NCS News Desk

From the Maryland Community Newspapers Online: Hundreds of emergency personnel descended on the National Naval Medical Center last week trying to save 76 victims of a terrorist attack. But Suzanne Patterson just tried to make them look as gruesome as possible. Patterson was the special effects artist responsible for the “blood and guts” at the […]

Advancements in science and technology that support full-spectrum operations, like exoskeletons, were discussed Wednesday at the annual meeting and exposition of the Association of the United States Army. The forum “Busting the Low-Tech Myth: Army S&T Support to Full Spectrum Operations” provided presentations on how experimental and applied technologies show the Army has advanced across […]

Air Force Special Operations Command has consolidated all of its training units under the Air Force Special Operations Training Center, a new organization that formally stood up Oct. 6 at Hurlburt Field, Fla. The AFSOTC will be responsible for all mission qualification training of operators of AFSOC’s gunships, Combat Talon airlifters, PC-12 light transports, U-28 […]

On the eve of an upgrade expected to more than triple its capability, the IBM high performance computing cluster housed at the Institute for Simulation and Training (IST) is operating around the clock at close to 100 percent capacity. The University of Central Florida installed the system through two Army grants totaling $2.6 million. The […]

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 […]

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. Air Force Office of Scientific Research-sponsored […]

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.” […]

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 […]

From ASD-Network.com: AAI Corporation, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today that its family of Training Aids, Devices, Simulators, and Simulations (TADSS) has been selected to support training for Army National Guard units operating the RQ-7B Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (TUAS). Awarded by the U.S. Army’s Program […]

From ASD-Network.com: Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will produce a Close Combat Tactical Trainer (CCTT) Reconfigurable Vehicle Simulator and the Reconfigurable Vehicle Tactical Trainer (RVTT/CCTT-RVS) for the U.S. Army, providing Soldiers with the latest skills to defeat adaptive and intelligent adversaries. The initial one-year contract valued at $37 million has three options which, if exercised, could […]

From airforce-magazine.com : “Air Combat Command said Monday (Aug. 18) that it wants to install a formal training unit for MQ-1 and MQ-9 unmanned aerial vehicle operations at Holloman AFB, N.M. Currently the service has only one FTU, which is at Creech AFB, Nev.” Click here to read the full article

From the Orlando Business Journal: “Simulation training technology company Raydon Corp. has been awarded three contract renewals from the U.S. Army worth more than $6 million.” Orlando Business Journal Tuesday, August 19, 2008 – 2:39 PM EDT Simulation training technology company Raydon Corp. has been awarded three contract renewals from the U.S. Army worth more […]

8/5/2008 – RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas — In today’s advanced simulated gaming world available through Wiis, iPhones and Xboxes, the 563rd Flying Training Squadron trumped them all when it unveiled the new-and-improved T-25 Simulated Electronic Combat Training Unit at a ribbon-cutting ceremony here Aug. 1.  Click here to read the article

The Full Sail Simulation club is proud to announce the release of FullSailSimulation.com .  “This web portal will help build the relationship between Full Sail students and the MS&T industry”, said Eric Preisz, the Simulation Club faculty sponsor and department chair for architecture in the game development bachelors degree program. The website displays student resumes, […]

Florida Trend has an article about some uses for virtual reality. The problem: Retraining the victim of a brain injury how to function in his own kitchen without exposing him to sharp objects or hot burners. The solution: Take pictures of the injured person’s actual kitchen. Build a bare-bones dummy version of the kitchen in […]

From the Orlando Sentinel: “Central Florida leaders united in 2005 to persuade the feds to keep open the military center that anchors the region’s computer modeling, simulation and training industry. That achievement didn’t spark the celebrations that have accompanied other economic-development successes, but it keeps paying benefits. “ The complete article can be viewed at:http://www.orlandosentinel.com/opinion/orl-ed04208jan04,0,5388774.storyVisit […]

From the Orlando Sentinel: “Fresh from the largest award in its history, Central Florida’s simulation industry is mobilizing to compete for another mammoth deal in 2008.”  The complete article can be viewed at: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-cover3107dec31,0,2680031.story Visit OrlandoSentinel.com at http://www.orlandosentinel.com

From the Orlando Sentinel: “Boosted by an infusion of more than $1 million, the region’s defense training industry is launching a “center of excellence” to extend computer-based simulation training into the medical field, industry officials said this week.” The complete article can be viewed at: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-medsim0208jan02,0,2915692.story Visit OrlandoSentinel.com at http://www.orlandosentinel.com