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The MathWorks Introduces Aerospace Toolbox

New Product Facilitates Flight-Data Analysis in MATLAB

NATICK, Mass. - (11 Dec 2006)

The MathWorks today introduced Aerospace Toolbox, which provides reference standards, environmental models, support for importing aerodynamic coefficients, and three-dimensional visualization capabilities in MATLAB ®. With a built-in interface to FlightGear flight simulator, Aerospace Toolbox lets engineers visualize flight data in a three-dimensional environment and reconstruct behavioral anomalies in flight-test results. By streamlining aerospace data analysis in MATLAB, Aerospace Toolbox accelerates the design and development of aerospace and defense systems.

"Aerospace Toolbox includes a broad range of aerospace functions for MATLAB so that engineers can focus on their areas of expertise instead of programming tasks," said Jason Ghidella, technical marketing manager at The MathWorks. "With Aerospace Toolbox, engineers no longer  need to spend time maintaining in-house aerospace utilities or updating environmental models."

To ensure design consistency, Aerospace Toolbox comes with utilities for unit conversions, coordinate transformations, and quaternion math, along with standards-based environmental models for the atmosphere, gravity, and magnetic fields. Flight parameter utilities calculate such common parameters as equivalent airspeed, Mach number, and dynamic pressure.

Engineers can now easily import aerodynamic coefficients from the widely used U.S. Air Force Digital Data Compendium (Datcom) into MATLAB to carry out preliminary control design and vehicle performance analysis. Previously, these coefficients had to be input manually. Using the coefficients with Aerospace Blockset, available separately, lets engineers calculate aerodynamic forces and moments for their Simulink flight simulations.

"In my work to create compelling flight simulations and high-resolution synthetic environments, I use MathWorks products extensively," said Edward J. Mayhew, Jr., MATLAB developer for George Mason University's Sensor Management System. "Aerospace Toolbox is a welcome addition that will help me streamline aerospace data analysis and develop flight simulations faster and more efficiently."

Pricing and Availability

Aerospace Toolbox is available immediately for the Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Linux, and Macintosh platforms. U.S. list prices start at $1,000. For further information, please visit the Aerospace Toolbox product page at www.mathworks.com/products/aerotb.

About The MathWorks

The MathWorks is the world's leading developer of technical computing and Model-Based Design software for engineers and scientists in industry, government, and education. With an extensive product set based on MATLAB^® and Simulink^®, The MathWorks provides software and services to solve challenging problems and accelerate innovation in automotive, aerospace, communications, financial services, biotechnology, electronics, instrumentation, process, and other industries.

The MathWorks was founded in 1984 and employs more than 1,400 people worldwide, with headquarters in Natick, Massachusetts. For additional information, visit www.mathworks.com.

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