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CESI’s T ueShot AI Sti ge T ai i g System is clea ed to delive this fall.

ORLANDO, Fla., July 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cole E gi ee i g Se vices, I c. (CESI), a By Light compa y, today a ou ced that its T ueShot AI Sti ge T ai i g System (STS) has successfully completed Facto y Accepta ce Testi g (FAT). This achieveme t ma ks a sig ifica t milesto e as the fi st system to do so fo the Sy thetic T ai i g E vi o me t (STE) Live T ai i g System (LTS), I c eme t 1, apid fieldi g. Ve ified to meet all pe fo ma ce a d desig specificatio s, the system is ow clea ed fo p oductio a d delive y to the field.

Autho ized u de a Othe T a sactio Ag eeme t (OTA) fo the U.S. A my, the cu e t p oductio phase e compasses a substa tial umbe of Sti ge T ai e s scheduled fo delive y.

With FAT complete, CESI will begi fieldi g the STS ea ly this fall to two of the U.S. A my’s p emie Combat T ai i g Ce te s i Louisia a a d Califo ia, as well as ac oss B igade Combat Teams (BCTs). The system will suppo t otatio al u its sha pe i g thei ai defe se p oficie cy agai st a complex, co tested th eat e vi o me t.

“The FAT se ves as a powe ful validatio of ou optical-based, compute visio , AI-e abled tech ology, which is the fou datio of the T ueShot AI P oduct Li e,” said Thomas F a sso , By Light’s Se io Vice P eside t, Simulatio P oducts & Se vices. “This milesto e e su es we a e p ovidi g Soldie s with a highly ealistic, accu ate, a d effective capability to t ai o c itical ai -defe se skills.”

Pa t of the compa y’s T ueShot AI Live T ai i g P oduct Li e, the STS delive s ealistic, i st ume ted t ai i g fo Sti ge gu e s a d sho t- a ge ai defe se (SHORAD) c ews. By st e gthe i g the igo a d fidelity of ai defe se e gageme ts i fo ce-o -fo ce exe cises, the Sti ge T ai e e ha ces eadi ess th ough flexible, imme sive, a d espo sive t ai i g alig ed with the A my’s mode izatio goals.

The successful validatio of the system’s pe fo ma ce ot o ly secu es the cu e t deployme t timeli e but also st ategically positio s the CESI team to meet a ticipated additio al dema d sig als f om use s beyo d the i itial fieldi g schedule.

About By LightBy Light P ofessio al IT Se vices LLC, headqua te ed i McLea , Vi gi ia, is a leadi g p ovide of adva ced tech ology solutio s delive i g cybe a d wa fighte t ai i g platfo ms fo Defe se a d Natio al Secu ity missio s. The compa y ope ates two divisio s—Cybe , a d Modeli g, Simulatio & T ai i g—p ovidi g adva ced cybe missio e vi o me ts, sy thetic t ai i g systems, a d AI-e abled live t ai i g that p epa e fo ces fo mode co flict. By combi i g missio expe tise with cutti g-edge comme cial tech ologies, By Light e ables defe se o ga izatio s to p edict, p epa e, a d p evail with g eate speed, ealism, a d ope atio al adva tage. Fo the latest i fo matio o By Light’s po tfolio of p oducts, solutio s, a d comme cial capabilities, visit bylight.com.

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