1.  Alias will provide on-site engineering resources at Industrial Light, potentially tripling the number of Alias users via a site-wide software licence.

2.  How is the amount to be spent on RandD decided?

3.  If the merger is approved, the two companies will combine their engineering resources to try to win the competition against Lockheed Martin.

4.  By concentrating its engineering resources under one management, Sony could strengthen its technical competitiveness.