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October, 2009
An online demo of the Urban Security Suite (USS) bomb blast effect software is now available. Click here to register.
June, 2009
The Urban Security Suite (USS) software has been upgraded with a ‘Light Version’ in preparation for offering web-based services on estimation of blast effects on buildings and other urban structures. The services are expected to begin at the end of the third quarter 2009.
May, 2009
A new phase of MBEES software development has been awarded by DND.
March, 2009
The Urban Security Suite (USS) software has been upgraded to be Unicode compatible and now works with newer versions of AutoCAD, such as 2007 to 2009. A new GUI has been added with dockable tree-structure to set up and show scene models – it is more user-friendly than before.
February, 2009
ESI's Security and Defense Division delivered 25 copies of its MBEES software (without fragment module) to a Canadian military school.
January, 2009
Work continues on integrating structures, such as a new type of observation posts and barriers, into Military Infrastructure Blast Analysis software. An order from Ottawa for 25 copies is anticipated very soon.
Upgrading of the Urban Security Suite (USS) software to be Unicode compatible so it will work with the latest version of AutoCAD and other GIS programs is near completion. The conceptual design is under way of a light version of USS that is designed for security or emergency response teams to execute quick estimation and planning in urgent situations.
December, 2008
A series of upgrades to the software package URBEX - Urban Security Suite - were completed this month. The work will continue in 2009.
The development of MBEES (defense work) has been extended.
November, 2008
ESI shipped the first nine copies of the MBEES standalone program to DRDC since the project started. Among these copies, five copies will go to the US. The software is packaged using Autodesk OEM technology.
The work to redesign BEAS (Blast Effect Analysis and Simulation) has begun. The program will work with Autodesk 3D Map 2009, Architectural 2009 or AutoCAD 2009. New user interface and features such as interface with GIS, Google Earth and new functions such as Web-based application will be implemented.
October, 2008
A new function to add fragment loading and response to battle field military structures has been developed. This has been implemented and integrated into the Forced Protection Expert System. It is anticipated that this project will be extended to allow for new structures and their blast loading and responses such as Jersey barriers and campgrounds.
A new interface has been integrated into an urban blast expert system to simulate blast accidents in an urban environment. The new interface will read Google Earth (GE) data files.