National Center for Simulation

The National Center for Simulation (NCS) is a
not-for-profit trade association with government, academic and industry members operating as an open consortium.

The vision of NCS is to be the internationally recognized leader in supporting and expanding the modeling and simulation community. As an organization, NCS is committed to promoting modeling and simulation technology expansion, supporting education and workforce development and providing business development support to its members.

NCS is working to create synergy for the advancement of simulation for training, bringing together the newest technologies in training and simulation and the industries that can benefit from them.

NCS Golf Tourney Raises Funds for Scholarships

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The 2013 NCS Golf Tournament was held on May 3, 2013 at Stoneybrook East Golf Club. All proceeds were donated to the Vince and Beth Amico and Henry C. Okraski Scholarship Funds. The Vince and Beth Amico Scholarship for Modeling & Simulation awards $5,000 annually to the University of Central Florida. The Henry C. Okraski Scholarship in Simulation Technology & Robotics awards $2,000 annually to Daytona State College.

Mother Nature gave us a beautiful day for golf and we're so appreciative of the sponsors, players and volunteers that helped make this day a success! Take a peek at some of the fun!

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Posted: May 21st, 2013 »

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Congressman John Mica visited NCS offices on May 20 and spoke to over 100 NCS members and guests. A number of topics were covered including the possibility of a round of BRAC and sequestration. Rep. Mica urged everyone to contact their congressional representative to let them know the importance of the modeling and simulation to our nation and our local economy.

In the photo are Lt. Gen. Tom Baptiste (USAF, Ret.), President and Executive Director of the National Center for Simulation, Congressman John Mica and Congressman (Ret.) Lou Frey.

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Posted: May 21st, 2013 »

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by Richard Burnette

Orlando Sentinel, May 12, 2013

Alice F. Hayden, 36, is president and co-founder of H2 IT Solutions Inc., a small defense firm in Orlando and a top award winner in the 2013 GameTech/Federal Virtual Challenge. She spoke recently with Orlando Sentinel staff writer Richard Burnett.

CFB: What has winning a national "serious gaming" contest meant for you and your company?Well, first of all, we've gotten a whole lot of resumes from graphic artists, software engineers, developers and gamers — a lot of people who want to work for us now. It's been pretty exciting. We do want to hire a couple of people for some logistics contracts we'll be working on this summer. And we believe the gaming side of the business is going to grow even more as the government uses more virtual training to save money during the budget crisis. So we expect we'll also be doing some more hiring later this year as new work comes in.

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Posted: May 13th, 2013 »

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Join Congressman John Mica for an update on what's going on in D.C.

When: Monday, 20 May 2013
Where: Partnership III, Room 321 A/B
3039 Technology Parkway
Orlando, FL 32826
Registration: 7:30 - 8:00 a.m.
Main Event: 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.

Expect him to address the budget battles and the authorization and appropriation process for FY14.

Please give us the courtesy of an RSVP @ 407-384-6111 or choskins@simulationinformation.com.

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Posted: May 10th, 2013 »

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In an Oversight and Government Reform hearing, Congressman John Mica (FL-07) questioned Mr. Humberto Medina, Assistant Director, ICE, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, about the lack of utilization of simulation to train federal security personnel. You can see the exchange at this link.

http://youtu.be/rcmmHUtaZsY

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Posted: Apr 26th, 2013 »