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Briefing to Florida Representatives
Sponsored By Suzanne Kosmas (D-FL)
Modeling And Simulation (M&S)
Technology
And Its Impact On Florida
THOMAS L. BAPTISTE, Lt Gen, USAF (Ret)
President/Executive Director
National Center for Simulation (NCS)
3 February 2010
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OVERVIEW
• About the National Center for Simulation (NCS)
• Florida’s role in Modeling & Simulation (M&S)
• Importance of M&S
• National requirements
• Impact on Florida’s economy
• M&S Legislative Initiatives
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NATIONAL CENTER FOR
SIMULATION (NCS)
• 501c(3) member organization headquartered in Orlando, FL
• Approximately 150 U.S. and international members, with a high
concentration in Central Florida
• Provides a link between government, industry and academia to
further M&S technology
• Promotes the transfer of defense M&S technology to various
applications: Medical, homeland security, education, transportation
and entertainment
• Supports Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
(STEM) education and workforce development programs
www.simulationinformation.com
SIMULATION
• Simulations save lives, money and time
• M&S technologies are used in training, planning,
analysis, engineering, test and evaluation
• Research can be performed using simulation
instead of costly and often times damaging live or
“real world” events
“Almost every soldier or
Marine deployed to the
Middle East is trained
on some kind of system
developed in Central
Florida.”
Orlando Sentinel, Jan. 11, 2009
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FLORIDA IS THE M&S LEADER
• M&S is a national “Critical Technology” with its epicenter
in Florida
• Florida has M&S academic programs in high schools,
an Associate’s Degree at Daytona State College (DSC)
and Doctoral Program at UCF
• Florida University incubators nurture M&S start-up
companies
• Over 55,000 jobs in Florida support the M&S industry
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MAJOR US CENTERS OF M&S
M&S CAUCUS MEMBERS
Virginia:
• Randy Forbes, Co-Chair
• Bobby Scott
• Rob Wittman
• Glenn Nye
Texas:
• Solomon Ortiz, Co-Chair
• John Carter
• Mike Conaway
Pennsylvania:
• Todd Russell Platts
• Joe Sestak
• Jim Gerlach
Florida:
• Jeff Miller
• Suzanne Kosmas
California:
• Ken Calvert
• Susan Davis
MD: C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger
NY: Maurice Hinchey
TN: Zach Wamp
SC: Joe Wilson
IL: Bill Foster
NC: Virginia Foxx
GA: Phil Gingrey
AL: Robert Aderholt
CO: Doug Lamborn
UT: Jim Matheson
DOD M&S CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
•“Team Orlando” includes the services, joint
commands, academia and industry
•>2,500 DOD personnel
•About $4.5 billion/year in acquisitions
PEO-STRI
NCS
AFAMS
ADL Co-Lab
US Coast Guard
JDIF, JFCOM
PM TRASYS
IST/ UCF
NAWC-TSD
RDECOM -STTC
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FLORIDA CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS
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FLORIDA MILITARY INSTALLATIONS
Approximate numbers of personnel
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Army 2,982
Navy & Marine Corps 23,223
Air Force 24,526
Coast Guard 4,757
Active Duty Military 50,731
Reserve and National Guard 53,902
Total Personnel 109,390
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M&S ECONOMIC IMPACT
• More than 850 Florida Firms Involved
in M&S
– Employing more than 22,500
Floridians*
– Average salary $66,000*
• $4.5B Impact on Florida Gross State
Product*
• $7.8B Annual Sales Activity*
• 58,000 Jobs Support M&S*
*Based on a sampling/REMI Modeling of 122 M&S Companies in 2008
study funded by Florida High Tech Corridor Council
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M&S LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES
• HR 855-Public Health Services Act Amendment
for Medical Simulation
• NAICS Code for M&S
• Funding Higher Education Opportunity Act to
support M&S in Education
• HR 487- Naming M&S a “Critical Technology”
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UPCOMING EVENTS OF INTEREST
• Association of the United States Army (AUSA)
Winter Symposium & Exposition,
24-26 February 2010 (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
• Advanced Initiatives in Medical Simulation
(AIMS) Conference, 22-23 March 2010
(Washington, DC)
• Training Simulation Industry Symposium,
9-10 June 2010 (Orlando, FL)
• Special Operations Forces Industry Conference
(SOFIC), 15-17 June 2010 (Tampa, FL)
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SUMMARY
• M&S technologies support the warfighter
• M&S represents significant economic
impact throughout Florida
• M&S Caucus needs more Florida
leadership
• M&S legislation awaiting authorization and
funding
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QUESTIONS?
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M&S CONTRACTOR BRIEFINGS
• LOCKHEED MARTIN—JIM CRAIG
(Supplier base)
• NORTHROP GRUMMAN--LEE BARNES
(STEM)
• SAIC--DAVID REES (Spin off)
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Tom Baptiste, Lt Gen, USAF (Ret) President/Executive
Director, National Center for Simulation, 407-384-6111
NCS website: www.simulationinformation.com
• Jim Craig—Lockheed Martin, 407 306-4870
• Lee Barnes—Northrop Grumman, 407 421-5898
• David Rees—SAIC, 407 243-3750
Briefing prepared: Henry C. Okraski and Associates, Winter Park, FL
[email protected] 407 671-4084
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BACKUP SLIDES
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A community of organizations
working together to
accomplish their respective
missions with a common goal
of improving human
performance through
simulation
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