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RainDrop Sales Cease in favor of RainStorm—Price Reduction Announced

Northrop Grumman Corporation will stop accepting orders for RainDrop software as of March 1, 2005 in favor of its new advanced system, RainStorm. RainStorm is backward compatible with RainDrop, meaning that RainStorm can run concurrently with RainDrop or on any RainDrop target platform. In order to aid customers in the transition from RainDrop to RainStorm, special discounted pricing guidelines have been established:

RainDrop software license sales will cease March 1, 2005
Existing RainDrop software maintenance agreements will be honored until their termination dates (NLT May 30, 2006)
RainDrop software maintenance agreements may be purchased on a pro-rated basis to extend until May 30, 2006.
A significant price reduction has been established for RainStorm:

Existing RainDrop customers upgrading to RainStorm. Includes one year of free software maintenance. Retail price $1667 ($1500 GSA*)

New RainStorm software licenses. Retail price $3777 ($3400 GSA*)

Annual software maintenance Retail price $756 ($680 GSA*)

* Estimated price in US dollars—must be approved by GSA. Same prices apply to PC/Unix, node-locked/floating licenses.

RainStorm v1.1 released October 25, 2004

RainStorm v1.1 for Windows and Solaris has been released. Validated by NGA for mensurating points using DPPDB, this version of RainStorm includes numerous bug fixes and improvements. See the RainStorm website for a summary of new features in v1.1.

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RainStorm 1.0 released April 30th, 2004

RainStorm is available for both Windows 2000/XP and Solaris platforms.
Single workstation license (node locked) or server license (floating) configurations are available for both PC and UNIX.
RainStorm uses a Hardware Key (replacing the need to call for a license key) that is shipped with the RainStorm software and will be attached to the parallel port of the user's system prior to RainStorm launch.
A list of new features and enhancements for RainStorm is located on the RainStorm Product Brochure.
Pricing data can be found on the Price List.

Existing RainDrop Customers

Northrop Grumman is evaluating current RainDrop customer requirements and acquisition cycles to determine the best time to terminate RainDrop sales/support. At this time, we guarantee:
- New RainDrop licenses are projected to continue to be sold until December 31, 2004.
- All current maintenance agreements will be honored until their current expiration dates.
- When the termination date is set, RainDrop maintenance agreements will not be renewed more than one year beyond that date. Renewals purchased after the termination date will be pro-rated to end one year after the termination date.
- If RainStorm upgrades are purchased prior to the end of existing RainDrop maintenance agreements, credit will be applied toward the cost of RainStorm maintenance agreements, commensurate with the remaining duration of existing agreements.

Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Add-on Module
Use RainDrop's DEM add-on module to compute terrain elevations at a post spacing significantly more detailed than currently available Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED).

RDConvert Directory Conversion Utility
RDConvert allows RainDrop to use DPPDB data uploaded by a different program such as Matrix or SocetSet. Users with current maintenance agreements can download RDConvert free of charge. Call us for the login/password. For more information, see the RDConvert README file.

International Toll Free Support (1-888-RainDrop)
for users with current maintenance agreements.

RainDrop Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

RainDrop Version Descriptions (v2.2d through 3.2a)

Video Card Drivers

Download Users with current maintenance agreements may download the latest version of RainDrop from the RainDrop 3.2b Patch page.
NOTE: PC USERS	Oxygen 202 & 402 cards are no longer compatible with RainDrop. If you have one of these cards, please call us for your upgrade options. Also, be aware that the Diamond Fire cards are not compatible with Windows 2000. If you upgrade your operating system and possess a Diamond Fire card, you must obtain a new graphics card. Contact us for options and quotes.
Version 3.2b Patch (release 2/10/03)
Corrections Error Opening NITF’s - RainDrop produced errors when opening certain images from the NITF test suite. Error Opening Session File - RainDrop produced access violations when opening a session file after the Products Directory preference has been changed. DEM Module/ Floating Version - The DEM module was not available in the floating license version of RainDrop.
Additions XML Interface - The purpose of the RainDrop XML Interface (RDXMLI) is to allow other applications to both send feature data to and receive feature data from RainDrop. RDXMLI can be used either from the command line or from new menu items File->Import->XML Feature File and File->Export->XML Feature File. User Name / Target Detail Report - A User Name field has been added to top of Target Detail Report dialog. This field is automatically filled with the system user name of the currently logged in user. Range Rings - Functionality has been added to allow user to left-mouse click and place a “Range Ring” of a specified radius from the point of the mouse click. This new feature can be accessed via the toolbar or the menu item Edit->Range Ring. Also, a new submenu, Range Ring Radius, has been added to allow the specification of the radius to be used in creation of the Range Ring.

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