Modest Tree Media Inc., a Halifax SaaS company that offers 3D simulation and training software, has entered a three-year licensing agreement with the Canadian Department of National Defence.

The agreement lets the department use the company’s Modest3D suite, a software that rapidly creates 3D interactive scenarios, which means anyone can create three-dimensional scenarios and animations without any programing experience.

Modest Tree’s technology is ideal for defense simulation training because of its ability to build a variety of training applications, from virtual task trainers, to immersive scenario based learning. The Canadian military had already been using Modest3D under a one-year licensing agreement.   

“The military’s decision for a three-year commitment to roll out our products across navy, army, and air force training establishments is a significant endorsement that our suite of products are hitting the mark in the defence training industry,” CEO Sam Sannandeji said in a statement.

Modest3D uses a drag-and-drop framework to apply actions, animations and interactions to 3D models to create an interactive scenario. The simple framework reduces the cost and time involved in making 3D training programs by as much as 85 percent.

“Our strategic objectives for modernizing military training include leveraging the most advanced training technologies available on the market,” said Bill Railer, the senior staff officer of Military Personnel Generation, Learning Support Centres.  “The Modest3D Suite delivers the capability we need for developing highly interactive 3D training.”

A graduate of Propel ICT’s former accelerator program Launch36, Modest Tree will showcase new features of the Modest3D Suite to the military this week at new Learning Support Centre in CFB Borden, Ont.