NCS General News

ORLANDO, Fla. — Just off State Road 417, a five-minute drive east from Orlando International Airport, a 650-acre parcel of land is fast becoming a $2 billion medical campus, including a medical school, research laboratories and hospitals. Three years ago the Lake Nona medical city, as it is known, was nothing but a pasture and […]

M&S Industrial Organizations:  The Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO),  in cooperation with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), is contacting universities to solicit participation as competitive teams, as well as industrial organizations willing to offer technical support to those teams in a distributed computer simulation event.  This event will be held in conjunction with […]

Mark your calendars! Martinez & Associates, CPAs, P.A. and Pulau Corporation to sponsor NCS Membership Night,  30 Sep 10 Come join your colleagues at a NCS Membership Night, Thursday, 30 Sep 10 from 5-8 p.m. at Stoneybrook East Golf Club, 2900 Northamptom Avenue, Orlando 32828.  Expect Heavy Hors D’oeuvres and an open bar.  Lt Gen (Ret) Baptiste will provide you […]

On 17 Aug 10, Leadership Orlando Class 79 visited the Research Park to learn more about the MS&T Industry.  To read more about the details of the visit, click on the attached link from the Central Florida Partnership’s Every Monday publication: http://enewsbuilder.net/orcc/e_article001849452.cfm?x=bhhs2Gc,bhVlGB74

To all NCS Members:  A call to action in support of a worthy STEM initiative!OTRONICON 2011—the convergence of Art and Science! OTRONICON has lost its prime sponsor (FULL SAIL) for 2011.  Some would see this as a major setback, I on the other hand see this as an opportunity for NCS, Industry, Team Orlando, UCF, […]

NCS will host a Luncheon Meeting with Industry on Thursday, Sept 16th at Stoneybrook East Golf Club beginning at 11:30 a.m. to kick-off the FY 2012 Appropriations process.  A key lesson learned from the FY 2011 process was that we needed to get started earlier in order to broaden the participation of Member Companies and improve […]

On 11 Aug 10, DEI Services Corporation merged with Kratos Defense & Security Solutions.  To view the entire press release, click on the attached file, or the following link: http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/stories/2010/08/16/daily34.html?ana=e_du_pub

On Wednesday, 11 Aug 10 the Board of Directors (BOD) from Workforce Florida visited the Research Park.  Following an orientation briefing, Lt Gen (Ret) Baptiste moderated a MS&T panel discussion that included Dale Bennett, President, Global Training & Logistics Business Unit, Lockheed Martin, Ray Gilley, President/CEO Greater Orlando EDC, Capt William Reuter, Commanding Officer NAWCTSD/NSA […]

On Wednesday, 11 Aug 10 NCS and NAWCTSD co-hosted a visit by Senator George LeMieux to the  Research Park.  The purpose of his visit was to receive orientation briefings on the MS&T Industry in Central Florida and to see a range of simulation and training devices.  To read more about the Senator’s visit, click on the attached article […]

On 12 Aug 10, NCS hosted a Breakfast Event with Industry to showcase the support the GrowFL program can provide to qualified small businesses to accelerate their growth and create jobs.  All the services are funded by the State of Florida and free to participating qualified Florida Companies–you only have to give of your time!  To […]

Lt Gen (Ret) Tom Baptiste was a guest on FOX 35 news to discuss the future of medical modeling, simulation and training.  To listen to the interview click on the attched link.  http://realtime.vmsinfo.com/guest?key=bTQU8LEXpNem4h4AHQFYFpVtqvphKgQI&permissions=Se4YReDgSC4%3D

A computer model developed by a Clarkson University professor is being used to help federal officials predict the flow of oil and natural gas released by the recent oil platform explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. Poojitha Yapa, a professor of civil and environmental engineering in Clarkson’s Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering, is advising […]

Heartwood has been selected as one of the 2010 Top Simulation and Training Companies by Military Training Technology Magazine.  The award is given to companies that have made a significant impact in the military training industry  in the current fiscal year. This recognition was given to Heartwood because of their award winning Virtual Training Applications that […]

Orange County Mayor Rich Crotty was joined by other Central Florida leaders and Gov. Charlie Crist this week to celebrate AirTran Airways’ new operations center in Orlando, and the airline’s plan to base 100 pilots in the city. For an economy hungry for new jobs, it was a welcome serving of good news. The complete […]

Welcome to the Department of Surgery at The University of Arizona. We offer patients and referring physicians all the resources of a major academic center. We provide new leading-edge treatments for complex medical conditions. We emphasize advanced surgical procedures, including minimally invasive, laparoscopic and robotic techniques. We work closely with other medical specialists to provide […]

Dear patriots and fellow veterans, Greetings!  As we just finished celebrating Memorial Day 2010, I thought it would be a great time to provide you this update on the construction status of the UCF Veterans Commemorative Site. This incredible tribute to all veterans–past, present and future–will soon highlight the south end of Memory Mall with […]

The 2011 SPIE Defense, Security + Sensing Symposium will be held at the Marriott World Center in Orlando April 25-29.  The Symposium call for papers is at: http://spie.org/dss and abstracts are requested by 11 October 2010. The Symposium includes several Conferences, each with an individual call for papers. For instance, the Sensors and Systems for […]

Mayor Richard T. Crotty and NCS co-hosted a Medical Simulation Breakfast Event with Industry and other Stakeholders on Friday, 23 Jul 10.  The Event drew 147 people to hear a briefing from Lt Gen (Ret) Baptiste entitled “Modeling & Simulation in Healthcare–Positioning Central Florida for the Future”.  To view the power point presentation, click on […]

On 20 Jul 10, the Readiness Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee held a hearing on “M&S Enhancing Military Readiness”.  To read the prepared testimony of the four witnesses or to listen to the audio, click on the link below: http://armedservices.house.gov/hearing_information.shtml

Media Advisory For Immediate Release July 21, 2010 Contact:  Steve Triggs, Communication Division Manager 407-836-5818 or email: Steve.Triggs@ocfl.net Or Kelly Kwas, Assistant Manager Communications Division Manager 4087-836-5301 or email: Kelly.Kwas@ocfl.net Mayor Crotty to host “Simulation in Healthcare” Forum Orange County, FL– Mayor Richard Crotty and the National Center for Simulation are hosting a forum to […]