Nov 2013 IITSEC Newlsetter

volume 12, number 4 • November 2013
2013 Interservice/Industry
Training, Simulation and
Education Conference
(I/ITSEC)—Message from the
Conference Chair
Message from the President
of the National Training and
Simulation Association
Division is positioned to continue its roles as enterprise leader and partner. We have
Let me start by
thanking all of you
who continue to
work extremely hard
to make I/ITSEC
2013 a world class
event. We at NTSA
are in our second
year of “Combat
RADM James Robb, USN
Conferences” but are
(Ret.), President, NTSA
increasingly confident
that we can do business in this incredibly
uncertain environment. The good news
is that the Government is “Open for
Business” for the rest of the calendar year
which allows us to return our focus to execution rather than contingencies. I/ITSEC
is an event that is critical to the mission of
our constituents and we are on track for
a tremendous Conference and Exhibition
again this year.
I continue to be extremely impressed
with the dedication and depth of the I/
Lead Service, cont. on page 3
President, cont. on page 2
by Cyndi Turner, GDIT
Cyndi Turner, I/ITSEC 2013
Conference Chair
Even given our challenging times, the Interservice/Industry
Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) will return
to the Orange County Convention Center from 3-5 December with
an interesting and educational calendar of events. Conference
attendance is expected to be as large as last year’s conference.
As Government travel restrictions pose challenges, our participation is more important than ever. Our warfighters continue to be
Chair, cont. on page 7
Message from the
I/ITSEC 2013 Lead Service
USAF Simulators Division
As 2013 winds down, and another Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and
Education Conference (I/ITSEC) is about to begin, the Air Force’s (AF) Simulators
MODSIM 2014
Deadlines near
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New Exhibitors
at I/ITSEC 2013
page 4
2013 I/ITSEC Scholarship Winners
discuss stem, their future plans
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Published by
ITSEC team. The importance of the NTSA event portfolio to our
government team members has been impressive as they remain
engaged and supportive in spite of sequester, furloughs, shutdown and new policies. Many government representatives have
endured eight hour virtual planning meetings due to the severe
travel restrictions. It is clear that both government and industry
are desperately seeking ways to communicate requirements,
challenges and opportunities. I encourage all to look forward
to I/ITSEC not only for its incredible technical and professional
content, but as an opportunity to network face-to-face with the
Training Systems community.
This year’s conference and exhibition is going to be absolutely first class. We have over 140 of the best papers ever
selected for presentation. Congressman Mica has confirmed
to be with us on Monday morning for an update on events in
Washington and we expect other members to join him. We
are hosting our first ever Foreign Military Sales session, during
which we will bring together FMS experts and those involved
with international sales. We have a strong agenda of Special
Events including panels discussing a vision for the future of
Training Technology, Intelligent Systems, M&S in the Healthcare
Market, and Simulation Based Training across Industry.
We cannot let the turbulence in the political sector distract
us from our mission to support National Security. Our warriors remain engaged with the enemy in a second decade of
combat and the readiness of the force is being eroded every
day of budget uncertainty and sequestration. Our industry is
at the cross-roads of readiness and efficiency and the Training
Systems continuum is absolutely in the right place to address
the challenges of an evolving and distributed threat in a fiscally challenged environment. NTSA is committed to increasing
awareness in Washington of the vital necessity for the nation
to embrace Training Systems and Modeling and Simulation
solutions as a vital part of our future readiness equation. I/
ITSEC is the absolutely perfect platform for you all to make your
voices and capabilities heard.
We also understand that our industry partners are seeking
new markets to expose their latest capabilities and technologies, and NTSA is committed to helping members find new
business at home and abroad. The I/ITSEC floor will host
expanded presence in STEM, Serious Gaming, Medical and
Education as well as trade representatives from over 70 countries. Many are recognizing that training is critical to safety
and security and that modeling and simulation is assuming a
central role in research and planning across many domains,
both within the national security framework and far beyond.
These are only a few of the ground-breaking events we have
planned for I/ITSEC 2013--possibly the most comprehensive
and relevant I/ITSEC to date. Come join over 500 exhibitors,
as well as experts and leaders from government, industry,
academia and research institutions, as we explore the present
role and future promise of the amazing technology of training,
modeling and simulation. I look forward to seeing you there.
MODSIM WORLD
FIND THE OPPORTUNITY IN CHANGE. INNOVATE, SIMULATE....EVOLVE!
2014
President, from page 1
A Multi-Disciplinary International Modeling and Simulation Event
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nly industry centric conference with broad coverage of the modeling and
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simulation industry
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echnology showcase where leaders in the industry will be demonstrating
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the latest in ModSim technologies
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unique opportunity to capture lessons learned and new technologies
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across diverse domains, including Defense, Healthcare, Manufacturing,
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industry, government and academia
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osted in Hampton, VA one of the largest regions in the world dedicated
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to modeling & simulation
For more information, contact the National Training and Simulation Association
Exhibit/Sponsorship Questions
Debbie Dyson, CEM • [email protected] • 703-247-9480
The Conference Committee is working on an exciting, activity-filled event at MODSIM World 2014.
Papers and Panels will be presented in the following areas of interest:
• Education
• Training
• Science & Engineering
• Entertainment, Visualization, Media & Sports
• Analytics & Decision Making
And the final day of the event will include interactive Industry Workshops covering the following
topics:
• Defense
• Medical
• Manufacturing
• Energy
Other features of the agenda will include:
• Keynote Speakers • Technology Showcase
• Exhibits
• Entrepreneur Competition
Call for Abstracts
We have extended the cut-off date through
December 6, 2013.
Submission of abstracts and additional
information on MODSIM WORLD 2014 is available
at www.modsimworldconference.com.
Conference Questions
Samantha Riemer • [email protected] • 703-247-9490
Please contact Michael Spitz at
[email protected]
with any questions about abstract submittal.
APRIL 15-17, 2014 • WWW.MODSIMWORLDCONFERENCE.COM • Hampton, VA
Visit www.trainingsystems.org/events for
details on lodging, registration and exhibits.
2 november 2013
INTERSERVICE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
U.S. Air Force Executive
Col Peter Eide, USAF
Lead Service, from page 1
navigated through fiscal uncertainty, adjusted to budget reductions, and aligned
Chief, Simulators Division, Air Force Materiel
ourselves to provide “concurrent affordable training” to our warfighters. We believe
Command
our disciplined approach and continuous improvement initiatives will successfully yield
U.S. Navy Executive
the readiness our nation needs, while also supporting the current migration towards
CAPT Steve Nakagawa, USN
Executive Officer, NAWCTSD
U.S. Marine Corps Executive
Col Michael A. Coolican, USMC
increased reliance on live-virtual-constructive training alternatives.
The Simulators Division resides at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton,
Commanding Officer, (PM TRASYS)
Ohio. It is part of the new Life Cycle Management Center, executing its programs
U.S. Army Executive
within the Agile Combat Support Program Executive Officer portfolio. We are nearly
James T. Blake, Ph.D.
350 strong – a combination of military, civilian, and contractor personnel – providing
Program Executive Officer for PEO STRI
Senior Advisor for Readiness and Training
Frank DiGiovanni, Director, Training Readiness and
Strategy, ODASD (Readiness)
I/ITSEC SERVICE PRINCIPALS
full-spectrum sustainment for 60+ aircrew and maintenance training systems at over
100 locations world-wide. We worked 542 contracting actions in a recent 1-year
period of time, worth a combined $1.5B. Our partners include all of the Air Force’s
U.S. Air Force Principal
major commands, varied members of industry, the Warfighter Readiness Research
Mark Adducchio, 677 AESG/EN
Division, and numerous aircraft weapons system program managers. We routinely
U.S. Navy Principal
consult with and support our friends in both the Army and Navy. And last but not
Gary R. Fraas, NAWC TSD
U.S. Marine Corps Principal
Martin Bushika, PM TRASYS
U.S. Army Principal
Traci Jones, PEO STRI
OSD Readiness Training Principal
least, our foreign military sales portfolio includes customers from around the world.
Over the past year, the Simulators Division, in concert with the rest of Agile
Combat Support, has aggressively pursued Better Buying Power 2.0 cost reduction
initiatives to keep pace with budget reductions. For example, on one recent acquisi-
Skip Vibert, ODASD (Readiness)
tion, we conducted extensive market research of commercially-available products to
I/ITSEC 2013 CONFERENCE CHAIR
Achieve Affordable Programs. The insight gained allowed our customer to make an
Cyndi Turner, General Dynamics Information Technology
adjustment in the requirements set to get what was needed within the funding avail-
I/ITSEC 2013 PROGRAM CHAIR
able. To Control Costs Throughout the Product Lifecycle, we have followed higher-
Brent Smith, Engineering & Computer Simulations, Inc.
THE SUBCOMMITTEES
Education
Gerald Dreggors, Northrop Grumman
Emerging Concepts and Innovative Technologies
Mark Soodeen, CAE
Human Performance
Anne Little, Addx Corporation
Policy, Standards, Management and Acquisition
Mike Motko, Qinetiq, Ltd.
Simulation
AF guidance to incorporate “should cost” planning into our cost estimates, actively
looking for opportunities to reduce simulator based training costs. Additionally,
we have supported discussions to assess potential redundancy in our portfolios.
Perhaps of most interest to an I/ITSEC audience, is our efforts to Promote Effective
Competition. This business is already ripe with a wide range of highly-qualified industry providers. The Simulators Division currently takes advantage of this by routinely
re-competing our sustainment and instruction efforts, in compliance with the AF’s
latest service contracting regulations. We are attempting to cultivate further com-
John Aughey, The Boeing Company
petition through increased attention on intellectual property (IP) rights. It is our
Training
interest to pursue government-purpose IP rights and procure the associated data
Lisa Scott Holt, Intelligent Automation, Inc.
Tutorial Board Chair
Bob Richbourg, Institute for Defense Analyses
SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE CHAIR
Amy Motko, Carley Corporation
Education and Training Advisor
to the maximum extent possible. We have also responded to the call to increase
direct-award contracts to small business. Look for all of these initiatives/trends to
continue in the future as we pursue “concurrent affordable training.”
Late last year, the Simulators Division latched on to the simple, yet powerful,
VADM Al Harms, USN (Ret.), University of Central
concept of organizational alignment. Loosely adapting the ideas of George Labovitz
Florida
and Victor Rosansky, we’ve declared “concurrent affordable training” to be the goal
SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR
of everything we do. This helps us stay centered, and focused on the “main thing,”
Jennifer McNamara, Breakaway, Ltd.
OPERATIONS SUPPORT
the reason for our existence. As we execute our programs, “concurrent affordable
Len Kravitz, LRK Associates Inc.
training” is a beacon that guides continuous balancing, or adjusting, of strategies,
NTSA SPONSOR
processes, people, and partners (Labovitz & Rosansky, 1997). If there is one thing
RADM James Robb, USN (Ret.)
that is certain in our future, it is that there will be change. Our alignment initiative
President, NTSA
NTSA REPRESENTATIVES
is designed to guide us through that change, and position us for continued success
Barbara McDaniel, I/ITSEC Coordinator
in the future. We look forward to continuing our roles in this enterprise – teaming
Director, Conferences and Programs
Debbie Dyson, NTSA Director of Exhibits
John Williams, Media Relations
with partners familiar and new – to achieve the readiness required in the defense of
our nation and its interests.
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I/ITSEC 2013 Exhibitors as of October 31, 2013
The National Training and Simulation Association and I/ITSEC would like to extend a special welcome to the following companies and organizations which are exhibiting at I/ITSEC for the first time. We wish you a pleasant and
professionally rewarding experience. —
­ Your NTSA Team
5DT, Inc
7Tao Engineering
Advanced Cockpit
Solutions
Advanced IT Concepts, Inc.
Aerosim
Ameripack, Inc.
Anatomage
Aviation Instrument
Technologies Inc.
Brain Vision, LLC
Caliente
CliniSpace
Cognitics, Inc.
CyberGlove Systems
D2 TEAM-Sim
Defense Logistics Support,
4 november 2013
Inc.
Delaware Resource Group
of Oklahoma, LLC
DIGINEXT
DigitalGlobe
Electrical Geodesics, Inc
EWA GSI
GameSim
Georgia Case
Hatalom Systems, LLC
Hitachi Solutions America,
Ltd.
IES Interactive Training
Laser Ammo
MSE Omnifinity AB
MVE Systems, Inc.
Nexware Inc.
OKTAL-SE
OPFOR Solutions, Inc
OptiTrack
Packaging Strategies Inc
Pennant International
Group Plc
Polar Simulation
Powersource
Transportation, Inc.
SA Photonics
SANLAB SIMULATION
SANTOKU CORPORATION
Senspex, Inc
Shooting Range Industries,
LLC
Sierra Nevada Corporation
Simbionix
Simteq B.V.
Six15 Technologies
SungJin Techwin Co.,Ltd.
SUSE
Tactical Communications
Group
Tannas Electronic Displays
Technology Partners
International, Inc.
The Mathis Group
Tolomatic
UNIGINE Corp
US Rare Earths, Inc.
Virginia Tech
Virtuix Technologies LLC
Yorktown Systems Group,
Inc.
3D Perception 1915
4C Strategies AB 2428
5DT, Inc. 133
7Tao Engineering 452
AAADA 639
AAI Corporation 829
Acme Worldwide Enterprises, Inc. 775
Adacel Systems Inc. 525
Adayana, Inc. 1121
Adobe Systems, Inc. 2375
Advanced Cockpit Solutions 564
Advanced IT Concepts, Inc. 465
Advanced Simulation 1149
Technology, Inc. (ASTi)
Adventure Tech 1781
Aechelon Technology, Inc. 1715
AEgis Technologies 813
Aeronautica (Air Force) 1781
AeroSim 467
Exhibits, cont. on page 5
Exhibits from page 4
Aero Simulation, Inc. Aerotronics AFV Sim Ltd. Air National Guard Trainer
Development
Alelo, Inc. Alion Science and Technology Ameripack, Inc. AMSEC a Subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries
Anacom Analytical Graphics, Inc. Anatomage Aptima, Inc. Argon Electronics Arrington Research, Inc. Ascension Technology Corporation
AVADirect Custom Computers 2519
580
2381
1963
2631
841
622
2120
1781
1471
2752
707
1159
781
663
475
Aviation Instrument 870
Technologies, Inc.
AVT Simulation 2741
BAE Systems 681
Barco/projectiondesign 2535
Battlespace Simulations 1249
B-Design3D 880
BGI, LLC 1163
Bihrle Applied Research, Inc. 1901
Binghamton University, Watson 2730
Sch Eng
BIONATICS 2222
Bluedrop Performance Learning 1907
BNH Expert Software, Inc. 448
Boeing 1201
Bohemia Interactive 2439
Booz Allen Hamilton 2723
Bosch Rexroth 2207
Brain Vision, LLC 661
Brazilian Defense and 1781, 1788
Security Industries Association
Brown University 333
Bugeye Technologies 771
C2 Technologies, Inc. 601
CAE 1733
CALIBRE329
Caliente 2734
Calytrix 2226
Camber Corporation 2511
Canon U.S.A., Inc. 2527
Capstone Corporation 554
Carley Corporation 1613
CAST Navigation LLC 1167
Central Florida STEM Council 2862
Centurion Batalion USNSCC 2390
CGI 7
63
Chemring Group PLC 513
Christie Digital Systems 2049
Clear-Com 421
CliniSpace 2653
CMLabs/Vortex 1565
Cognitics, Inc. 417
Cole Engineering 593
Concord XXI USA LLC 461
Concurrent Real-Time 2101
Connections Cafe’ and Lounge 100
Control Products Corporation 1008
Corsair Engineering 1070
Cranfield Aerospace Ltd. 1280
Cubic Defense Applications 2448
CyberGlove Systems 552
Cybernet Systems Corporation 2130
D2 TEAM-Sim 1121
Da-Lite Screen Company 520
D-BOX Technologies, Inc. 613
Defense Logistics Support, Inc. 1701
Defense News Media Group 334
Delaware Resource Group of 517
Oklahoma, LLC
Dell Inc. 721
Design Interactive, Inc. 2233
Diamond Visionics 2001
DIGINEXT 1081
Digital Projection 2181
DigitalGlobe DI-Guy (Boston Dynamics) Discovery Machine, Inc. Displays & Optical Technologies DiSTI Corporation Doron Precision Systems, Inc. DRC Driven Technologies, Inc. DRS Technologies DSCI Dytecna E2M Technologies B.V. EDM Ltd. EDN Aviation EFly Elbit Systems, Ltd. Electrical Geodesics, Inc. Electro-Optical Imaging, Inc. Electrosonic, Inc. eMDee Technology, Inc. EmpowerTheUser Ltd. Engility Engineering & Computer Simulations, Inc.
Engineering & Manufacturing Services, Inc (EMS)
Envitia Ltd. Ergo Computing UK Ltd. Ergoneers ESG Elektroniksystem und Logistik GmbH
ESP Inc. Esri ETC ETSA Eurosatory EWA GSI Exercito (Army) Explotrain, LLC Extron Electronics Exxact Corporation FAAC, Inc. Fain Models, Simulation Systems
Fidelity Flight Simulation Inc. Fidelity Technologies FIRST Robotics FlightSafety International Forth Dimension Displays Frasca International, Inc. Full Sail University Futron Incorporated Future Leaders Pavilion GameSim Gaumard Scientific Company General Dynamics IS&T Georgia Case Georgia Tech Research Institute Geoweb3d Global Business Solutions, Inc. (GBSI)
Hampden Engineering Corporation
Harris Corporation 558
1815
449
1821
1281
229
821
758
541
2321
2363
1927
2585
2726
1781
1581
351
780
532
575
581
2549
1465
471
2289
2381
374
2101
2133
301
673
2381
571
2057
1781
1165
1801
2106
2475
1280
534
1763
2189
1401
459
433
2384
584
2571
1266
2651
1048
1080
2315
425
401
451
2001
Hatalom Systems, LLC 167
Havok 859, 863
Heartwood Inc. 1807
Hitachi Solutions America, Ltd. 2285
Holland Pavilion 2163
IEEE Xplore Digital Library 2629
IES Interactive Training 2475
IHS 533
ImmersaView 423
Immersive Display Solutions, Inc. 1249
Indra 1101
Industrial Smoke & Mirrors 1012
Inert Products LLC 1711
Innovation Showcase 2389
Intelligent Decisions, Inc. 2063
Inter-Coastal Electronics Inc. 2027
Intevac, Inc. 625
Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. 1975
ITEC 233
J.F. Taylor, Inc. 1827
Janus Research Group, Inc.
339
JHT, Inc. 1625
JRL Ventures, Inc. 2022
JRM Technologies 2115
JVC Professional Products 1419
Company
Katmai 2327
Kentucky Trailer Technologies 1256
Knight Eagle Technologies, Inc. 521
Kongsberg Maritime 1571
Simulation, Inc.
Kratos Technology & Training 313
Solutions
Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH 801
& Co. KG
L-3 Communications 1449
Laerdal Medical 2757
Laser Ammo 560
Laser Shot 2007
Lawrence Livermore National Lab 235
Leading Technology Micro, Inc.
559
Leidos 1133
Lockheed Martin 1749
LSI, Inc. 1020
ManTech International 370
Marathon Targets 2735
Marinha (Navy) 1781
MASA Group 2201
The Mathis Group 349
MaxVision LLC 508
MDI 409
Mechanical Simulation 614
Media Box Studios, LLC 529
Meggitt Training Systems 1040
MetaVR 1249
Metters, Inc. 565
Military Training Technology 2157
MIL-SIM-FX International, Inc. 271
Moench Publishing Group 373
Moog 1413
Motion Analysis Corporation 1092
MPS Development 2381
MS&T Magazine - Halldale Media 365
Exhibits, cont. on page 6
November 2013 5
Exhibits from page 5
MSE Weibull AB 321
MT&SN 372
MVE Systems, Inc. 881
MYMIC, LLC 1109
NASA PLACE 2664, 2771
National Center for Policy 2731
Analysis
National Center for Simulation 1127
National Training & Simulation 2481
Association (NTSA)
NATO 2121
nCase-Materials World Modules 2193
NCS/Orlando Tech 2191
Newport News Shipbuilding 2426
Nexware Inc. 670
Nida Corporation 729
Northrop Grumman 1949
Nova Technologies 629
NSC 2581
NVIS, Inc. 2171
Oakwood Worldwide 623
Ocean Software US 659
Oculus VR 2326
ODU (MSVE Department) 2765
OKTAL-SE 2220
Oniria 1781
OPFOR Solutions, Inc. 455
OPINICUS Corporation 1213
OptiTrack 2081
Organic Motion 889
Orlando Science Center 2291
Hands-On STEM Activities
Oshkosh Specialty Vehicles 359
Packaging Strategies, Inc. 516
Panel Products, Inc. 724
Paramount Panels, Inc. 474
Parsons 239
Pathfinder Systems, Inc. 129
PDM Training and Consultancy 2381
Ltd.
Photo Etch 2419
Pitch Technologies 2462
PLEXSYS Interface Products, Inc. 2175
PLW Modelworks 548, 2281
Polar Simulation 2015
Polhemus 2411
Power Innovations Int’l, Inc. 1171
Powersource Transportation, Inc. 566
Presagis 1933
Prob-Test, Inc. 2365
projectiondesign/Barco 2535
Project Lead the Way 2288
Pulau Corporation 674
Q4 Services 1027
QinetiQ North America 1271
Quadrant Simulation Systems, Inc. 2108
Qualisys Motion Systems 333
Quantum 3D, Inc. 2501
Questionmark 612
Qwizdom, Inc. 722
Rapid Prototyping Services 2848
RapidEye 429
Rave Computer 2307
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RAYDON Corporation 149, 171, 849
Raytheon 1727
RealTime Immersive, Inc. 439
REALTIMEVISUAL 760
Red Hat, Inc. 514
Restore Computers 2388
RGB Spectrum 2413
Rheinmetall AG, Corporate
2601
Sector Defence
Rockwell Collins 2401
RPA Electronic Solutions, Inc. 1021
RSI Visual Systems 2108
RUAG Defence 1481
Rustcon 1781
Ryan Aerospace 2627
SA Photonics 512
Saab Defense and Security 1939
USA LLC Safety Training Systems, Inc. 701
SAIC 1392
Saint Security Services, LLC 472
SANLAB SIMULATION 535
SANTOKU CORPORATION 454
Scalable Network Technologies 2718
SDS International 735
SeaPerch 2292
Seeing Machines 665
Sensics/Systems Technology Inc. 2423
SensoryCo. 1157
Senspex, Inc. 524
Serco, Inc. 835
Serious Games Challenge 2761
SGB Enterprises, Inc. 2362
Shooting Range Industries, LLC 473
Sierra Nevada Corporation 2715
SILKAN 2329
Simbionix 2748
SimiGon, Inc. 2557
SIMmersion LLC 2424
SimPhonics, Inc. 1921
Simteq B.V. 2657
Simthetiq 764
Simulation and Control 759
Technologies
SIMWARE 2381
Sintres 1781
Six15 Technologies 523
SMART EYE AB 348
Smooth On, Inc. 2749
Soar Technology, Inc. 713
Society for Simulation in 2751
Healthcare
Sogeclair Aerospace 2381
Solid Terrain Modeling Inc. 764
Sonalysts 2071
Sony Electronics, Inc. 1058
SPEVCO, Inc. 481
STC Environmental Specialty 1781
Products
Sterling Global Operations, Inc. 371
Stewart Filmscreen 2215
Stirling Dynamics 2471
Stottler Henke Associates 1621
Str8 Custom Promo Coins 2382
Strategic Systems, Inc. 570
SungJin Techwin Co., Ltd. 515
SUSE 660
Symbolic Displays, Inc. 632
SYMVIONICS, Inc. 1009
SynDaver Labs 2753
Synerco 1763
Tactical Communications Group 550
Tactical Micro 1181
Tannas Electronic Displays 620
TAPE/Strong Point Research 350
Division
The Tatitlek Corporation
2239
Tecgraf 1781
Tech Valley Technologies 1284
Tech Wizards 2380
Technical Sales & Applications/ 407
Pelican Products
Technology Partners 450
International, Inc.
TekPanel 637
Ternion Corporation 501
TerraSim Inc. 2439
Thales 1000
Theissen Training Systems, Inc. 2126
Tobii Technology 415
Tolomatic 658
Trailer Transit, Inc. 720
TraumaFX-KGS 353
TrianGraphics2381
Trident University International 680
Turning Technologies 2728
UCF Foundation, Inc. 672
UFA, Inc. 507
UNIGINE Corporation 307
United Electronic Industries (UEI) 2301
University of North Carolina at 333
Greensboro
URS 2415
USAA USGIF M&S Working Group Using Simulations for Applied Learning
US News STEM Solutions USP US Rare Earths, Inc. Valkyrie Enterprises, LLC Vcom3D, Inc. VDC Display Systems Veraxx Engineering Corporation Virginia Tech VirTra Systems, Inc. Virtuix Technologies, LLC Virtusphere, Inc. VT MäK Westar Display Technologies, Inc.
WILL Interactive, Inc. WITTENSTEIN aerospace & simulation
WolfVision WorldViz Yorktown Systems Group, Inc. ZedaSoft, Inc. Zel Technologies, LLC 621
2392
2290
2763
1781
2731
2719
2649
1032
1113
333
871
1875
2740
1225
1262
2563
1780
375
2271
413
2075
607
U.S. Government
Marine Corps System 1432
Command (PM TRASYS)
USAF Training Systems Product 1638
Group
U.S. Air Force Recruiting 181
U.S. Army PEO STRI 149, 1632
U.S. Army Simulation Proponent 361
& School
U.S. Navy/NAWCTSD 549, 1438
WARFIGHTERS CORNER
2781
Industry Expert Scheduled to Speak at I/ITSEC 2013
Frost & Sullivan Aerospace and Defense Senior Industry Analyst
Michael Blades, an authority on the modeling and simulation
industry, will offer his perspectives on prospects ahead for the
M&S industry during I/ITSEC 2013. Speaking at the “Innovation
Showcase” at 10:45 AM on Wednesday, December 4, Blades
will present a wide-ranging overview of vital trends affecting
the industry at a time of fiscal challenge and dynamic change.
Blades has over 20 years of aerospace and defense industry
expertise, including flight operations, financial analysis and
training development and execution. Specific knowledge areas
include flight training and simulation, budget and requirements
analysis, and worldwide ISR employment. He has worked
on special projects with several M&S firms, including L-3
Communications, Alion and CAE.
Chair, cont. on page 7
deployed and we owe them the best tools and training we can
provide. Participation in the conference helps to foster growth
within our Industry which can be directly transferred to our
warfighters in times of need.
The 2013 I/ITSEC Theme—Concepts and Technology,
Empowering an Agile Force, is prevalent throughout the
planned program. The theme emphasizes the growth of an idea
from a concept to an enabling technology that our warfighters
can use to maintain the highest state of readiness possible. In
addition to the three full days of paper presentations across
six subcommittees, several Special Events are planned for the
conference.
• Doing Business Globally—This event will provide an introduction (face to name) of the key Foreign Military Sales (FMS)
leaders from the training and simulation sectors within the
services with an overview of the process and insights for
accessing FMS requirements and securing FMS contracts.
A formal panel discussion will be followed by Q&A. The event
will benefit both international and US attendees by providing
a forum of direct dialog with the FMS leaders. We will follow the panel with A Conversation with RADM (Ret) Robb,
President, NTSA.
• Training Technologies: Vision of the Future—This year’s
panel will focus on how each service and OSD plans to accelerate the transition of their latest research and development
efforts and will offer their vision for the future. During the
course of their discussions, they will offer examples of recent
achievements in transitioning new technologies and capabilities to the warfighter, and provide insight into initiatives that
will have the greatest future benefit to ensure we have the
most versatile and agile force to meet the warfighting challenges of the future.
• Intelligent Systems: Designing for the Future—This
expert panel will provide insights to how intelligent systems
technology may be applied to future training and education.
The panel discussion will cover current capabilities and identify research investments needed to realize highly intelligent
and affordable learning solutions to enable an agile force in
the future.
• Entering the Commercial Healthcare M&S Market—This
Society for Simulation in Healthcare sponsored panel will help
defense industry members to better understand the challenges and potential rewards that come from diversifying into
the healthcare M&S market.
• Cyber Panel—Join prominent figures in Industry, DoD and
Academia who face the cyberspace threat daily to discuss
the future of cyberspace threats and countermeasures and
about opportunities for vital partnerships in industry, academia, and DoD.
• Inter-Industry Panel—This panel discussion will include
experts from across industry who implement M&S technologies. Topics include: White House Initiatives; Manufacturing;
Transportation; Energy and Education (K-12).
• Transmedia Learning Toward Empowering an Agile
Force—This provocative panel will explore a new OSD FR&T
concept, transmedia learning. The panel will explore the fol-
lowing questions: Is Transmedia Learning agile enough to
take us to the next level? Why Transmedia Learning, now?
How does Transmedia Learning contribute to empowering an
agile force? How do we move forward as a community—what
trends are on the horizon? How can we swing from one topic
to another, quickly and in a way that will scale to provide
thousands with critical training in the manner they want and
need it most? What is the role of modeling & simulation in
Transmedia Learning, what are the opportunities and limitations of the approach?
• Training for Regional Stability Operations: the Afghanistan
and Free Enterprise Models—The world is unpredictable
and culturally different, yet government and industry have
many mutual interests. How can we learn from each other
while moving into new markets? This panel will cover topics
including: The role of cultural sensitivity and adaptability in
training for a globally dispersed mission; Adapting lessons
learned from Afghanistan-focused stability operations training to training to engage in different regions of the world;
Training to anticipate trends and outcomes in international
markets using language, culture and regional expertise;
Using the latest modeling and simulation technology to plan
and execute a decentralized and complex strategy.
• Artificial Intelligence for Social Interaction Simulation—
Reliance on human role players in live training events is
increasingly unsupportable. Virtual training can provide an
alternative, but only if the social simulation can support
rich, believable and responsive first person interactions
between the trainee and virtual role players and among the
role players. This panel of state-of-the-art practitioners in
social interaction simulation will illustrate the challenges and
approaches being pursued relative to social interaction simulations. Social competency & interpersonal communication
skills are increasingly being recognized as critical adjuncts to
traditional warfighter skills.
• G eospatial Environment Database Standard—The
Geospatial Environmental Database Standards activity, originally organized by AFRL and since run by M&SCO and the
M&S COI, provides a forum for the major Service/Command
geospatial database producers to update the community on
their products, standards, and processes. The forum provides a unique opportunity for the producers to share their
plans and challenges with dataset customers, data suppliers, and other interested parties, and also explore new capabilities such as developing standards and emerging services.
I spent some time with the Serious Games IPT during the
down select this year. They received a record number of
entries and this event again is shaping up to be a conference
favorite. Be sure to stop by and cast your vote for the People’s
Choice Award.
In addition to the new events described above, I/ITSEC
favorites such as Warfighters’ Corner, Ignite, I/ITSEC Fellows,
and the M&S Congressional Caucus are also scheduled
throughout the week.
I/ITSEC 2013—Concepts and Technologies: Empowering an
Agile Force
November 2013 7
2013 Fred Lewis Scholarship Winners
Discuss STEM Education; Their Future Plans
Rebecca Grossman
What motivated you to become interested in modeling and simulation?
My interest in modeling and simulation stems from
my broader interest in training teams to be successful within complex settings. Specifically, my research
focuses on identifying optimal strategies for training
teams, and because the work environment is becoming
increasingly complex, on understanding how teams can
be trained on the knowledge and skills that are needed to perform within these
complex settings. When I say complex settings, I’m referring to situations that
are characterized by things like ambiguity, high-stakes, multiple actors and
goals, and ill-defined problems, such as multi-cultural teams, virtual/distributed
teams, and high-risk settings like the military. Simulation-based training has
been identified in the literature as a prominent approach for training complex
skills, and for conducting team training within both traditional and complex settings, so simulation quickly became a topic I am very interested in.
interested in developing an updated, integrated model of training evaluation
and effectiveness. Previous researchers put forth such a model on the basis of
empirical studies, but it is now 10 years old. I plan to update the model on the
basis of more recent empirical research, as well as a wider inclusion of articles,
which could lead to significant changes in the model. Within this effort, I would
like to pursue both a qualitative study and a quantitative study, pending the
availability of appropriate statistics. The scholarship will support these efforts,
and overall, will help me further my program of research centered on simulation and training. I’m very excited that I received it and am looking forward to
continuing my research!
Thomas Stokes
What motivated you to become interested in modeling and simulation?
My interest in modeling and simulation arises mostly
from different human factors psychology issues. I first
became interested in human factors when I took an
undergraduate course in the fall of my junior year; prior
What do you envision in the near and farther term futures for modeling
to that I had actually planned on going into I/O psycholand simulation?
ogy, but after studying theories behind usability and
I envision modeling and simulation being used more broadly and more frequently
in future training efforts. I think researchers and practitioners are beginning human centered design I changed my plans.
to understand that simulations do not always need to be super high-tech and
expensive for them to be effective, as long as they accurately reflect important What do you envision in the near and farther term futures for modelcomponents of the task and work environment. I also envision them beginning to ing and simulation? What challenges, in your view, now exist to further
be used creatively in selection and promotion decisions since they can offer a con- development of modeling and simulation?
text where individuals’ and teams’ knowledge and skills can easily be evaluated. I have always had an interest in modeling human performance. Having models
for how a human will act in a given situation is a powerful tool for designing
What challenges, in your view, now exist to further development of mod- systems and interfaces without having to run hundreds of user tests. HPMs are
even useful for training; if one can predict common errors in human performance,
eling and simulation?
I think one of the major challenges, at least for using simulation in the con- training can be designed to avoid those mistakes. Designing more dynamic
text of training, is being able to simulate the various components of complex models of human performance will come with expanded benefits in application;
work environments before they’re encountered or that cannot necessarily be however, developing these models is extremely difficult and will require further
predicted beforehand. For example, I’ve been working on projects with NASA understanding of human perceptual, cognitive, and physical capabilities and how
where we’re interested in understanding how to prepare teams for the mission these factors change in dynamic environments. Development of these dynamic
to Mars, but because this type of long duration mission hasn’t yet been done, HPMs will produce sophisticated and externally valid simulations for even the
we’re not sure exactly what specific situations will be encountered and what most complex of tasks and should be a priority in future research.
specific skills will be needed. So this presents a challenge when it comes to
developing simulations because it’s not clear exactly what they should entail. What do you believe can be done to attract more young people to the
So I think a key challenge moving forward is identifying ways to model and study of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)?
simulate different situations and behaviors in ways that are broad enough that There are a multitude of reasons why there is a shortage of STEM professionals
they can prepare trainees for a range of contexts, including some that aren’t and addressing them all at once is daunting. However, we may start to address
the problem by critically assessing our education system. We need to ensure
necessarily predictable or static.
that we start teaching students science and math at a young age so that they
have more time to develop critical thinking skills which will lend to taking higher
What do you believe can be done to attract more young people to the
level courses in high school before going to college. We also must change the
study of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)?
I think if students had a better idea of how these topics apply to real world prob- way that we teach young students math and science; math is something that
lems, they might have a stronger interest in studying them. For example, hearing should be understood, not presented as a task in rote learning. Similarly, scithe words modeling and simulation early in my graduate career, I didn’t neces- ence is a field of discovery and understanding; encourage young students “do”
sarily realize that they were relevant to topics I’m interested in. It wasn’t until I science in the classroom, don’t just make them memorize concepts. Teaching
learned about how modeling and simulation can be used to address real training in such a way will help instill the principles needed to understand more compliissues in the real world that I came to understand their importance. So I think if cated concepts later on; producing young adults better prepared to enroll into,
teachers and professionals in these fields make a push to disseminate informa- and graduate from STEM majors.
tion about how they’re relevant to real world issues, and do so in a jargon-free,
How will the resources provided by the Fred Lewis Scholarship assist
accessible manner, young students might be more drawn to these fields.
you in furthering your future plans?
I would like to take this as an opportunity to extend a heartfelt “thanks” to
How will the resources provided by the Fred Lewis Scholarship assist
everyone who has made the Fred Lewis Scholarship possible. The scholarship
you in furthering your future plans?
The scholarship will help support various research projects on simulation and award itself is a monetary help that certainly alleviates the stress of paying for
training that aren’t currently funded but that I have been planning to pursue. For school, but I am just as much (if not more) excited by the opportunities provided
example, I have plans to conduct a meta-analysis on cross-cultural competence by attending the conference in December. I cannot wait to see the latest develtraining that will help determine if such training is generally effective, and if so, opments in technology, and meet professionals and researchers with common
which approaches (e.g. simulation-based training) are most effective. I am also interests. With that being said I look forward to meeting many of you in December.
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