MathWorks Strengthens Position as Emerging Standard With $10M Order

Simulink screenshot(click to view full) The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division at China Lake, CA has awarded MathWorks Inc. of Natick, MA a $10 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for MathWorks Software products. This includes MatLab, Simulink, and MathWorks toolboxes, plus maintenance, training, and consultation. MatLab and Simulink provide a flexible software environment for model-based design, interpreting test data, simulating high-fidelity behavioral dynamics, and generating safety-critical flight computer code. The products also promote agility and communication along the supply chain, by providing a common software environment for sharing data, designs, and specifications across organizations. MathWorks Inc.’s key products appear to be moving toward a status as a mainstream or even a default choice in the US aerospace and defense sector, and the China Lake contract is simply the latest illustration of the position it is building… MatLab While MathWorks has a number of aerospace and defense clients, the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division at China Lake stands among a “critical core” of clients whose participation makes a big difference to the software’s success in this sector. Located in the Mojave Desert 150 miles NE of Los Angeles, China Lake is where the Navy and Marine Corps have developed […]