Eagle Dynamics

Eagle Dynamics (often abbreviated as ED) is a software company originally founded by Nick Grey and Igor Tishin in 1991. Originally located in Moscow, Russia, it is now headquartered in Villars-sur-Glâne, Switzerland.

History

Founded in 1991 by Nick Grey and Igor Tishin, the company teamed up with publisher Strategic Simulations (SSI) to produce its first game, a combat flight simulator. Released in November 1995, Su-27 Flanker offered players the opportunity to engage in combat aboard the eponymous aircraft over the Crimean peninsula.

Flanker 2.0 was released in 1999. Developers have incorporated better graphics, training missions, multiplayer, and the naval variant of the Su-27, the Sukhoi Su-33, into this release. The theater of operations remained limited to Crimea. Although graphically very accomplished, the game had a significant number of bugs.

In 2019, one of the company's developers, Oleg Tishchenko, was extradited from Georgia to the United States on charges of illegally acquiring documentation for an F-16 fighter and smuggling its technical manuals to Moscow. In June 2019, Tishchenko returned home. He was sentenced by the Utah District Court to a term of 12 months and 1 day. But since the term of his conviction had already been served during the investigation period, after the trial, Oleg was released for immediate deportation from the United States.

Combat Flight Simulators

Eagle Dynamics has developed a number of combat flight simulators with each iteration becoming a more and more detailed iteration. DCS: Black Shark was the first simulator to feature a fully functional cockpit with a near total simulation of all onboard systems including sensors, controls and interfaces. It was paired with a "game" version of the simulator which was less complex and more in line with Eagle Dynamic's previous products. Ka-50: Black shark also launched under a new title, Digital Combat Simulator, to indicate this increased level of fidelity. After this Eagle Dynamics has primarily developed high fidelity aircraft under the DCS label. In 2012 DCS upgraded to DCS: World which allowed players to use all of their owned DCS aircraft simulators plus Flaming Cliffs 3 in a single program as modules and allowed connecting to others online using any number of modules at the same time. DCS: World also marked the start of Eagle Dynamics publishing flight simulators developed by third parties such as Belsimtek's UH-1H Huey. DCS is also developed in tandem with The Battle Simulator (TBS) which is a simulator sold typically to government clients for use in pilot training programs and has developed trainers for the A-10C Suite 5.1 and AC-130 gunner controls and sensor systems which was also used in training drone pilots.

Additional DCS: World Aircraft

Eagle Dynamics has continued to develop both fixed and rotary-wing aircraft to expand the catalogue of products for DCS: World. While a large majority of the aircraft developed by Eagle Dynamics feature significant modeling detail and the presence of mostly/fully-interactable cockpits, aircraft published as a part of Flaming Cliffs 3 do not feature clickable cockpits. The following listed aircraft are developed and published by Eagle Dynamics and 3rd Parties as modules for DCS: World.

Additional Content for DCS: World

In addition to a wide catalogue of aircraft simulators, Eagle Dynamics and 3rd Parties develops and publishes a multitude of add-ons for DCS: World. These include but are not limited to: maps, navigation systems for existing aircraft, numerous campaigns for specific aircraft, a combined arms expansion, and an aircraft carrier enhancement expansion.

Map Add-ons

Functionality Add-ons

Evolution of the Black Sea Theater

Since its first productions, Eagle Dynamics has systematically included a theater of operations located on the shores of the Black Sea. Its scope has evolved significantly over the company's publications.

File:ED Black Sea map - Flanker - november 1995.svg , ''Su-27 Flanker''
1995
(Crimea alone)
File:ED Black Sea map - LOMAC - november 2003.svg , ''LOMAC''
2003
(Crimea and Northwest Caucasus)
File:ED Black Sea map - FC2 - april 2010.svg , ''Flaming Cliffs 2''
2010
(Caucasus extended to Batumi)
File:ED Black Sea map - DCS1 - november 2011.svg , ''Black Shark 2''DCS official website
''DCS: Black Shark 2''
2011
(Caucasus extended to Tbilissi)

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Video game companies of Russia
Software companies of Russia
Companies based in Moscow
Combat flight simulators
Russian brands