Thursday, April 16, 2020 11:08:36 AM
The Army's Synthetic Training Environment (STE) project seems to be moving full-steam ahead. In 11/2019, they were worried a CR would hamper their abilities to award contracts. Bob was on the speakers' list for at least one of these Synthetic and Simulation Training Summits in 2018, and I think he did again in '19 but not sure. With VirTra's patents, training integration, and Bob's background in VR, I wouldn't rule us out of involvement in here somewhere, but it's all speculation.
Not a lot of real recent stuff readily accessible, but they wanted to be preliminarily operational by 2021 and fully by 2023. Here's a good interview with the director in 11/2019:
https://militarysimulation.training/articles/ste-cft-accelerating-training-modernization/
more info
https://www.army.mil/article/230567/army_pursuing_improved_realism_in_live_and_virtual_training
http://raytheon.mediaroom.com/2019-12-02-Raytheon-unveils-new-dismounted-soldier-training-simulator
This was the '18 speakers list:
Speakers
Major General Maria R. Gervais, Synthetic Training Environment (STE) Cross Functional Team Director | Deputy Commanding General, Combined Arms Center - Training | U.S. Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth
Major General William F. Mullen, Commanding General, Training and Education Command (TECOM), U.S. Marine Corps
Brigadier General Michael E. Sloane, Program Executive Officer, Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI)
Jim Blake, Former Program Executive Officer | PEO STRI, CHAIRMAN | Synthetic and Simulation Training
Dr. Kevin Geiss, Director, Airman Systems Directorate, 711th Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory
Pete Morrison, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Bohemia Interactive Simulations
Rob Phillips, Senior Technical Manager, Lockheed Martin
COL G. Scott McLeod, Project Manager, Project Manager Training Devices (PM TRADE), PEO STRI
Ryan McAlinden, Director of Modeling, Simulation and Training | Institute for Creative Technologies, University of Southern California | U.S. Army University Affiliated Research Center (UARC)
Brian Serra, Branch Chief / Contracting Officer / Agreements Officer, U.S. Army Contracting Command - Orlando Bravo Division
Dr. Randall Shumaker, Director, Institute for Simulation and Training, University of Central Florida
Bob Ferris, Chief Executive Officer, VirTra
COL Marcus Varnadore, Project Manager Integrated Training Environment, PEO STRI
Jennifer McArdle, Assistant Professor of Cyber Defense, Salve Regina University
COL Scott McIntosh, Joint Project Manager, Joint Project Manager Medical Modeling & Simulation (JPM MMS), PEO STRI
COL Harry Buhl, Former Director, Simulation and Training Technology Center, U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Scott Nutter, General Manager, Pilot Learning & Development, Delta
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