2007 news and press-releases

Current news and press-releases published in 2007.

• December 2007:DGA leaders visited a “champion SME”
  The Official representatives of the French MoD (Ministry of Defense) and the head of the DGA (General Armament Delegation) recently visited the OKTAL-SE Company in Toulouse. Mr. Lureau (head of DGA) takes a keen interest in SME companies such as OKTAL-SE that shows great motivation and constant efforts to be present and competitive both on national and international scales.
  Read more at: French DGA Officials in Toulouse
  

• October 2007:Second SE-Workbench User Group meeting
  For the second time in the history of OKTAL-SE, almost 20 experts from different European countries, representing several parts of the DGA, FOI, ONERA, FGAN, MBDA, SAGEM, EADS and GoVirtual met to discuss the multi-sensor SE-Workbench simulation software technology.
  Read more at: Second SE-Workbench User Group meeting
  

• September 2007: OKTAL-SE selects OpenSceneGraph for SE-FAST-IR
  OKTAL-SE recently selected the OpenSceneGraph library for the development of its real-time visible and infrared rendering software. From now on, the SE-SCENARIO, SE-FAST and SE-FAST-IR software from OKTAL-SE are based on the OpenSceneGraph development kit.
  Read more at: OpenSceneGraph for infrared rendering
  

• March 2007: OKTAL-SE and FGAN-FHR case study at 35 GHz
  The OKTAL-SE company in France and the FGAN-FHR research institute in Germany are proud to present the results of a common case study on high frequency RCS computation. A metallic object made of a cylinder and 4 winglets was measured at 35 GHz in the measurement facility of FGAN-FHR. The 3D virtual mockup of the same object (made of 20.000 polygons) was used to compute the RCS under the same conditions at 35 GHz with the SE-RAY-EM software developed by OKTAL-SE in partnership with ONERA in France.
  Access to the summary of results: RCS measurement/simulation at 35GHz
  

• February 2007: OKTAL-SE at the AeroIndia-2007 exhibition
  OKTAL-SE will be present to the Aero India 2007 exhibition that will take place from February 7 to 11, at the Air Force Station, Yelahanka, Bangalore in India. For more details on this exhibition, please refer to the web-site: www.aeroindia.in.
  The sales manager of OKTAL-SE, Mr. Philippe CRESPIN, will be happy to discuss with you and present the main activities of the company at the MACMET booth number F-16. The MACMET company is the official representative of OKTAL-SE in India.
  Find the booth location: Booth location
  

• January 2007: OKTAL-SE in the Air&Cosmos review
  Following the Science and Defense price, an article was published in the "Air&Cosmos" review in France (Number 2062, 26 Janvier 2007). This article presents the main functions of the SE-RAY-EM/FERMAT software and its potential applications. Mr. Jean Latger, CEO of OKTAL-SE, also presents the different projects already achieved with the software.
  Access the text of the article (in French only): Air&Cosmos, January 2007
  

• January 2007: The Science and Defense Price
  The OKTAL-SE company, together with ONERA and the Toulouse University of Science, won the price “SCIENCE AND DEFENSE” for the project FERMAT/SE-RAY-EM. The price was given by Mr. François LUREAU, General Deputy for the Armament in France, in the name of Mrs. Michèle ALLIOT-MARIE, French Minister of Defense. The price “SCIENCE AND DEFENSE”, created in September 1983, rewards each year the most eminent scientific contributions for science and technology, interesting national defense.
  Read more at: Science and Defense price
  Read more on the ONERA web-site: Jean Latger interview (in french)