Signature Event 12: Air Force Simulators Pitch Day
(Room 320GH)
05 Dec 19
8:30 AM
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12:00 PM
Tracks:
Full Schedule, Signature Event, Thursday Schedule
In conjunction with the Air Force’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, the Simulators Program Office solicited proposals from small businesses to inject innovative technologies into operational training systems. The program office has asked small businesses to “pitch” how they can help the Air Force in certain areas or topics including but not limited to the following: • High end weather effects within simulator gaming environments • Deployable, austere environment high-fidelity simulator • Visual acuity and fidelity of objects at long ranges within the simulator environment • Interoperability among networked simulators • Simulator interoperability considering releasability of capabilities • Cloud-based simulators • Performance based training, data collection and analysis • Artificial intelligence aided instruction in simulator • Shortening the timeline for maintenance training The objective was not to ask small businesses to go out and invent something new, but rather to creatively repurpose existing technologies that could be leveraged to satisfy Air Force training needs. Ultimately the idea is to connect with industry which will help us move into the latest technological space faster. The first phase of this effort, held in July 2019, resulted in a number of Phase I SBIR awards. In October, select Phase I awardees were given the opportunity to submit proposals for a Phase II award that would build on what was learned and demonstrated in their Phase I efforts. These companies were then invited to privately present their Phase II proposals to an Air Force panel at the Simulators Pitch Day event during I/ITSEC. Regardless of whether the Phase II proposal resulted in an award or not, the selected companies are now given the opportunity to pitch their initiatives to the I/ITSEC community as a whole, during the “Media Day” event on 5 December. It is expected that attendees at this event will include major prime defense industry executives, venture capitalists and other service acquisition executives.