Six Degrees of Simulation, Inc.

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About the firm

Six Degrees of Simulation, Inc. offers engineering, simulation, and software development services for flight and weapon-system training platforms. Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, it designs, modifies, integrates, and supports training devices and develops specialized virtual instruments to enhance pilot cockpit training environments.

Firm type
Simulation Engineering · Defense Engineering · Aerospace Engineering · Software Engineering

People

John N. RussellFounder

Capabilities

Flight and Weapon-System Training Device Support

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Provides comprehensive lifecycle engineering, modification, and support services for tactical aviation and weapon-system training devices.

  • Training-System Requirements Analysis

    Analyzes system requirements to guide the engineering and upgrade paths for simulator devices.

  • Hardware Design and Development

    Engineers custom hardware interfaces, cockpits, and components to replicate authentic aircraft flight decks.

  • Software Design and Development

    Develops high-fidelity simulation software, instrument logic, and aerodynamic modeling programs.

  • Systems Integration

    Integrates complex hardware and software subsystems into unified, fully functional training platforms.

  • Device Relocation Services

    Manages the safe disassembly, transport, reassembly, and recalibration of flight training systems.

Contractor Logistics Services

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Delivers field engineering, ongoing maintenance, and logistics support to maximize training simulator operational uptime.

Simulator and Virtual Instrument Products

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Develops modular virtual aircraft instruments and cockpit panel building software to replicate avionics in training environments.

  • Panel Builder Software

    Provides tools for designing and configuring custom virtual instrument panels on simulator screens.

  • ADS-B Virtual Instruments

    Replicates Mode C/S transponder operations and ADS-B Out capabilities for cockpit displays.

  • TCAS Virtual Instruments

    Tracks aircraft targets and generates traffic advisories with realistic relative altitude display modes.

  • TAWS Virtual Instruments

    Provides full-time terrain displays, runway and waypoint overlays, and RMI displays.

Desktop Flight Simulator Systems

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Offers portable, self-contained cockpit simulators configured with essential computing, avionics, and flight controls for rapid deployment.

Industries

Defense · Aerospace · Aviation · Software

Projects

The Mentor Jet Flight Simulator

Aerospace

Project details

Developed a self-contained, affordable cockpit simulator utilizing Lockheed Martin Professional Prepar3D software to immerse pilots in basic flight familiarization, cockpit procedure training, and hypoxia simulation.

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