BOEING: Boeing develops unique software to test, demonstrate Apache, Comanche battlefield capabilities.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-21 January 1999-BOEING: Boeing develops unique software to test, demonstrate Apache and Comanche battlefield capabilities (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:200199 MESA, ARIZ. -- Unique software created by engineers at The Boeing Company is giving designers of the world's most advanced combat helicopters a close up look at their aircraft in battle without leaving the laboratory.

The Advanced Tactical Combat Model (ATCOM) software can measure the effectiveness of the AH-64D Apache Longbow in battlefield scenarios, evaluate potential new systems on the aircraft and assess how it will work in the battlefield of the future with its companion ship the RAH-66 Comanche. The Boeing Company here recently began using ATCOM, developed at the...