NCS General News

Wall Street Journal Online SAN ANTONIO, April 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — University of Central Florida bested nine other finalist teams to win the 2014 Raytheon National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (NCCDC), held April 25-27 in San Antonio, Texas. The competition pitted the top ten college and university teams from across the country against each other […]

Where:  Outside Partnership II 3100 Technology Parkway Look for the Bloodmobile!! Orlando, FL 32826 To register for an appointment visit this link:  https://www.oneblooddonor.org/index.cfm?group=op&hlc=MIUH

The Florida 8 (a) Alliance will hold its 3rd Annual Conference at the Buena Vista Palace Hotel in Orlando, FL on May 27 -28, 2014.  For additional information see the attached Conference Brochure.  And register to attend at the following link:  http://www.eventbrite.com/e/2014-florida-8a-alliance-annual-conference-tickets-9813515489.

On the occasion of its 20th Anniversary, Rep. Daniel Webster recognized the National Center for Simulation during a General Session of the House of Representatives on March 24, 2014.  He congratulated NCS on its past successes and discussed how the organization “fosters relationships between varied communities to help disperse resources and innovations in modeling, simulation […]

MT3 is proud to present its spring event, MT3 Technology Expo in partnership with the UCF Business Incubator. “The expo allows us to get back to our founding principle of bringing together government, industry and academia to facilitate change in our medical/healthcare technology, training and essentially improve and advance patient treatment,” stated Mary Trier, an […]

By popular demand, GameTech 2014 will extend the Call for Presentations to May 2, 2014.  Presentation proposals are being accepted for topics on Games, Virtual Worlds and Mobile Learning Technologies and can emailed to program@gametechconference.com. “The GameTech Program Committee is beginning to review proposals, and we are thrilled with the participation so far!” said this […]

By Richard Burnett, Orlando Sentinel .1:05 pm, March 23, 2014 During World War II more than 70 years ago, Priscilla “Pat” Getchell became one of the U.S. Navy’s first female flight-simulation instructors. This week, the Lake County aviation pioneer will be among the first members of the National Center for Simulation’s Modeling & Simulation Hall […]

By AARON MEHTA Posted: Friday Jan 10, 2014 DEFENSE NEWS ——————————————————————————– While defense budgets are on a downswing, commercial aviation is booming, creating a demand for civilian pilots that some in the defense simulation and training business hope to take advantage of. The easiest path to that business? Go out and buy a civilian simulation […]

By Richard Burnett, Orlando Sentinel 12:48 p.m. EDT, March 9, 2014   http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/os-cfb-tech-research-park-funding-20140309,0,4180612.story

The attached update covers some of the provisions being suggested in the President’s budget for FY2015.

Published in MT2 2014 Volume 19 Issue 1 (February) To view the entire article click on the following link: http://www.kmimediagroup.com/military-training-technology/440-articles-mtt/national-center-for-simulation-to-induct-first-class-of-m-s-hall-of-fame

Posted by: Insight Magazine March 3, 2014 in Greater East Orlando, Latest News, Technology On March 26, 2014, in a special ceremony at the Orange County Convention Center, the National Center for Simulation (NCS), as part of the celebration of its 20th year anniversary, will present for induction, the inaugural class of the NCS Modeling […]

Orange County School Board Member “Kat” Gordon presented a certificate to NCS Board Member Hank Okraski and the National Center for Simulation to recognize “your commitment to the students of OCPS District 5.” At this special District 5 Recognition and Black History Celebration on Feb. 19, Hank was also honored with a Certificate of Appreciation […]

by Richard Burnett Orlando Sentinel – February 27, 2014 Lockheed Martin Corp. plans to add 200 high-paying engineering jobs at its Orlando simulation-and-training unit — the company’s largest increase in its Central Florida work force in at least a decade, Lockheed officials said this week. Many of the jobs pay salaries of $90,000 and higher […]

The inaugural Cyber Security Conference @ UCF will be held on Saturday, March 15, 2014 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the UCF campus.  Speakers will include:  Associate Professor Sheau-Dong Lang from UCF’s Digital Forensics Program in the College of Engineering and Computer Science; Professor and Dean-Emeritus Jon Mills from the University of Florida Fredric G. […]

This is an INFORMAL, courtesy notice of a formal Solicitation Opportunity released 12 Feb 14, from the Defense Health Program, Defense Medical Research and Development Program (DMRDP), Joint Program Committee 1 (JPC-1), Medical Training & Health Information Sciences and the TATRC Medical Simulation and Training research portfolio. TITLE: FY14 Combat Casualty Training Initiative Virtual Tissue […]

Team Orlando and NCS would like to thank the participants and attendees that made the January 30th inaugural Industry Capability Day a tremendous success.  In addition to the 12 vendors, there were more than 200 registered attendees from both government and industry.  This memo serves as the official announcement for the Spring Industry Capability Day […]

NCS President and Executive Director, Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Tom Baptiste and Randy Berridge, President, Florida High Tech Corridor Council, appeared on Orange County TV Live on January 22, 2014.  In their opening segment, Tom and Randy discussed the growth of the Modeling and Simulation industry as a key driver of the Florida High Tech Corridor.  They also […]

By Richard Burnett, Orlando Sentinel 5:38 p.m. EST, January 20, 2014 High-tech industry leaders are on a mission to keep “simulation world” in Orlando, and they want the Legislature’s help. The region’s $5 billion military-training industry and a coalition of political, education and business leaders plan to ask state lawmakers for millions of dollars to […]