THOMAS L. BAPTISTE, Lt Gen, USAF (Ret) President/Executive Director

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

President/Executive Director

National Center for Simulation (NCS)18 Jun 2010

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OVERVIEWOVERVIEW• Florida’s Modeling, Simulation & Training (MS&T)

Cluster

• Meeting National requirements

• Big impact on Florida’s economy

• Team Orlando--Academia, Industry, Government and the Research Park

• Medical MS&T --“a bright future”

• The support role of the National Center for Simulation (NCS)

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SIMULATIONSIMULATION

• Simulations save lives, money & time

• M&S technologies are used in training, planning, analysis, engineering, test & evaluation

• Research can be performed using simulation instead of costly & 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 MS&T LEADERFLORIDA IS THE MS&T LEADER• M&S is a national “Critical Technology” with its epicenter in

Central FL• Florida has MS&T academic programs in high schools, an

Associate’s Degree at Daytona State College (funded by the Florida High Tech Corridor Council) & a Doctoral Program at UCF

• UCF has established a network of incubators to nurture start-up MS&T companies

• Over 58,000 jobs in Florida support the MS&T industry

MAJOR US CENTERS OF MS&TMAJOR US CENTERS OF MS&T

M&S LEADERSHIP CAUCUS M&S LEADERSHIP CAUCUS MEMBERSMEMBERS

Florida:• 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’s MS&T CENTER OF EXCELLENCE DoD’s MS&T CENTER OF EXCELLENCE 1/21/2

• “Team Orlando” includes the services, joint commands, academia and industry

• More than 2,500 DoD military and civilian personnel

• About $4.5 billion/year in acquisitions (2008)

PEO-STRI

AFAMS

PM TRASYS

NAWC-TSD

FHTCC

NCS

ADL Co-Lab

JDIF, JFCOM

RDECOM -STTC

US Coast Guard

IST/ UCF

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DoD’s MS&T CENTER OF EXCELLENCE DoD’s MS&T CENTER OF EXCELLENCE 2/22/2

• The Research Park• Adjacent to UCF—third largest University in the U.S.• Home for the National Center for Simulation and UCF’s

Institute for Simulation and Training (IST)• Home for the MS&T acquisition agencies of all the

Services except the Air Force• Surrounded by large cluster (>100) of MS&T companies • Proximity facilitates synergy between Academia, Industry

and Government found no where else in the world• Partnership, collaboration and teamwork lower

acquisition risk and are good for America • The State of Florida has stepped forward to fund force

protection measures to satisfy DoD requirements

AT&TAT&T

THE RESEARCH PARKSYNERGIES FROM PROXIMITY

THE RESEARCH PARKSYNERGIES FROM PROXIMITY

L3 COML3 COM

National Center for Simulation

National Center for Simulation

UNIVERSITY of CENTRAL FLORIDA

UNIVERSITY of CENTRAL FLORIDA

LOCKHEED MARTIN

LOCKHEED MARTIN

Booz-Allen & Hamilton

Booz-Allen & Hamilton

SAICSAIC

Simulation & Trng Technology Center

(STTC)

Simulation & Trng Technology Center

(STTC)

Institute for

Simulation & Training

Institute for

Simulation & Training

Partnership IIIBuilding Site

Partnership IIIBuilding Site

RAYTHEONRAYTHEON

GENERAL DYNAMICSGENERAL DYNAMICS

COAST GUARDCOAST GUARD

ARMYARMY

AIR FORCEAIR FORCE

MARINE CORPSMARINE CORPS

NAVYNAVY

JFCOM & JTIEC

JFCOM & JTIEC

ARMYARMY

ARMYARMY

ARMYARMYARMYARMY

NAVYNAVY

ARMYARMY

ARMYARMY

Joint ADL

Co-Lab

Congresswoman Kosmas

Congresswoman Kosmas

NORTHRUPGRUMMANNORTHRUPGRUMMAN

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FLORIDA CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTSFLORIDA CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS

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FLORIDA’S MILITARY INSTALLATIONSFLORIDA’S MILITARY INSTALLATIONS

Approximate numbers of personnel

• Active Duty Military 50,700 • Reserve and National Guard 53,900 • Total Personnel 104,600

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MS&T ECONOMIC IMPACTMS&T ECONOMIC IMPACT

• Approximately 850 Florida Firms Involved in MS&T*

– Employing more than 22,500 Floridians*

– Average salary $66,000*

• $4.5 B Impact on Florida Gross State Product*

• $7.8 B Annual Sales Activity*

• “Team Orlando” includes more than 2,500 military and civilian personnel*

• 58,000 Jobs Support MS&T*

*Based on a sampling/REMI Modeling of 122 MS&T Companies in 2008 study funded by Florida High Tech Corridor Council

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MEDICAL MS&T MEDICAL MS&T

• A bright future

• Potential for spin-off of 60 years of world class MS&T work for DoD into medical MS&T

• Orlando’s Medical City

– Another arrow in the quiver of Team Orlando

– Cluster of world class medical facilities will attract the “best of the best”

– UCF’s Medical School—built from the ground up to include the latest in MS&T technology

– Influenced VA decision to establish a medical MS&T COE at new Lake Nona Medical Center

– Orlando already #1 destination in the world for medical conferences

NATIONAL CENTER FORNATIONAL CENTER FOR SIMULATION (NCS) SIMULATION (NCS)

• 501c(3) not-for-profit member corporation in Orlando, FL

• More than 150 U.S. & international members, with a high concentration in Central FL

• The link between government, industry & academia to further MS&T technology

• Promotes the transfer of defense MS&T technology to other applications: medical, homeland security, education, transportation, Digital Media & entertainment

• Supports MS&T awareness & public policy development

• Supports Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) education & workforce development programs

www.simulationinformation.com

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SUMMARYSUMMARY

• MS&T technologies support the war fighter & save lives

• MS&T represents a significant economic impact throughout Florida

• There is every reason why the epicenter of medical MS&T should also be in Central Florida

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OUR CHALLENGEOUR CHALLENGE

To Attract, Grow, Maintain & Enhance

The Modeling, Simulation & Training Industry in Florida

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QUESTIONS?QUESTIONS?