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Goodbye Flight Simulator, Hello Microsoft Flight

Lockheed Martin software in a Flyit FTD Stephen Pope
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Key Takeaways:

  • Microsoft licensed its Flight Simulator X software and intellectual property to Lockheed Martin, which now develops it as "Prepar3D" for professional flight training, while Microsoft disbanded the original development studio.
  • Microsoft is simultaneously developing a new flight game, "Microsoft Flight," which aims to offer high-fidelity simulation, new gameplay, and a strong emphasis on social connectivity through a global online community.
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If you own a copy of Microsoft’s Flight Simulator X, you might want to grab a pen, scratch the name Microsoft off the box and write Lockheed Martin instead.

That’s because Lockheed Martin has licensed the software and the intellectual goodies that go with it, marking the end of the line for one of the most successful game series in the history of computing, spanning almost 30 years since the original in 1982, called Microsoft Flight Simulator 1.0.

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