in this webinar to get a detail account of the above ongoing activity and discuss some of the challenges in developing a simulation interoperability infrastructure for building the next generation European Air Traffic Management system.
Discussion Topics
The webinar will be presented in two parts with a short break in between.
The first part will start with an overview of EUROCAE’s activities focusing the Interoperability of ATM Validation Platforms, specifically the work of WG81 Group, which has led to the standardization of an information exchange model called ED-147. It will also discuss the ongoing cooperation between parties to develop a computerized procedure that ingests ED-147 to create a federation object model (FOM) for HLA based distributed simulation.
The second part of the webinar will present a detailed account of Pitch’s contribution to the project developing FOM ED147, associated products and some of the technical challenges.
Thomas Damm Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH and the Chairman of WG 81
Jean-Christophe Cota EUROCONTROL
Martin Johansson Pitch Technologies
Boris Pothier Pitch Technologies
Patrick Penot (moderator) Pitch Technologies
About EUROCAE
The EASCG was created as a joint advisory group to coordinate the European ATM-related standardisation activities, essentially stemming from the European ATM Master Plan, in support of Single European Sky (SES) implementation. EUROCAE plays a leading role in this coordination group. For more information visit www.eurocae.net
About EUROCONTROL
EUROCONTROL is an intergovernmental organisation with 41 Member and 2 Comprehensive Agreement States. We are committed to building, together with our partners, a Single European Sky (SES) that will deliver the air traffic management (ATM) performance required for the twenty-first century and beyond. For more information visit www.eurocontrol.int
About Pitch Technologies
Founded in 1991 in Linkoping, Sweden, Pitch Technologies is the world leader in interoperability products and services for training and simulation. Pitch has sold more than 130,000 software licenses to aerospace and defence customers in 38 countries. Pitch’s products make systems work together using open standards. Pitch has offices in Sweden, France, UK and USA. Pitch is a BAE Systems company. For more information visit www.pitchtechnologies.com
As Work From Home is becoming the new norm for majority of us in the midst of coronavirus outbreak, we anticipate more support calls than normal in the coming months.
We want to do everything we can to continue to support you in these exceptional circumstances so that you can carry on with business as usual as much as possible.
Pitch’s Home Working Package offers:
Free temporary software licenses so people can continue their regular simulation development work or learn HLA while at home, and
Swedish Army land warfare center during Tactical Command Training Photo Courtesy of Mats Carlsson/Swedish Armed Forces
In September, Pitch provided system configuration and management plus exercise support for ASÖ 19, a week-long Swedish Army staff exercise involving 454 participants at 3 sites, engaging brigade staffs to develop ground tactical capabilities.
Major Björn Lahger, head of the Swedish Army’s staff training facility at Markstridsskolan (Ground Combat School) said, “Pitch has provided a necessary support to us, to be able to conduct the first distributed exercise of this size at the army land warfare center.”Read more about the ASÖ exercise (in Swedish) on Swedish Armed Forces (Försvarsmaktens) website:
Pitch is contracted to maintain and support the Tactical Command Trainer, LTS-Bat, originally developed by BAE Systems. The training system is used for command and staff training at battalion and up to double brigade level exercises with up to 1100 military participants.
LONDON, Nov. 20, 2019 – Pitch Technologies is delighted to announce that it was awarded a long-term contract from the prime contractor, Boeing Defence UK, to deliver simulation infrastructure tools and support services for the development of Royal Air Force’s (RAF) new multi-year training programme called “Gladiator”.
The programme is the pathfinder to a series of future training systems programmes establishing RAF’s future simulation based operational training capability. It will deliver a simulation hub at RAF Waddington enabling RAF crews and supporting ground forces to train together in complex training scenarios at multiple dispersed locations and with NATO and other allied nations.
In line with UK Ministry of Defence’s strategic direction towards High Level Architecture (HLA) standard for modelling and simulation interoperability, Pitch will provide commercial- off-the-shelf interoperability tools for simulation development, distributed real-time execution, data recording and synchronised playback. Pitch will also provide key software components for Cross-Domain Security (CDS), enabling training across different levels of information security.
“Pitch Technologies is thrilled to support the Royal Air Force in its move to HLA, a move we are seeing around the world. For us it also confirms our market leading position in distributed training based on open standards and security in simulation.” said Bjorn Moller, President of Pitch Technologies. “We’re also pleased to work together with Boeing in the development of this capability and delivery of services over the next five years.”
Pitch’s HLA training courses teach the fundamental and advanced parts of HLA through a mix of lectures and hands-on lab exercises. Two upcoming HLA training courses in Europe still have room for a few additional students.
HLA Hands On Open Course – France Date/Location: 15-17 October, Paris Contact: Patrick Penot, patrick.penot@pitch.se The course will be in French.
HLA Hands On Open Course – UK Date/Location: November, London Contact: Suranga.Wickramasekera, suranga.wickramasekera@pitchtechnologies.com
HLA Hands On Open Course – Sweden Date/Location: 22-24 October, Linköping Contact: Martin Johansson, martin.johansson@pitch.se