"No industry better illustrates the value inherent in VPD than the space industry. VPD products like MSC.Nastran give NASA engineers the ability to virtually design and test systems to withstand the rigors of space flight and operate in extremely intense environments. Without VPD, it is virtually impossible or extraordinarily cost-prohibitive to design and test these systems using traditional physical methods," said Frank Perna, chairman and CEO of MSC.Software. "This investment by three of the world's leading aerospace research centers is a testament to the hard work and dedication of the MSC.Software team to make MSC.Nastran far and away the best simulation product on the market." Among the many new capabilities found in MSC.Nastran are enhanced functionality for noise, vibration and harshness (NVH), acoustics, dynamics and optimization. In addition, MSC.Nastran has fully integrated MSC.Marc nonlinear analysis capabilities as well as embedded flexible-body transfer between MSC.ADAMS and MSC.Nastran. Also, MSC.Nastran features functionality for rotor dynamics that was developed in part with NASA engineers. With these state-of-the-art features, engineers and analysts have the ability to perform a wider variety of simulations launched from within MSC.Nastran as well as transfer data from other MSC.Software products without leaving the familiar MSC.Nastran environment. For more information about NASA, please visit the Internet at http://www.nasa.gov/.