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Districts prepare full-time online K-12 schools
Latest News
Monday, 06 October 2008

From Palm Beach Post writer Laura Green:

Next school year, the first generation of Florida students can begin to earn a diploma from local public schools entirely online, without ever setting foot in a classroom from kindergarten through 12th grade.

A new state law requires districts to create their own full-time virtual schools, collaborate with other districts or contract with providers approved by the state.

 
New Member - Strategic Operations, Inc.
New Members
Monday, 06 October 2008

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Please welcome Strategic Operations, Inc. to the National Center for Simulation.

Strategic Operations uses the magic of Hollywood to create Hyper-Realistic training scenarios.  Located on the lot of Stu Segall Productions, San Diego's only full-service TV and movie studio, this 20 acre facility is managed and operated by highly trained tactical operators.

 
DiSTI wins Australian F/A-18 maintenance trainer contract
Press Release
Friday, 26 September 2008
DiSTI, a global leader in Human Machine Interface (HMI) development, announced today it received a contract from The Boeing Company as a result of a contract award from the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division for the first F/A-18E maintenance trainers to be delivered to an international military.  DiSTI’s next generation 3-D virtual maintenance training technology was selected by Boeing for development of the Student Aircraft Interface Trainer Station (SAITS) for the F/A-18E Australian Super Hornet Integrated Visual Environment Maintenance Trainer (IVEMT) to be delivered to the Royal Australian Air Force.  The IVEMT is one element of the complete F/A-18E training system being developed by Boeing’s Training Systems and Services division. The IVEMT will provide training for maintainers on ground operation, maintenance, and testing procedures for the F/A-18E aircraft including avionics, environmental control, electrical, flight control, fuel, engines, landing gear, and hydraulic systems.
 
NCS Members Experimenting with HPC
Latest News
Wednesday, 24 September 2008
The University of Central Florida recently installed a new high-performance computer obtained through two Army grants totaling $2.6 million.  The computer will support realistic training scenarios with thousands of people training in the same virtual world and cutting-edge research in the physical and biological sciences.
 
Raytheon Wins U.S. Navy Education and Training Contract
Press Release
Thursday, 18 September 2008

Raytheon Technical Services Company LLC (RTSC), a subsidiary of Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), has been selected by the U.S. Navy to provide education and training solutions for the Naval Education and Training Professional Development and Technology Center.

The multiple award indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity contract has a ceiling valued at $43 million with cost-plus fixed-fee and firm fixed-price delivery orders. The base year ceiling is estimated at $8.4 million, and the contract carries four, one-year options.

 
Maximizing Unmanned Potential
Latest News
Thursday, 11 September 2008
Air Force Office of Scientific Research-sponsored researchers are creating a virtual reality environment that would allow numerous UAV operators to interface with it to control multiple, semi-autonomous UAVs effectively and without current limitations in areas like situational awareness. This environment includes advanced physical- and eye-tracking systems and voice interfaces.
 
Boeing to Provide C-17 Training to RAAF
Press Release
Thursday, 11 September 2008

Thanks to ASD-Network for the news:

"Boeing announced today that it has been awarded a $33 million U.S. Air Force Foreign Military Sales contract to provide a C-17 Aircrew Training System (ATS) to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The contract marks the first international sale of the system. The ATS, which will be located at the RAAF's Amberley base, consists of a Weapons Systems Trainer, a loadmaster station and a learning center."

 
Burn Center: game will help save lives in disasters
Latest News
Monday, 08 September 2008

The Orlando Sentinel has an article about a game designed to help save lives in theme parks:

"If terrorists ever attack a Florida theme park, a video game developed by recent University of Central Florida graduates in a cramped downtown Orlando office could help make sure that doctors and surgeons can properly treat burn victims."

 
Raydon wins $53M Army deal to make simulators
Latest News
Monday, 08 September 2008

Orlando Sentinel staff writer Richard Burnett writes about a recent Raydon contract win:

"The Army's training-contract agency in Orlando has awarded Daytona Beach-based Raydon Corp. a deal potentially worth $53 million to produce anti-IED training technologies.

Raydon's initial contract in the program is worth $20.5 million. If the Army exercises all options, the deal could be worth $53 million, according to the company."

 
Mobile Medic Contract Award to ECS
Press Release
Thursday, 04 September 2008
Engineering & Computer Simulations (ECS) announced today that it received a $1.4 million contract award from the U.S. Army RDECOM Simulation and Training Technology Center (RDECOM-STTC) to adapt its US-Nexus (a National Guard sponsored program that provides a secure persistent virtual world capability for training and collaboration) to meet the US Army’s constantly evolving medical training requirements. A primary component of this work entails accessing the virtual world features through Internet enabled mobile devices which are becoming more prevalent in the Army’s workforce.
 
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