NCS News Desk

Recent Graduates’ Job Search Expenses:  Expenses incurred by taxpayers when searching for new employment in the same trade or business are deductible as a miscellaneous itemized deduction Therefore, they are deductible only for regular tax purposes and only to the extent they and other miscellaneous itemized deductions exceed 2% of adjusted gross income. While the […]

Attached is the second Myth Buster Memo published by the White House yesterday courtesy of Kinberg & Associates. Recommend you read this memo and keep it, along with the first myth busting memo, handy to use to help open up discussions when you find Contracting Officials are not communicating with you as well as they […]

Calling on NCS Member Companies to Step Forward & Support this State-wide Data Collection Effort! As part of a strategy to elevate the UAS industry in the state, Space Florida intends to compete for one of the six FAA UAS Test Range designations mandated in the FAA Modernization and Reform Act 2012.  Florida’s Department of […]

Congratulations to Lockheed Martin, who is celebrating their 100th anniversary.  The century old company has had a presence in Metro Orlando since 1956.

“I am pleased to inform you that the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security have designated Valencia College as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance 2-Year Education.  This designation covers academic years 2012 through 2017. Your ability to meet the increasing demands of the program criteria will serve the […]

Dayton, Ohio (April 13, 2012)-The AEgis Technologies Group is one of three companies awarded a contract valued up to $80 million for the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC), the Aeronautical System Center (ASC), Requirements and Capabilities Integration Directorate (XR), Modeling Simulation & Analysis Division (ASC/XRA) and the Simulation and Analysis Facility (SIMAF), located at Wright-Patterson […]

Courtesy of Christie Digital Systems, USA CYPRESS, Calif. − (April 11, 2012) − Christie®, a leader in simulation projection display and visualization solutions, announced that Indra, the premier IT company in Spain and a leading IT multinational in Europe, has acquired a significant number of the award-winning Christie Matrix StIM™ simulation projection systems to develop […]

We are asking your participation in an important survey effort.  Our previous studies helped Florida weather the last round of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) activity, and to attract resources for economic development and academic research in modeling, simulation and training. Ten minutes of your time will help the National Center for Simulation and local and state government […]

Senator Bill Nelson took time to visit Team Orlando on March 5, 2012 to hear first hand about the latest developments in Orlando’s Research Park, the recognized epicenter of the Modeling, Simulation & Training Industry.  

In the latest edition of “Inside Florida’s High Tech Corridor” the Simulation Industry and GameTech 2012 are featured.  To view the article, click on the following link and then click on Modeling Simulation & Training under Industry Spotlight.  http://app.streamsend.com/s/1/7gp5kgjbxs/AL532XH/2cn5l

FYI–attached is the 17th Annual Government Contractor Industry Survey Highlights Book courtesy of Kinberg & Associates, LLC and Grant Thornton.

The 2012 ITEA Annual Symposium, scheduled for 17-20 September in Huntington Beach, California, has extended the deadline for abstracts for technical paper presentations to 15 March 2012.  Abstracts can also be sent directly to the Technical Chair (Steve Gordon, steve.gordon@gtri.gatech.edu, 407-482-1423) by 22 March 2012.  The original Call for Papers is attached, and the Symposium […]

To provide Members feedback on the activity of NCS on their behalf, the following document captures specific accomplishments since 1 Jan 12.  A living document, it will be updated periodically to provide you the most current information possible.  To read more click on the attached file which was last updated on 31 December 2012:

This tax law update covers some of the provisions being suggested in the President’s new budget for fiscal year 2013 as well as new tax legislation for 2012.  To learn more click on the attached file:

Huntsville, Alabama (February 13, 2012) – The AEgis Technologies Group was awarded the MH-47/MH-60 Combat Mission Simulator Legacy Upgrade Effort (LUE) contract to upgrade two combat mission simulators at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.  The Army estimates the contract to be worth up to $31 million. “The LUE contract is a milestone win for AEgis as the […]

TerraSim is pleased to announce the release of Xtract Version 2.  Xtract is a TerraSim Source Data Preparation product that extracts valuable geospatial source data from legacy simulation runtime databases.  This completely updated release is based on a 64-bit native reimplementation, allowing Xtract 2 to process significantly larger area legacy databases as well as the […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10th February 2012 Contact: Michelle Williams Tel: 00 44 117 9152 631 Email: mwilliams@stirling-dynamics.com Stirling Dynamics to supply G Seats to Indra for Wildcat Simulators Indra has awarded a contract to Stirling Dynamics (www.stirling-dynamics.com) for the design and development of G Seats for the AW159 Lynx Wildcat helicopter simulators to be supplied […]

Graduating High School students who plan to pursue Engineering Degrees should look at this Scholarship Opportunity: http://www.adeccousa.com/engineering-and-technical/engineers-week/Pages/scholarship.aspx

Attached are the minutes of the 1 Feb 2012 committee meeting along with the presentation slides. If you have any questions, please contact Hank Okraski, Committee Chairman. From Hank Okraski: Thanks to all those who attended for some stimulating discussion and fresh ideas. I look forward to these meetings because I believe we are making […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 2, 2012 MEDIA CONTACTS Ryan Patmintra (Kyl) 202-224-2206 Brian Rogers (McCain) 202-224-7130 Tate Zeigler (L. Graham) 202-224-5972 Megan Mitchell (Cornyn) 202-224-0704 Jeff Grappone (Ayotte) 202-224-3324 Alex Conant (Rubio) 202-224-3041 U.S. SENATORS INTRODUCE BILL TO REPLACE FY2013 SEQUESTRATION CUTS Replaces cuts with freeze on Members of Congress and other federal employees’ pay, […]