<s>
MSC	B-Application
Software	I-Application
Corporation	O
is	O
an	O
American	O
simulation	B-Application
software	O
technology	O
company	O
based	O
in	O
Newport	O
Beach	O
,	O
California	O
,	O
that	O
specializes	O
in	O
simulation	B-Application
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MSC	B-Application
Software	I-Application
Corporation	O
was	O
formed	O
in	O
1963	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
MacNeal-Schwendler	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
(	O
MSC	O
)	O
,	O
by	O
Dr.	O
Richard	O
H	O
.	O
MacNeal	O
and	O
Robert	O
Schwendler	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
developed	O
its	O
first	O
structural	O
analysis	O
software	O
called	O
SADSAM	O
(	O
Structural	O
Analysis	O
by	O
Digital	B-Application
Simulation	I-Application
of	O
Analog	O
Methods	O
)	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
and	O
was	O
deeply	O
involved	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
efforts	O
of	O
the	O
aerospace	O
industry	O
to	O
improve	O
early	O
finite	B-Application
element	I-Application
analysis	I-Application
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
key	O
milestone	O
was	O
responding	O
to	O
a	O
1965	O
request	O
for	O
proposal	O
(	O
RFP	O
)	O
from	O
the	O
National	O
Aeronautics	O
and	O
Space	O
Administration	O
(	O
NASA	O
)	O
for	O
a	O
general-purpose	O
structural	O
analysis	O
program	O
that	O
would	O
eventually	O
become	O
Nastran	B-Algorithm
(	O
NASA	O
Structural	O
Analysis	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1971	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
released	O
a	O
commercial	O
version	O
of	O
Nastran	B-Algorithm
,	O
named	O
MSC/Nastran	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
years	O
after	O
MSC	O
began	O
marketing	O
MSC/Nastran	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
established	O
its	O
first	O
overseas	O
office	O
in	O
Munich	O
,	O
Germany	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2009	O
,	O
MSC	B-Application
Software	I-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
the	O
private	O
equity	O
firm	O
Symphony	O
Technology	O
Group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
dot	O
"	O
was	O
dropped	O
from	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
name	O
in	O
2011	O
and	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
name	O
is	O
currently	O
MSC	B-Application
Software	I-Application
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
May	O
1999	O
-	O
MSC	B-Application
Software	I-Application
acquired	O
MARC	B-Algorithm
Analysis	O
Research	O
Corporation	O
to	O
add	O
software	O
that	O
tests	O
complex	O
designs	O
and	O
materials	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
March	O
2002	O
-	O
MSC	B-Application
Software	I-Application
acquired	O
Mechanical	O
Dynamics	O
Inc	O
.	O
to	O
increase	O
its	O
client	O
base	O
to	O
over	O
10,000	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
January	O
2008	O
-	O
MSC	B-Application
Software	I-Application
acquired	O
thermal	O
analysis	O
company	O
Network	O
Analysis	O
Inc	O
.	O
to	O
solidify	O
its	O
ability	O
to	O
serve	O
the	O
thermal	O
management	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
September	O
2012	O
-	O
MSC	B-Application
Software	I-Application
acquired	O
composite	O
material	O
simulation	B-Application
leader	O
e-Xstream	O
engineering	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
February	O
2015	O
-	O
MSC	B-Application
Software	I-Application
acquired	O
Simufact	O
Engineering	O
leader	O
in	O
the	O
simulation	B-Application
of	O
metal	O
forming	O
and	O
joining	O
processes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
December	O
2016	O
-	O
MSC	B-Application
Software	I-Application
Acquired	O
Software	O
Cradle	O
Co.	O
,	O
Ltd	O
,	O
a	O
leader	O
in	O
CFD	O
simulation	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
May	O
2017	O
-	O
MSC	O
acquires	O
Vires	O
Simulationstechnologie	O
GmbH	O
leader	O
in	O
autonomous	O
vehicle	O
simulation	B-Application
.	O
</s>
