• Specialties: Hardware and software that create images for simulation, training, engineering and other applications.

• History: Formed in 1968. Publicly owned since 1978.

• Employment: Nearly 400 people.

• Revenues: $126 million in fiscal 2002.

• Business units:

— Military simulation for training aircraft pilots, tank commanders and others.

— Commercial simulation for training airplane pilots, ship bridge operators and vehicle operators.

— Strategic visualization, meaning the development of databases allowing visualization of a geographic area for mission planning, damage assessment or other purposes.

— Digital theater, such as domed-theater systems and shows for planetariums, science centers and entertainment sites.

— Laser projection, advanced display technology that will have applications in the planetarium and simulation sectors.