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 The week of June 22 will see the ITEA Test and Training Forum take place in Williamsburg, VA, with a major focus on M&S issues that span both the testing and training disciplines of DoD. The details are available at:
ITEA page on Test and Training Forum
The conference will be bringing together the top names from DoD testing and DoD training to look at how best to create interoperability and a shared future, and also to identify the opportunities and challenges of the new Administration.
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 For anyone interested in seeing the whole of the Serious Games Market Report published in 2007 (its findings have been quoted a lot in the leading press), Apply Group is now making it available for only £35 (+ vat) instead of the usual £599 + vat.
Also, the audio CD of the proceedings for the Apply Serious Games Conference (2008) is now only £79+ vat (incl p&p) instead of the usual £299 + vat.
Both offers are available on a limited number of 10. the prices will revert to the last full price after they have gone.
Details.
 The aim of the 10th annual European GAMEON® Conference (GAMEON®'2009) on Simulation and AI in Computer Games, is to bring together researchers and games people in order to exchange ideas on programming and programming techniques, which will be beneficial to the gaming industry and academia. Secondly it aims to steer young people into this industry by providing how-to tutorials and giving them the opportunity to show their ideas and demos to the gaming industry. The conference will concentrate mostly on the programming of games, with special emphasis on simulation, AI and fuzzy sets, and physics related computer graphics. Next to that, all of this will be fused in the topic of computer game design in stand-alone and networked games. Software providers will be able to show their latest packages and give hand-on tutorials for the participants.
If you are interested in the other GAMEON® conferences check out this page.
READING, PA. – May 28, 2009 – Fidelity Technologies Corporation (Fidelity) announced it has been listed as one of an elite group of companies selected for the second Simulation, Training and Instrumentations Omnibus contract (STOC II) by the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI)
By qualifying contractors under this program, the Army will be able to rapidly evaluate bids for training systems and services, knowing that the companies under STOC II have demonstrated their ability to deliver. The Army plans to award $17.5 billion in contracts over the next ten years under the program.
 TransLucid is now offering evaluation versions of its Falcon™ sensor image generator toolkit. Contact us at info@TransLucidInc.com for more information.The Falcon™ toolkit includes the following components:
* Material tool - Create, manage, and edit material properties and material systems easily. Also includes diurnal (24-hour) temperature curve instant previewing.
* Classifier - Easily transform visual textures into sensor textures for run-time use.
* Falcon API - Documented code and shader examples clearly illustrate how to quickly evolve your visual OTW simulation into a high-fidelity sensor simulation.
MORS is holding its 77th MORS Symposium (MORSS) on 16-18 June 2009 in the new Lewis and Clark Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Please connect to http://www.mors.org/77thmorss/front.htm for links for the online registration and abstracts.
To provide flight simulation enthusiasts with a realistic experience, Logitech today unveiled the Logitech Flight System G940. The latest addition to the acclaimed Logitech G-series line of gaming peripherals and the company’s first force-feedback flight simulation controller, the design and controls of the Flight System G940 were inspired by military and commercial planes and helicopters.
“There’s nothing ordinary about a G-series gaming peripheral, and the G940 is no different,” said Ruben Mookerjee, Logitech’s director of product marketing for gaming. “We approached this project with the goal of redefining the flight sim experience. Whether you’re flying an A380, an F/A-18 Hornet or a Comanche helicopter, when you want to feel the wind on your wings, control engines together or independently or master tricky maneuvers, the G940 behaves and feels like the real thing – from takeoff to landing.”
BOULDER, Colo. - (Business Wire) Anark Corporation, leading provider of automated 3D CAD transformation and visualization solutions, today announced support for OpenFlight™, the most widely adopted 3D visualization format for real-time 3D visualization. Anark Core 2.2 exports OpenFlight™ data using native OpenFlight Read/Write API's from Presagis™, a leading provider of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) modeling and simulation software.
 Combination of high performance technologies from Maplesoft helps teachers focus on concepts, not tools
Adept Scientific (Letchworth, Herts) announces new releases of Maplesoft™ (Waterloo, Canada) core products – MapleSim™, the high-performance, multi-domain modelling and simulation tool, and Maple™, the technical computing software for mathematicians, engineers and scientists.
These products are based on Maplesoft’s core technologies, including the World’s most advanced symbolic computation engine and revolutionary physical modelling techniques. Together, they provide a platform where students can work confidently with everything from theoretical concepts to the subtleties and art of design.
Frasca International has been selected to provide a new King Air B200GT FTD to Serco Group plc ("Serco") as part of the prestigious RAF Cranwell Multi-Activity Contract (MAC). The new Frasca King Air B200GT FTD will feature the Collins Pro Line 21™ fully integrated avionics system, an enclosed instructors station, and Frasca’s Graphical Instructor Station (GISt). Other features include Frasca’s TruVision™ Global visual system with a 220 degree display system and a custom RAF Cranwell visual database. Serco currently operates two additional Frasca B200 FTD’s. (April 24, 2009)
ZedaSoft, Inc. a simulation and visualization software company located in Ft. Worth, Texas, would like to take this opportunity to invite you to visit us at Booth C110 during the ITEC Conference, May 12 - 14, 2009, in Brussels, Belgium.
We will be demonstrating the Distributed Missions Operations / Training (DMO) with our partners, Plexsys and IP Video. You will also be able to see first hand our Portable Simulation Demonstrator (PSD) and all its capabilities. We would like to thank MetaVR for providing the out-the-window visual scene and sensor channel software for the Portable Simulation Demonstrator, adding greatly to the immersive simulation feel. Come see the following products featured in our booth:
 Conference to Discuss Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications
Altia announces that Peter Abowd, its President of Worldwide Automotive, will serve on the program committee for the First International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI 2009). This conference will take place on the main campus of the University of Duisburg-Essen in Essen, Germany on September 21-22, 2009.
The conference will discuss the advances in technology that have turned automobiles into complex interactive systems and the interesting challenges that automotive embedded systems developers face when creating interfaces for drivers to interact with the wide array of new in-vehicle technologies.
 VR Group a.s. will display its products and technology in Booth #PAV F-079 at IDET 2009, May 5 - 7, 2009, which is being held at the Brno Exhibition Centre, Brno, Czech Republic.
VR Group will demonstrate its Modular Tactics Training System (MTTS) and a new tactical laser system STING. The MTTS provides a flexible tactics training environment that helps soldiers prepare for operations characterized by urban terrain, non-linear battlefield and asymmetric warfare. The system consists of our Reconfigurable Virtual Simulators (RVS), Team Leader Simulators (TLS), and an L-159 aircraft desktop simulator, which includes Ground Controlled Interception (GCI) capabilities. These applications all use the MetaVR´s Virtual Reality Scene Generator as the image generator. MetaVR will also be showing its products in our booth.
CityScape 1.7 improves support for the simulation and GIS industries with the ability to import, render, and modify a variety of industry standard formats.
Carlsbad, CA -- April 16, 2009 -- PixelActive is pleased to announce the latest release of CityScape, their high-speed, intelligent world editor. CityScape empowers users to create complex, urban-themed virtual environments magnitudes faster than traditional modeling tools. Cities built in CityScape can be exported to proprietary or public file formats with video game quality graphics. Version 1.7 includes support for importing a variety of GIS data formats, allowing developers in the simulation, GIS, and video game industries to create geospecific urban environments quickly and accurately.
ST. LOUIS, April 08, 2009 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] will showcase the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Block II flight simulator and an array of company products, services and capabilities at the Latin America Aerospace and Defence (LAAD) 2009 trade show, held April 14-17 in Rio de Janeiro.
"As one of the world's fastest-growing aerospace events, LAAD provides an excellent opportunity for Boeing to meet with potential customers from all over Latin America to discuss how we can meet their near-term and future defense and security requirements," said Joe McAndrew, Boeing vice president of International Business Development for Europe, Israel and the Americas. "Furthermore, Boeing is looking forward to establishing a long-term relationship with the Brazilian Air Force, industry and government."
 Donauwörth, March 12, 2009 - Eurocopter is offering its customers around the world the opportunity to use an EC135 flight simulator at its site in Donauwörth (Germany). The flight simulator at the Donauwörth Training Academy serves to train helicopter pilots. It is an additional component of Eurocopter’s global training concept, which is based on training solutions that further increase flight safety – a top priority at Eurocopter.
“We have invested in the flight simulator in Donauwörth in order to be able to offer our national and international customers a leading-edge training platform. Simulators increase flight safety, as they provide an ideal training solution that is available irrespective of the weather or the availability of helicopters, and enable very demanding missions to be carried out at no risk,” says Dr. Wolfgang Schoder, CEO of Eurocopter Germany.
16 March 2009, Suwanee, GA - Meggitt Training Systems Inc (MTSI) has been awarded a contract worth approximately $5 million from the US Army National Guard (ARNG) for enhancements to existing virtual small-arms trainers. Designed and manufactured by Meggitt, the simulators have been used successfully for over 12 years and continue to meet ARNG mandatory training requirements. System upgrades will begin late March 2009.
Known as Combat Skills Marksmanship Trainers (CSMTs), the systems feature small-arms training courseware geared to the Guard's homeland security missions. Fully immersive training scenarios significantly enhance readiness and deployability, helping soldiers improve weapons-handling, command skills and judgment in the face of contemporary and often complex tactical threats. Small unit leaders use the CSMT to rehearse mission planning.
 Display Solutions, Inc. of Hudson, MA has been selected by Aegis Technologies Group Inc. to design and build a visual system for the RSAF 412 Full Motion Simulator Helicopter Trainer. The visual system requirements are for day, dusk and night vision (NVG) compatible images as well as motion induced shock and vibration. Display Solutions provides design, scheduling, installation and training support to Aegis.
The visual system for the RSAF 412 incorporates the Orion SXGA+ 3-Chip DLP projectors, a reinforced molded screen and a post-video processers. Display Solutions used commercial off the shelf (COTS) display technology whose features have been modified to RSAF requirements.
MAK, DiSTI & DI-Guy, are pleased to announce the upcoming seminar series "Developing High Fidelity, Low Cost 3D Visual Solutions for Simulations - An Introduction to VR-Vantage". The seminar will explain how adding high fidelity visuals to a simulation can be done on schedule and under budget
MAK, DiSTI & DI-Guy, are pleased to announce the upcoming seminar series "Developing High Fidelity, Low Cost 3D Visual Solutions for Simulations - An Introduction to VR-Vantage". The seminar will explain how adding high fidelity visuals to a simulation can be done on schedule and under budget. The half day seminar will introduce attendees to the capabilities of VR-Vantage, MÄK’s new 3D visual solution and show them how it can fit the way they work. The companies will demonstrate how to build a 3D visual simulation using integrated out-of-the-box partner content from DiSTI’s GL Studio and Boston Dynamics’ DI-Guy.
Pixium seated in Strasbourg - FRANCE - has won the call fo tender of the greatest building site in FRANCE. The project " Seine Arche " near " La Défense " in PARIS supervised by l'EPAD (public organism). 200 000m² of sales offices, 100 000m² of public equipments, 320ha.
All this project has to be represented in 3D real-time scenes - 3D HD animation films and still images.
PIXIUM reenforce his position as a serious 3D actor in FRANCE.
3D links : http://www.pixium.fr/index.php?la=en&page=acc_rea&s_page=rea_arc
READING, PA. – March 4, 2009 – Fidelity Technologies Corp. (Fidelity) today announced a $5.3 million contract with the U.S. Air Force to create a simulation and training system that can be used for a full range of training exercises.
Fidelity will manufacture and deliver the product – called the Joint Terminal Control Training and Rehearsal System (JTC TRS) – within 12 months.
The product will provide real-life battlefield scenarios for war fighters in four areas: Terminal Attack Control, Close Air Support, Air Traffic Control and Call for Fire coordination, training, and mission rehearsal.
Avenge Inc. of Dulles, VA has purchased a MOTUS® full motion King Air 300 simulator from Fidelity Flight Simulation. The simulator will be reconfigurable to also allow training in the RC-12, the military version of the Beechcraft Super King Air and Beechcraft 200. The cockpit will be highly type specific, with a cockpit layout reconfigurable between a 3-screen Universal 890R EFIS display and standard flight instruments. A stimulated Universal UNS-1F Flight Management System will also be provided.
Fidelity will work closely with Avenge in an initial Instructional System Design training task analysis. The task analysis will specify each of the operational, non-normal, and emergency tasks to be trained, each of which will be addressed in the simulator design.
"Overlooked in last month's news about Microsoft laying off the entire Flight Simulator dev team is the news that Microsoft's ESP development team has been gutted as well, and the future of the platform is in doubt. ESP is oriented toward industrial use, and lets companies build 3D simulations for flight and other applications. Late last year Microsoft announced big plans to expand ESP to other verticals, such as real estate, city planning, and law enforcement. That looks increasingly unlikely. Even though Microsoft declined to comment on ESP's future, companies which invested in the product are angry, judging by some of the comments on an MSDN thread. As noted by one user, 'my company used it for a solution and invested time and money into getting it approved and purchased. Microsoft sure handed us a raw deal for taking a gamble on their platform.'"
An ESP user has posted this to the MSDN forum:
I can't begin to express the frustration I am feeling about all of this right now. My company and my clients have invested literally thousands and thousands of dollars into learning and developing on top of ESP. On many occasions we have been told that this was the simulation platform for the future and we trusted Microsoft.
 Technology Solutions Company to Provide Simulation Tools to Counter Improvised Explosive Devices Threat
McLean, VA – February 17, 2009 – Alion Science and Technology, an employee-owned technology solutions provider, is providing simulation tools to the Army and serving as an integrator between the Generating and Operational Forces under a one-year, $1.1 million contract through the Army’s Joint Training Counter Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED) Operations Integration Center (JTCOIC). The focus of Alion’s work is to train warfighters in counter IED techniques.
 IFAD, a leading provider of forward air controller training solutions (FAC/JTAC) have signed a partnership agreement with Arenalogic, a leading provider of high fidelity combat flight simulation solutions. The partnership enables the two companies to jointly provide cost-effective, deployable simulation-based training solutions for FAC and pilot training. IFAD and Arenalogic expect the new FAC/Pilot training solution to have great potential in a promising market for realistic CAS combat training.
This agreement is a major step forward in IFAD and Arenalogic’s strategy to become leading training solution providers of Air Combat and Close Air Support (CAS) training solutions. The partnership was triggered by customer requirements for a realistic, cost-effective, deployable FAC/Pilot interoperability training capacity to be used for basic training as well as for mission preparation and rehearsal.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 11, 2009 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] delivered its first EA-18G Growler maintenance trainer to Whidbey Island Naval Air Station, Wash., on Nov. 21 -- two weeks ahead of an already tight schedule.
"I'm honored to lead such a complete Integrated Product Team. As usual, they all stepped up and teamed to deliver this important Growler maintenance trainer two weeks ahead of schedule," said Capt. Darryl "Spike" Long, Aviation Training Systems program manager for the U.S. Navy
Patria Aviation Oy received an order from the Finnish Air Force for a cockpit upgrade of 11 BAES Hawk Mk 51 and Mk52 jet trainers on 30 December 2008. The total value of the order is over EUR 10 million. The upgraded trainers will be delivered during 2009 -2010.
The Finnish Air Force and Patria agreed on the system modernisation of the Hawk jet trainers in December 2006 in order to further increase the quality of fighter training by creating mission planning, recording and debriefing capabilities. The first Hawk jet trainer modernised by Patria with the modern avionics and a glass cockpit successfully performed its first flight in Jämsä, Finland on 23 September 2008.
 GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo., Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CIBER, Inc. (NYSE: CBR) announces a multi-year award under the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation's Omnibus Contract II (STOC II). STOC II is an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract with a $17.5 billion cap, over as many as 10 years. CIBER's combined skill and experience will allow the company to work in close partnership with the Army Program Executive Office to provide management and oversight of all delivery and task orders awarded to the company within the STOC II environment.
"The overall purpose of STOC II is to have highly-qualified contractors' on-hand to rapidly satisfy the needs of our nation's Warfighters," according to Brian Murphy, the PEO STRI contracting officer responsible for STOC II.
Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBIA) have chosen a Micro Nav BEST Radar and Tower ATC simulator to support their training programmes. The BEST package has been specially designed for airport applications. It includes controller and pseudo-pilot workstations, radio and telephone communications, accurate airspace databases, student exercises and user training.
The simulator will be used for a range of training, including: initial; on-the-job and refresher. In addition it will be used for the practical aspects of training controllers in the revised Air Traffic Services Outside Controlled Airspace procedures.
Training to Enhance Readiness and Improve Proficiency of Specialized U.S. Air Force Undergraduate Pilots
FALLS CHURCH, Va., Jan. 26 -- CSC (NYSE: CSC) announced today that it has begun training U.S. Air Force pilots in one of two new TH-1H Weapon System Trainers (WSTs) recently integrated into its fleet of high fidelity flight simulators in Warrior Hall, located near Fort Rucker, Ala. As part of the U.S. Army Flight School XXI Program, CSC provides simulation training services in response to new requirements associated with the transition of pilot training to the TH-1H helicopter. The TH-1H features a glass cockpit and modernized avionics, and it will replace the Army UH-1H previously used for training.
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