Applications

In an article in Aviation Week & Space Technology, pilots talk about the effect of AM3D's products. Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) test pilot Captain Ole Torp says that 3D audio provides an "intuitive awareness of incoming threats," allowing pilots to save "up to two valuable seconds of time in initiating the right countermeasures to defeat an incoming missile."

Read more about the pilot's experience and how the 3D audio system is integrated with Terma's ALQ-213 electronic warfare control system in the article from Aviation Week & Space Technology.

Microstrain

Am3D is working with Microstrain to deliver a new 3D audio solution which enables a user with a helmet with built-in headphones and head tracking to accurately locate voices of team mates, the position of threats, or the spatial location of other mission-critical sounds. AM3D's patented technology uses advanced binaural and psycho-acoustic principles, giving a unique and natural perception of the sound as coming from a particular direction and distance.

The new AM3D and Microstrain solution combines digital orientation information from Microstrain's ultra-compact sensors with precision-engineered, digitally processed sound using AM3D's patented 3D positional audio software.

The end result is consistent and accurate directional audio delivered into the ears of a mission-critical user, so that the spatial position of the sound source can be accurately located regardless of the user's head position or movement.

BAE Systems Hägglunds AB

AM3D's products can increase a soldier's ability to understand, act and survive and is therefore relevant for future soldier projects. A study from our partner BAE Systems Hägglunds AB concludes that the use of 3D sound increases perception of communication. 3D positioning provides clues to the memory which help feedback and the presence of 3D sound translate into a more efficient use of a person's working memory. It also reduces the heart rate faster, and 3D sound does not tire out the user as rapidly as 2D sound does, according to the study.

3D Audio Systems

AM3D is the only company which has a functioning audio system in a fighter plane. Our audio technology has passed through an eye of a needle: the military industry has recognised AM3D as a serious counterpart, and the Royal Danish Air Force has ordered the system for their F-16s and the system is now in production.

We are bringing 3D Audio technology in use for fighter planes in cooperation with the Danish company Terma A/S. Thanks to the 3D Audio technology, Terma, one of the leading producers of electronic self-protection equipment worldwide, is able to win contracts in the realm of comprehensive military programs. 3D Audio plays a significant role as an integrated part of the electronic equipment in cockpits. A support tool for pilots aimed at improving the pilot's situation perception and thereby reducing response time.

The 3D Audio system can position sound sources in the headset in any direction: both vertical and horizontal. A 3D Audio system can thus localise a wingman or a hostile fighter in its actual position, for instance above the pilot, before visually identified or noticed on the radar. AM3D delivers the software, a 3D Audio engine, while Terma integrates the software into the electronic self-protection equipment. The 3D Audio technology contains business perspectives in a large scale both in military and civil environments, for instance helicopters, submarines, tanks, ships, civil airplanes and wireless communication systems of many kinds.

Most recently, our partner Terma has finished a 3D Audio study contract for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF F-35) program. This is based on the AM3D technology and worldwide patents.