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The powerful combination of unrivaled engineering prowess and championship winning competition experience enables Pratt & Miller to offer clients the most comprehensive, innovative, cost effective, time efficient, and results oriented development solutions possible.

Pratt & Miller has all of the resources needed to develop newly designed vehicles to their fullest potential, including the most advanced computer engineering tools available and dedicated personnel with the expertise to apply them. Highly sophisticated computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and vehicle dynamics simulation (VDS) are perhaps the best known computer driven development aids, and Pratt & Miller makes full use of both. CFD and VDS are fully integrated with a wide variety of additional tools, including vehicle and component mass inertia testing, seven-post rig analysis, full and fractional scale wind tunnel development, and finite element analysis (FEA). Together these technologies help ensure that Pratt & Miller's engineering staff can offer clients the most advanced level of analytical capability possible.

Complementing its wealth of expertise in the application of advanced computer assisted engineering CAE tools is Pratt & Miller's unmatched over-the-road development experience. Nowhere is this more evident than with the company's racing programs, which have brought it to the pinnacle of success on the world motorsport stage.

Corvid Brings Cutting Edge Technology to Pratt & Miller

Based in the heart of stock car country in Mooresville, N.C., Corvid Technologies is a cornerstone of Pratt & Miller's scientific approach to problem solving. Originally conceived to bring state-of-the-art engineering and high-performance computing to the racing industry, Corvid has expanded its customer base to military and aerospace clients such as the U.S. Navy's Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense program.

Corvid supports a variety of GM Racing programs in the ALMS, SCCA, Grand-Am, and NASCAR racing series. One of the most powerful implements in Corvid's engineering toolbox is Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) - a "virtual wind tunnel" that mathematically simulates airflow around a vehicle. The aerodynamics of the championship-winning Corvette C6.R race car were developed entirely on a computer screen using Corvid's CFD programs. This sophisticated technology is influencing the design of both racing and production automobiles.

Armed with an in-house supercomputer, Corvid is able to apply massive computing power to solve difficult problems in finite element analysis, shock physics, and structural mechanics. Corvid's portfolio also includes applied tool development, experimental test support, and theoretical research.

More information on Corvid Technologies is available at: www.corvidtechnologies.com.