HPCMP Commercial Enterprise Software License Portfolio for FY2026

Renewals, Changes, and Additions

The HPCMP and Enterprise Software Management Team (ESMT) announces the FY 2026 commercial scientific and engineering software license portfolio (1 Apr 2026 - 31 Mar 2027). This portfolio reflects a 2026 funding realignment and applies to all unclassified enclaves at each DSRC.

Key Points

  • Full retention of the Abaqus and MATLAB license inventories.
  • Full retention of FORGE debugger (including MAP profiler).
  • Pointwise and Tecplot are funded at 4 seats each (down scaled from FY 2025).
  • STAR CCM+ power session licenses reduced to 27 seats, and interactive (suite) licenses to 6 seats (down scaled from FY 2025).
  • The licenses for LS-DYNA, FieldView, and EnSight are perpetual and will remain available to users. These applications will be maintained only at their currently installed versions; no future version updates or new releases will be provided.
  • The following software will no longer be part of the HPCMP ESMT portfolio for FY 2026. Existing licenses will remain functional until the license transition date of 1 Apr 2026:
    • Ansys
    • CFD++
    • Gaussian
    • US3D

For any questions or assistance, contact the HPC Help Desk at help@helpdesk.hpc.mil

Abaqus

Abaqus

Funded / Unchanged from FY 2025.

Abaqus is a general-purpose, finite-element analysis program that places special emphasis on advanced linear and nonlinear structural engineering and heat transfer applications.

Licensed Units:
  • Solver tokens (main pool) - 359
  • Abaqus/CAE = 10
  • Abaqus/Viewer = 4
Usage Notes:

SLB controlled; see the SLB User Guide. Interactive sessions perform best through Secure Remote Desktop (SRD) or Open OnDemand.

Ansys-EnSight

EnSight

Unfunded, but support will continue via perpetual tokens; limited to the currently installed releases.

Advanced visualization platform for CFD, structural, and multiphysics results, with many code translators.

Licensed Units:
  • Standard interactive licenses = 11
  • Enterprise interactive licenses = 5
Usage Notes:

Use the DAV Center's customized EnSight HPC Client-Server Software for the best performance. Interactive sessions are also available through Secure Remote Desktop (SRD) or Open OnDemand.

FieldView

FieldView

Unfunded, but support will continue via perpetual tokens; limited to the currently installed releases.

CFD post processing software for visualizing flow fields and extracting quantitative data.

Licensed Units:
  • Interactive session licenses = 15
Usage Notes:

Interactive sessions perform best through Secure Remote Desktop (SRD) or Open OnDemand.

Forge (+ MAP)

Funded / Unchanged from FY 2025.

A combined debugging and profiling suite: FORGE provides parallel debugging for C, C++, Fortran, and Python MPI/OpenMP applications; MAP offers performance profiling (hardware counters, thread level analysis, I/O metrics).

Licensed Units:
  • DDT parallel debugger cores - 8,192
    • + accelerator cards (CUDA) - 64
  • MAP profiler
Usage Notes:

Interactive sessions perform best through Secure Remote Desktop (SRD) or Open OnDemand.

LS-DYNA

LS-DYNA

Unfunded, but support will continue via perpetual tokens; limited to the currently installed releases.

Explicit finite element solver for nonlinear dynamic response of 3 D structures (impact, crash, high strain rate, fluid structure coupling).

Licensed Units:
  • Solver tokens (mppdyna) = 1,500
Usage Notes:

SLB controlled; see the SLB User Guide. Interactive pre/post processing performs best through Secure Remote Desktop (SRD) or Open OnDemand.

Matlab

MATLAB

Funded / Unchanged from FY 2025.

High level technical computing environment for algorithm development, data analysis, visualization, and numerical simulation; extensive toolbox library.

Licensed Units:
  • Main MATLAB license = 26
  • Compiler = 2
  • Communication Toolbox = 2
  • Curve Fitting Toolbox = 2
  • Parallel Computing Toolbox = 9
  • Fixed Point Toolbox = 1
  • Global Optimization Toolbox = 2
  • System Identification Toolbox = 1
  • Image Processing Toolbox = 6
  • MATLAB Compiler SDK = 10
  • MATLAB Coder = 2
  • Deep Learning Toolbox = 2
  • Optimization Toolbox = 4
  • PDE Toolbox = 1
  • DSP System Toolbox = 2
  • Signal Processing Toolbox = 7
  • Simulink = 4
  • Stateflow = 2
  • Statistics and Machine Learning Toolbox = 9
  • Symbolic Toolbox = 2
  • Mapping Toolbox = 1
  • Control System Toolbox = 1
  • MATLAB Parallel Server = 200
Usage Notes:

Request batch licenses via the SLB system; see the SLB User Guide. Interactive sessions are optimal on Secure Remote Desktop (SRD) or Open OnDemand.

Pointwise

Pointwise

Funded at 4 interactive session licenses (down from 19).

Mesh generation tool for creating structured, unstructured, and hybrid CFD meshes.

Licensed Units:
  • Interactive session licenses = 4
Usage Notes:

Use through Secure Remote Desktop (SRD) or Open OnDemand for best performance.

Tecplot

Tecplot

Funded at 4 interactive session licenses (down from 18).

Interactive visualization and analysis platform for CFD and other simulation data.

Licensed Units:
  • Interactive session licenses = 4
Usage Notes:

Use through Secure Remote Desktop (SRD) or Open OnDemand for best performance.

STAR-CCM+

Reduced allocations for FY 2026.

CFD and multiphysics solver using finite volume/finite element methods; includes GPU accelerated power sessions.

Licensed Units:
  • Power session (ccmppower+) - FY 2025: 30 / FY 2026: 26
  • Interactive suite (ccmpsuite) - FY 2025: 11 / FY 2026: 6
Usage Notes:

SLB controlled; see the SLB User Guide. Interactive sessions are best on Secure Remote Desktop (SRD) or Open OnDemand.

Applications No Longer Funded by the HPCMP for FY 2026

  • Ansys
  • CFD++
  • US3D
  • Gaussian