Firm Builds Simulators for Air Force, German Firm

Perceptronics Inc., a Woodland Hills maker of computer simulator systems for the military, said it has delivered prototypes of two new simulator systems to the U.S. Air Force and a large German defense company. The company declined to disclose the value of the two contracts.

The simulators have been under development for the past year and the prototypes have passed initial performance tests, the company said. One simulator is designed to be used for military truck-driver training and was developed by Perceptronics and FAAC Inc. of Ann Arbor, Mich., for Wegmann & Co., a German defense concern.

The other simulator is a high-tech maniken, or dummy, designed to replace humans during tests of military aircraft and vehicle armor. Perceptronics said the maniken met all Air Force objectives during recent tests at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, but the company plans further improvements in body materials and computer analyzing tools.