14 DAY TRIAL // Companies around the world can take advantage of technology and innovation developed by Microsoft for their own products. The Redmond company offers a comprehensive intellectual property licensing program, and is little shy of touting a plethora of IP agreements already inked with partners across the globe. The latest company to leverage Microsoft’s IP licensing program is Flight1 Aviation Technologies (Flight1 Tech). Per the intellectual property (IP) license agreement signed by the two companies, Flight1 Tech now has access to Microsoft ESP’s visual simulation platform.
“This agreement with Flight1 Tech is an important example of how Microsoft’s programmatic IP licensing efforts fuel innovation across the industry,” noted David Kaefer, general manager of Intellectual Property and Licensing at Microsoft.
Specifically, Flight1 Tech has licensed Microsoft ESP v1.0 Object Code, and will use the technology to catalyze the evolution of its own training simulations. “This licensing agreement will provide our civil and military customers with a wide array of training and safety simulation technologies, within a flexible and affordable solution that meets their unique requirements,” noted Jim Rhoads, vice president at Flight1 Aviation Technologies.
Neither Microsoft nor Flight1 Tech have made the financial details of the agreement public. Rhoads only noted that the integration of the Microsoft ESP simulation platform was a step forward on the natural progression of Flight1 Tech’s portfolio of services. “Whether the field is aviation technology or digital photography, licensing IP is good for business because it helps our partners shorten development cycles in responding to the dynamic needs of their customers,” Kaefer added.
Recently, Microsoft’s popular series simulation engines was also licensed by Lockheed Martin, in an expansion of a previous agreement with the software giant. Lockheed Martin is looking to put together a suite of ESP-based solutions that will serve for warfighter training.