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THOMAS L. BAPTISTE, Lt Gen, USAF (Ret)

President/Executive Director

National Center for Simulation (NCS)3 February 2010

Briefing to Florida RepresentativesSponsored By Suzanne Kosmas (D-FL)

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OVERVIEWOVERVIEW• 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

NATIONAL CENTER FORNATIONAL CENTER FOR SIMULATION (NCS) 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

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SIMULATIONSIMULATION

• 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 LEADERFLORIDA 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

MAJOR US CENTERS OF M&SMAJOR US CENTERS OF M&S

M&S CAUCUS MEMBERSM&S CAUCUS MEMBERSFlorida:• Jeff Miller• Suzanne Kosmas

California:• Ken Calvert• Susan Davis

MD: C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger NY: Maurice HincheyTN: Zach WampSC: Joe WilsonIL: Bill FosterNC: Virginia FoxxGA: Phil GingreyAL: Robert AderholtCO: Doug LambornUT: Jim Matheson

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

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DOD M&S CENTER OF EXCELLENCEDOD 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

AFAMS

PM TRASYS

NAWC-TSD

NCS

ADL Co-Lab

JDIF, JFCOM

RDECOM -STTC

US Coast Guard

IST/ UCF

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FLORIDA CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTSFLORIDA CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS

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FLORIDA MILITARY INSTALLATIONSFLORIDA MILITARY INSTALLATIONS

Approximate numbers of personnel

• 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 IMPACTM&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 INITIATIVESM&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 INTERESTUPCOMING 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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SUMMARYSUMMARY

• 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?QUESTIONS?

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M&S CONTRACTOR BRIEFINGSM&S CONTRACTOR BRIEFINGS

• LOCKHEED MARTIN—JIM CRAIG (Supplier base)

• NORTHROP GRUMMAN--LEE BARNES (STEM)

• SAIC--DAVID REES (Spin off)

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CONTACT INFORMATIONCONTACT INFORMATIONTom 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 henryc.okraski@yahoo.com.ph 407 671-4084

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BACKUP SLIDESBACKUP 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