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Spinoff story

Free-Flowing Solutions for CFD

A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.

About this technology

Overview

FIELDVIEWT is the premier product of JMSI, Inc., d.b.a. Intelligent Light, a woman-owned, small business founded in 1994 and located in Lyndhurst, New Jersey. In the early 1990s, Intelligent Light entered into a joint development contract with a research-based company to commercialize the post-processing FIELDVIEW code. As Intelligent Light established itself, it purchased the exclusive rights to the code, and structured its business solely around the software technology. Advancements made from the earliest commercial launch of FIELDVIEW, all the way up to the recently released versions 8 and 8.2 of the program, have been backed by research collaboration with NASA's Langley Research Center, where some of the world's most progressive work in transient (also known as time-varying) CFD takes place. FIELDVIEW is widely used in the aerospace, automotive, defense, and manufacturing sectors. Lockheed Martin, for example, has standardized on the technology for CFD post-processing needs. The company employs FIELDVIEW to design tactical aircraft systems, including F-16, F-22, and F-35 Joint Strike Fighters. Boeing also makes use of the software in both its commercial and defense sectors. Firms such as Pratt & Whitney, General Electric, Rolls Royce, and Honeywell have also adopted FIELDVIEW.