Department of the Air Force
Modeling & Simulation Summit
Theme: Convergence of Effects MS&A

There’s “a fair amount of analysis work to do,” Kendall said, and he’s moved his analysis shop from the A9 to the Secretariat, “to support both the Air Force and Space Force.”  The emphasis, he said, will be on “moving fast,” as it has been for several years, but “going in the right direction is pretty important, too. And so we want to make sure we do the work up front to make sure we’re going in the right direction and … get to meaningful opportunities [and] operational capability as quickly as we can.” Full article

While the many ways that simulators and other innovative training technologies are readily apparent, Col. Matthew Leard, Director of Pilot Training Transformation at Headquarters Nineteenth Air Force, Joint Base San Antonio, noted that there is a central question that must be answered: What problem does this tech seek to provide an answer for? Leard sees two main ways that industry can leverage simulations to benefit the warfighter, with the first being quality of training. “First, while we are still and have always produced the world’s highest-trained pilots, we know that won’t be enough for the possible next fight… What training are we providing so that we can get to a higher quality in a certain amount of time?” Full article

Two platforms — the Common Simulation Training Environment and the Joint Simulation Environment — aim to connect the Air Force's multiple virtual training environments together, Yates said. The service hopes it will be able to better train airmen at a high fidelity through better networking systems together. Full article

The 5th Annual Military Virtual Training & Simulation Summit will provide a forum for members of the DoD, DHS, Private Industry, Academia and other relevant stakeholders to discuss the current and future direction and utilization of virtual training & simulation technologies throughout the Military Services. The Summit will focus on the efforts to leverage M&S technologies across the Military in order to increase warfighter readiness and help train for future multi-domain operations. event details

Mr. Richard Tempalski, Chief Modeling and Simulation Officer (CMSO) of The Department of the Air Force Chief Modeling & Simulation Office (DAF CMSO) has partnered with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Modeling & Simulation Senior Scientist, Dr. Craig Ewing to focus the Inaugural DAF M&S Summit on Convergence of Effects MS&A. Mr. Tempalski and Dr. Ewing will both be speaking at the 2022 Summit. Other speakers will be added to this website as confirmed.

Digital Engineering  |  Command and Control  |  Human-Machine Teaming  |  Sensor Grid  |  Resilient Space  |  Effectors  |  War Fighter Integration  |  M&S Techniques/Analyses

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