SANTA ANA, Calif. -- MSC.Software Corp. (NYSE:MNS) , the leading global provider of virtual product development (VPD) products, including simulation software and services, today announced the availability of MSC.Robust Design, the next generation in the evolution of simulation software. MSC.Robust Design drives probabilistic design in MSC.Software simulation products by allowing multiple variables to be processed efficiently. The results of simulations powered by MSC.Robust Design provide more insight and better understanding of design sensitivity, allowing engineers to manage risk and improve product quality, safety and performance. "The ability to perform simulation that takes into account real-world variability and uncertainty is an extremely important next step in the evolution of computer-aided engineering," said Frank Perna, chairman and chief executive officer of MSC.Software. "We are already seeing opportunities to take on services engagements related to bundling MSC.Robust Design and the MSC.Simulation Data Management Framework, which are very complementary technologies. "We developed the MSC.Robust Design environment to be within the reach of every MSC.Software customer and to help them leverage the investment they have made in simulation and virtual prototyping," continued Perna. "Thanks to advances in processing speed, any engineer using MSC.Nastran can take advantage of this next generation in engineering and unlock the hidden knowledge in their virtual models and designs." "Uncertainties cannot be known, but they exist and must be taken into account; modern uncertainty management techniques imply the quantification of the robustness. MSC.Robust Design is opening the possibility to estimate and improve the robustness of the design: this is the right way to obtain faster, better and cheaper products and we are already using this technology from MSC.Software," said Mr. V. Gomez-Molinero, Head of Engineering, Development and Test, EADS (Airbus)/CASA Espacio. MSC.Robust Design operates on Windows operating systems including Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP. It is also operates any other single/multi- processor system (Linux, UNIX, etc.) via the Analysis Manager functionality built into the MSC.Robust Design interface. It is currently shipping to customers in all world regions and is available under the MSC.Software VPD Campus Licensing System. For more information about MSC.Robust Design, please visit http://www.mscsoftware.com/products/ .