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MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- SGI (NYSE: SGI) today announced that Thales Training & Simulation (TT&S) Pty Limited has selected an SGI® Onyx® 3000 series high-performance graphics system with three Infinite Reality3(TM) graphics pipes to serve as the image generator for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) F-111 mission simulator at RAAF Base Amberley in Queensland. This system will help train aircrews from the RAAF's Strike Reconnaissance Group. The three SGI® graphics subsystems are dedicated to providing an out-the-window scene for the pilot and navigator. InfiniteReality3 is the latest version of the world-leading graphics subsystem from SGI and is the high-performance engine for the SGI Onyx 3000 series. The modular computing architecture of the SGI® Onyx® 3800 system was particularly attractive to the RAAF to meet its needs for future upgrades of the F-111 mission simulator and the developing roles of the F-111 aircraft over the next 15 years. ``SGI technology has proven to be highly reliable and supportable over the past seven years of the project. The F-111 simulator has achieved a 99.8% availability rate with a Silicon Graphics Onyx system contributing considerably to the success of the program, and we are expecting even better performance from the SGI Onyx 3800 system,'' said Mike Renie, F-111 simulator project manager, TT&S. ``The use of a common vendor (SGI) on the F-111 simulator was invaluable during the development phase of the project and is even more significant in the maintenance phase.'' The simulator, powered by SGI technology, not only provides training for the RAAF's F-111 aircrews in such essentials as takeoff and landing, but, more important, it also allows aircrews to simulate the mission profiles they will fly, exposing them to all the contingencies of flying a tactical mission. Flying missions that are difficult to practice in reality can be taught without restriction in this virtual environment. Dangerous low-altitude missions involving the delivery of missiles and bombs can be practiced in the F-111 mission simulator without disturbing civilian populations and communities in Australia. Visit www.sgi.com for more information.