Luciad showcases its latest innovations for joint situational awareness at Eurosatory

High performance visualization software on display on booth #F100c (June 16-20, Paris)

Leuven, Belgium, May 28th 2008 --[ASDWire]-- Luciad, the leading software provider for distribution and high performance visualization of geospatial information, will be presenting a number of new product capabilities for Command and Control applications at Eurosatory on June 16-20 at the Parc d' Expositions de Paris-Nord Villepinte, France. Eurosatory is the premier international meeting place for land and air/land defense.

On booth # F100c at the Paris event, visitors will experience live displays of LuciadMap, the company's flagship software component toolbox for building mission-critical command and control applications. In its recent release, LuciadMap V8 offers new 3D capabilities such as a global terrain view up to arbitrary detail from entire globe down to sub-meter resolution, terrain server support for distributed fast on-the-fly data retrieval, and Terrain Analysis and intervisibility enhancements.

In addition, Version 8 introduces remarkably powerful new capabilities for the handling of large amounts of data without the need for preprocessing, with optimal use of multi-threading and multi-core processing technologies.

Next to 3D Joint Operational Picture displays, there will be demos of interactive multi-touch campaign and mission planning tools. For Force Tracking and Combat Management in the field, there will also be deployable tactical displays on show.

"Our presence at this global gathering of defense experts will position LuciadMap as the reference solution for building mission-critical Command and Control systems," said Lode Missiaen, CEO from Luciad, "further strengthening the impressive track record our product currently holds with key system integrators, NATO and national MOD's.

More information about Luciad's products and services can be found on www.luciad.com

About Luciad

Luciad provides software solutions for high performance visualization of geospatial information. Luciad's software components are the building blocks for mission-critical Command and Control systems.

Luciad's core product is LuciadMap, a software solution that system integrators and original equipment manufactures can easily integrate into their existing systems. LuciadMap can handle large numbers of static and moving data on top of geographical information, including maps, satellite imagery, and terrain elevation in many different formats and references to achieve a high situational awareness.

Luciad also offers an end-user product, based on LuciadMap's technology: ATCPlayback, a viewing capability to play back, review, and analyze simulated or recorded air traffic data. It is a powerful, user-friendly suite that graphically replays and intuitively analyzes ATC simulation results by enabling users to interactively refine the analysis process and graphically visualize the results.

Dedicated to providing its clients with the best possible service, Luciad Professional Services will assess advanced system requirements and assist system integrators with the implementation of fully integrated solutions.

Luciad's international customer base includes NATO, DGA, TNO, DCNS, Thales, EADS, Lockheed Martin, Thales Raytheon Systems, DRDC, DSTA, SAGEM, Saab, Terma, Patria and Havelsan.

Visit www.luciad.com for more information.