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MSC.Software Corp. , the leading global provider of Virtual Product Development (VPD) solutions including simulation software and services, today announced recognition of Airbus, the global manufacturer of commercial and military transport aircraft, as the largest installation of MSC.Software simulation products under the MSC.MasterKey licensing system outside of the Americas. MSC.MasterKey is a flexible solution for manufacturing organizations requiring single source access to the diverse range of VPD solutions which MSC.Software's SimOffice suite has to offer. By replacing individual product licenses with software tokens, this MSC.MasterKey order includes comprehensive and on demand simulation capability with MSC.Nastran, MSC.Marc, MSC.ADAMS, and MSC.Patran. "MSC.Software's SimOffice which is a tightly integrated suite of simulation software solutions coupled with MSC.MasterKey gives Airbus engineers the best of both worlds -- a unique Aerospace enterprise solution along with this industry's best licensing system," said Bill Weyand, chairman and CEO, MSC.Software. "We are pleased that industry analysts such as the research firm Daratech are validating MSC's VPD solution strategy." "This announcement validates MSC.Software's strategy of providing enterprise solutions, rather than providing single tools targeted at the analyst community," said Charles Foundyller, CEO of market research firm Daratech, Inc. Continued Foundyller, "When combined with enterprise licensing options such as MasterKey, extended design teams such as Airbus' are able to truly leverage the advantages of virtual product creation."