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Eagle Dynamics

Eagle Dynamics SA (often abbreviated as ED)[4][5][6] is a software company known for its flight simulation video games. Originally headquartered in Moscow, Russia, it is now headquartered in Villars-sur-Glâne, Switzerland.[7][8][9]

Eagle Dynamics SA
Company typePrivate
IndustryVideo games
Founded1991 in Moscow, Russia
Founder
  • Nick Grey
  • Igor Tishin
HeadquartersVillars-sur-Glâne, Switzerland
ProductsSu-27 Flanker
Flanker 2.0
Lock On
DCS
BrandsLock On
DCS
OwnerNick Grey
Number of employees
190 (2024)[1]
180 (2023)[2]
55 (2008)[3]
Websiteeagledynamics.ch

History

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Eagle Dynamics was founded in 1991 by Nick Grey and Igor Tishin, with offices in Moscow and the UK. The company teamed up with Jim Mackonochie of Mindscape[10][11] and publisher Strategic Simulations to produce its first game, a combat flight simulator. Released in November 1995, Su-27 Flanker offered players the opportunity to operate the Sukhoi Su-27 over the Crimean peninsula.[12] Updates to the simulator were released as Flanker 2.0 (1999) and Flanker 2.5 (2001) and were published by Ubisoft following the acquisition of Strategic Simulations.

Their next release, Lock On: Modern Air Combat (2003)[13] was published by 1C Company and Ubisoft. Lock On expanded Flanker's engine and simulation into a survey sim featuring multiple aircraft. Two expansions were released, Flaming Cliffs and Flaming Cliffs 2.

The company then released three titles in the Digital Combat Simulator (DCS) series of study sims. These included DCS: Black Shark and DCS: Black Shark 2, simulating the Kamov Ka-50, and DCS: A-10C Warthog simulating the Fairchild Republic A-10C. DCS featured highly detailed cockpits with a near-total simulation of all onboard systems including sensors, controls, and interfaces. The DCS series titles were published by The Fighter Collection, a private company founded by Nick Grey's father Stephen Grey.

DCS World (2012) made DCS: Black Shark 2, DCS: A-10C Warthog, and a Flaming Cliffs 3 pack playable under a single platform that incorporates all Eagle Dynamics products. Since then, Eagle Dynamics has released a number of DCS World modules as DLC along with graphical and engine upgrades. DCS: World also supports third-party modules sold through Eagle Dynamics' e-shop since 2013.

Following Tishin's death in 2018,[14] Eagle Dynamics moved its headquarters to Switzerland, with multinational employees and contractors in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, the United States, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain and elsewhere.[15]

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In 2016, one of the company's developers, Oleg Tishchenko, was indicted by a US grand jury on multiple charges including violations of the Arms Export Control Act. Tischenko was extradited to the United States in 2018.[16] In 2019, Tischenko was convicted in the United States on charges of illegally acquiring documentation for an F-16 fighter and smuggling its technical manuals to Moscow.[17] He was sentenced by the Utah District Court to a term of 12 months and 1 day. Since the term of his conviction had already been served in federal custody, he was immediately released to Homeland Security agents for deportation.[18][19] Tishchenko returned home in June 2019. Eagle Dynamics released a statement that Tischenko's actions were not related to any work related to his employment.[20]

Development progression

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Eagle Dynamics has consistently incorporated a theater of operations set along the shores of the Black Sea. Over time, the scope of this setting has undergone significant evolution.

  •  
    Su-27 Flanker
    1995
    (Crimea alone)
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    LOMAC
    2003
    (Crimea and Northwest Caucasus)
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    Flaming Cliffs 2
    2010
    (Caucasus extended to Batumi)
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    Black Shark 2[21]
    2011
    (Caucasus extended to Tbilissi)

Video games

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Year Title Developer Publisher
1995 Su-27 Flanker Eagle Dynamics Strategic Simulations
1999 Flanker 2.0 Ubisoft
2001 Flanker 2.5
2003 Lock On: Modern Air Combat EU: Ubisoft
RU: 1C Company
2008 DCS: Black Shark The Fighter Collection
2011 DCS: A-10C Warthog
DCS: Black Shark 2
2012 DCS: World

References

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  1. ^ Grey, Nick (2024-01-14). "VIAF 2023 - Nick Grey Interview" (Interview). Archived from the original on 2024-02-01. Retrieved 2024-02-17. We're only 190 people so we can't do much
  2. ^ "NSSGrey comments on Question from Baltic Dragon about decline in interest in DLC Campaigns". 10 August 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-12-22. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  3. ^ "Eagle Dynamics General Information". Archived from the original on 2008-05-04. Retrieved 2008-05-09.
  4. ^ Eagle Dynamics. "ED Forums". forum.dcs.world. Archived from the original on 2022-08-01. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
  5. ^ Eagle Dynamics. "ED Miles terms and conditions". digitalcombatsimulator.com. Archived from the original on 2022-07-30. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
  6. ^ Julius (2020-12-18). "Neues aus der DCS World" (in German). Archived from the original on 2021-07-30. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
  7. ^ "Legal". www.digitalcombatsimulator.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-25. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  8. ^ "Eagle Dynamics SA". OpenCorporates. Archived from the original on 9 April 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Eagle Dynamics SA". Zefix - Central Business Name Index. Archived from the original on 9 April 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  10. ^ Nick, Grey (2013-04-24). "RIP Jim Mackonochie". ED Forums. Archived from the original on 2023-12-21. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  11. ^ Grey, Nick (2024-01-14). "VIAF 2023 - Nick Grey Interview" (Interview). Archived from the original on 2024-02-01. Retrieved 2024-02-17. Well, it started by pure chance in 1991. We were introduced to three guys, ex-aviation engineers, who had a very simple green field, blue sky, and the Sukhoi flying around. [. . .] I said to the guy who introduced it to me - Igor Tishin - I said 'we should make a company out of this', and I invested in the development of the initial team from '91 til '95 and then we released it via Mindscape in the UK. The guy there, called Jim Mackonochie - he's died since - was absolutely passionate about aviation but he couldn't fly because he had a problem with his eyes. But his dad was a hawker test pilot - Hawker as in [one of these aircraft behind me] - and even flew one of [The Fighter Collection] aircraft - a Sea Fury that flew in Korea on Ocean - he was the manufacturing test pilot and so there was a very close bond between Mindscape and Eagle Dynamics. In the beginning, it was The Fighter Collection who financed everything, but we had this internal name 'Eagle Dynamics'.
  12. ^ "A quick look at the Su-27 Flanker Fighter Jets Evaluated by Western Countries". theaviationgeekclub.com. December 16, 2019. Archived from the original on December 1, 2021. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
  13. ^ "Lock On: Modern Air Combat". www.simhq.com. 5 December 2003. Archived from the original on 2021-12-01. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  14. ^ "Igor Tishin 1961 - 2018". DCS Newsletter. 2018-03-22. Archived from the original on 2023-12-21. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  15. ^ Air Combat Sim Podcast Episode #25: DCS AH-64D with Matt "Wags" Wagner (Podcast). BVR Productions. 2022-03-15. Event occurs at 00:07:10. Archived from the original on 2023-12-21. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  16. ^ United States v. Tishchenko (United States District Court District of Utah, Northern Division).
  17. ^ "Дело разработчика компьютерных игр Олега Тищенко в США". RIA Novosti. June 19, 2019. Archived from the original on December 1, 2021. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
  18. ^ "U.S. Deports Russian Convicted Of Smuggling F-16 Manuals". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. June 19, 2019. Archived from the original on December 1, 2021. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
  19. ^ Prince, Todd (2019-06-19). "U.S. Deports Russian Convicted Of Smuggling F-16 Manuals". Polygon. Archived from the original on 2021-12-01. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  20. ^ Wagner, Matt (2023-05-14). "Oleg Tishchenko and Eagle Dynamics Official Statement". ED Forums. Archived from the original on 2023-12-21. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  21. ^ DCS official website Archived 2021-12-01 at the Wayback Machine DCS: Black Shark 2
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