100+ MILLION EUROS OF TURNOVER 600+ EMPLOYEES 80% OF TURNOVER ACHIEVED ABROAD 20% OF TURNOVER REINVESTED EACH YEAR IN R&D. ixblue at a glance

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2 ixblue stands as a global leader in the design and manufacturing of innovative solutions for navigation, positioning and acoustic imaging markets. The French Group offers its unique advanced technology solutions to its civil & defense customers to address increased challenges and carry out their maritime, land and space operations with optimum efficiency and safety. ixblue is recognized throughout the industry for its pioneering work on the development of fiber-optic gyroscope (FOG) technology which has revolutionized the maritime and naval inertial systems in the last decade, providing unequalled performance and cost of ownership benefits. Underpinned by 30 years of expertise, ixblue is currently achieving annual growth of 15 20%, with 80% of its business conducted in over 35 countries worldwide. The Group can count on full valuechain expertise: all of its systems are developed internally, from design to manufacturing. ixblue at a glance 60 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE 600+ EMPLOYEES Worldwide presence 8 sites in France, 10 abroad 100+ MILLION EUROS OF TURNOVER Serving more than 1,000 defense and civil customers in more than 35 countries 80% OF TURNOVER ACHIEVED ABROAD 20% OF TURNOVER REINVESTED EACH YEAR IN R&D Global training and 24/7 support

3 ixblue, your partner in motion simulation Inertial sensors and navigation No two projects are the same. At ixblue, we may assist you at all systems are used in more and more Leveraging 60 years of experience stages of your project from the applications that still include mobile in designing, manufacturing and definition of the motion you need vehicles such as civil aircrafts, space operating motion simulators to simulate to the commissioning satellites, helicopters, missiles, navy for most challenging inertial of your motion simulator, from the ships or strategic nuclear submarines requirements, ixblue is the partner pre-installation survey to identify and emergent applications such you need. the appropriate installation site as autonomous vehicles, mobile within your facility through all the devices and virtual reality hardware. EVO series offers unrivaled life and maintenance of your motion Every year, all over the world, millions performance to cost ratio, ixblue has simulator. of inertial sensors and navigation developed engineering capabilities systems are designed, calibrated for special solutions with best-in- For the success of your project, only and verified using ixblue motion class performance and also special ixblue gathers the best experts in simulators. solutions with minimum cost-of- motion simulators and the best ownership. experts in high-grade inertial sensors or navigation systems design and operation.

4 Advanced design Performance starts here! Advanced physical design NGine controller with patended control electronics Advanced mechanics ixblue uses best-in-class tools and processes for mechanical design and finite-element-analysis resulting in: Advanced electronics Low cogging motors designed on purpose for motion simulation with torque ranging from 10 N.m Unrivaled control ixblue has developed and patented unrivaled reference technologies for axis control. These technologies to N.m are implemented within the NGine Best geometrical performances High performance drives with controller: Modular design resulting in lower minimum ripple p upgrade costs Higher resonant frequencies High performance optical encoders with resolution better Auto-tuning of controller parameters results in wider bandpass than 0.02 arc sec and repeatability Advanced fault detection Longer life results in lower better than 1 arc sec Anti-cogging maintenance costs High quality standard and special Adaptive sine bandwidth slip-rings, fiber optic and fluid enhancement with minimal rotary joints attenuation and phase-shift Proprietary analog and digital Anti-coupling electronics for improved Best-in-class metrology procedures positioning and rate accuracy Cutting edge mechanical components ProAxe graphical user interface y

5 EVO-10 SINGLE-AXIS MOTION SIMULATORS The EVO-10 series is a complete range of single-axis positioning and rate tables suited with payloads up to 200 kg. They are used for fully automated metrology of single-axis inertial sensors and systems. They are also used for sequential testing of components of multi-axis inertial sensors and systems. Like all ixblue motion simulators, the EVO-10 series comes with Ngine controller and ProAxe GUI. EVO-10 SERIES SPECIFICATIONS Max. payload weight (kg) Typ. Payload volume Features Payload up to 200 kg Modular design with vertical and/or horizontal operation Optional climatic chamber Wide variety of quality slip-rings and rotary joints Example of applications Single-axis gyroscope metrology (scale factor, bias, input range, drift, frequency response) Single-axis accelerometers metrology (scale factor, bias, stability, sensitivity, frequency response) Motion simulation for optronics or RF payloads EVO-10S EVO-10N EVO-10M EVO-10L mm-diam. 300 mm-diam. 450 mm-diam. 600 mm-diam. 200 mm-height 300 mm-height 450 mm-height 600 mm-height Typ. rate range Typ. acceleration range Max. sine bandwidth 3000 deg/s 3000 deg/s 3000 deg/s 3000 deg/s 2000 deg/s² 2000 deg/s² 2000 deg/s² 2000 deg/s² 100 Hz 100 Hz 100 Hz 100 Hz

6 EVO-20 AND EVO-AMI TWO-AXIS MOTION SIMULATORS The EVO-20 series is a complete range of two-axis positioning and rate tables suited with up to 100 kg-payload. They are used for fully automated metrology of multi-axis inertial sensors and systems. The EVO-AMI is a compact two-axis positioning and rate table suited with 10 kg-payload. It is used for fully automated metrology of compact inertial sensors and systems. Like all ixblue motion simulators, both come with NGine controller and ProAxe GUI. EVO-20 SERIES SPECIFICATIONS Nominal payload (kg) Nominal intertia (kg.m2) Nominal payload volume (cm x cm x cm) Table top diameter (mm) Slipring channels (standard conf) Features Payload up to 100 kg Optional integrated climatic chamber Wide variety of quality slip-rings and rotary joints Example of applications Multi-axis gyroscope metrology (scale factor, bias, input range, drift) Multi-axis accelerometers sensitivity (scale factor, bias, stability, sensitivity) Orthogonality and alignment calibration of inertial measuring units or systems Frequency response measurement of inertial systems Flight motion simulator EVO-AMI EVO-20N EVO-20M EVO-20L x 16 x x 23 x x 31 x x 48 x x , , , Weight (kg)

7 The EVO-30L is a three-axis Features positioning and rate table suited Modular design with up to 100 kg-payload. High dynamic range The EVO-30L are used for fully Very accurate performances automated metrology Wide bandwidth of multi-axis inertial sensors Removable climatic chamber capability and systems requiring combined three-axis motions. They EVO-30L are also used Example of applications as flight motion simulators Test of inertial sensors which are often the main part Test of accelerometers of a dynamic motion simulator. Calibration of IMU / INS Like all ixblue motion EVO-30L THREE-AXIS MOTION SIMULATORS simulators, the EVO-30 series comes with NGine controller and ProAxe GUI. EVO-30 SERIES SPECIFICATIONS EVO-30N EVO-30M EVO-30L Nominal payload (kg) Nominal intertia (kg.m2) Nominal payload volume (cm x cm x cm) 20 x 20 x 20 Table top diameter (mm) Slipring channels (standard conf) Weight (kg) x 40 x x 60 x 60

8 ixblue 24/7 Support At ixblue, we care about customers Our services: Remote access peace of mind. Throughout the life Pre-installation survey and assistance If allowed by your network, remote ac- of your motion simulator, and it can Installation and commissioning cess to your motion simulator can be be several decades, a team of highly Training established easily with your assistance. trained support engineers assure 24 Remote assistance Logged data can then be used to dia- hour nonstop support and provide Maintenance contract gnostic an issue and can be used for a the best solution for your needs. Preventive maintenance system self-test. Upgrade or retrofit Local ixblue offices around the world Obsolescence management Our vision can be contacted or the general sup- Relocation We want to improve, become bet- port@ixblue.com address can Performance verification ter and contribute to the technical be used. Calibration knowledge of tomorrow. We want Validation to be seen as an innovative quality Support operation managers based Troubleshooting organization with an excellent reputa- in each world zone (NORAM/LATAM, Refurbishing tion and a strong network. We are the EMEA & APAC) supervise the activity ixblue support team. That means we and handover customer queries to Hotline deliver more than the usual technical assure continuous support. ixblue can be contacted at any time support. Consistent with our values, Our support operations managers are via our hotline service and we will get TEAMWORK and COMMITMENT are also in charge for any onsite interven- back to you within 1 hour. Once the two key values for the support team. tion and our team is ready to travel to engineers are assigned we get to the any location. resolution of the problem promptly. Our human approach is well known and multiple ways of communication can be used.

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