BAE Systems’ OneArc division has announced a global reseller agreement with Skyline Software, folding Skyline’s PhotoMesh product into the SceneCast solution package. The move completes an end-to-end workflow: drone imagery in, simulation-ready terrain out, within hours.
SceneCast is a deployable system built to capture real-world environments and convert them directly into formats usable for training and mission rehearsal. Within the OneArc ecosystem, it pipelines geospatial data into simulation environments including VBS4. Terrain can also be exported to a range of industry-standard formats via Mantle.
Skyline PhotoMesh handles the conversion of overlapping drone and sensor imagery into high-resolution 3D meshes. OneArc software then processes those meshes into interactive terrain. The integration targets operators at the tactical edge who need rapid turnaround from site survey to rehearsal environment — collapsing a workflow that previously required multiple disconnected tools and specialists.
The partnership represents a deliberate expansion for Skyline, which has historically served the GEOINT and intelligence community. Entering the simulation training market through the OneArc ecosystem gives Skyline a channel into defense training programs that operate on VBS4 and related platforms — a community with different procurement patterns and technical requirements than its existing customer base.
For OneArc, adding PhotoMesh fills a gap in the capture-to-simulation pipeline. The stated objective — training as operators fight — reflects a broader push across defense simulation to compress the time between real-world reconnaissance and virtual rehearsal. A workflow that can take raw drone survey data and produce usable terrain in hours rather than days has direct operational value for mission planning and pre-deployment rehearsal.
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