The Simulation and Analysis Division at ITT Systems and Sciences Corporation, located in Alexandria, Virginia, chose M K's VR-Link as its networking interface application and M K Stealth its battlefield visualization tool. This includes initial conditions of the chemical or biological cloud, transport and dispersion of the hazard over 3D terrain with time-varying meteorological conditions, detection, identification, and warning. CB clouds are invisible, but for purposes of teaching soldiers what happens to CB hazards in a real-life environment, ITT needed a method to accurately portray in 3D the cloud's movement, growth, and dispersion, as well as the ability to verify and debug its own code.
Soldiers have trouble discriminating the hazard clouds from the ground in rough terrain.
To overcome this problem ITT needed to be able to show the soldier a stealth view alongside his BSDS system display. ITT contracted with M K's Consulting and Engineering Services group to modify the Stealth product to develop such a capability. To get the project started, ITT provided M K with the mathematical and meteorological specifications of the clouds. At the end of the project, M K provided a modified version of the M K Stealth that could visualize the cloud volumes based upon receipt of environmental PDUs and dead reckoning messages. Dead reckoning is not so important for the positioning of the cloud, but is for the cloud's growth.