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Talking With Capt. William Reuter: Cost-effective alternatives
Capt. William "Roto" Reuter, 49, is the newly appointed commander of the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division, the Navy's largest simulation-training development agency, based in east Orange County. He spoke with Sentinel staff writer Richard Burnett.
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Research park adapts to anti-terrorism makeover
For nearly two years now, Central Florida Research Park in east Orange County has been quietly and subtly transforming some of its most prominent facilities into anti-terrorism fortresses for the high-tech military agencies located there.
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Team Orlando Celebrates Milestone
Team Orlando, as it is known today, has led to the major concentration of Department of Defense Training and Simulation that resides here in Central Florida, and now also includes each of the military services, other federal agencies and local and state governments.
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Local Simulation Industry Marks Training Pact
Orlando's training-simulation industry recently marked an improbable 60-year anniversary of what may be the longest military interagency collaboration on record.
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Will Wright and the Art of War
Will Wright, the creator of the "Sims" and a keynote speaker for the 2010 Defense GameTech Users' Conference, takes a tour of Team Olrando.
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GameTech 2010 Wrap-up: Winners, Repositories, and Presentations
As the 2010 Defense GameTech Users' Conference wraps up, ADL brings up a few highlights from the conference.
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Strong Partnership, Great Jobs, and Saving Lives America's Military Heroes
Central Florida hosted the 60th Anniversary Celebration of an Interservice Agreement between the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy.
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Orlando VA Hospital will be National Hub for Medical Simulation Training
The new Orlando Veterans Affairs Medical Center at Lake Nona has been selected as the national site for medical simulation training, bringing jobs and further prestige to the region's emerging "medical city."
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Serious Games Winners Announced
The Serious Games Showcase & Challenge winners have been announced announced.
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Surviving on the USS Trayer, the Navy's Disaster Simulator
Night after night, the USS Trayer, sometimes known as "the unluckiest ship in the Navy," takes enemy fire, exploding into burning, flooded wreckage. By confronting mayhem on this replica guided-missile destroyer, recruits learn lessons that may one day save their lives.
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NATO Article
The NATO Research and Technology Organization's Human Factors and Medicine Panel held a workshop in Orlando, Florida during the week of October 19th.
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Bridging the Live to Virtual Communications Gap
Team Orlando proudly shines a spot light on another successful project
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Letter From Frank Anderson, DAU
"I want to thank you so much for all your efforts in helping DAU join Team Orlando and for finding DAU a mutually beneficial home in Orlando!"
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Defense Acquisition University (DAU) Opens Office Space in Research Park
For Immediate Release
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Local Dignitaries Gather to Celebrate Partnership
Central Florida Research Park will soon be home to another facility in the growing modeling and simulation compound.
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Military Research Building Started
Despite gloomy weather, spirits were not dampened on Friday morning at the groundbreaking for a partnership building between UCF and the military in Central Florida Research Park.
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Military boasts large presence in Research Park
Earlier this year the Army's office of simulation and training in
Orlando awarded $17.5 billion in contracts.
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Medical simulation industry taking off in Orlando
With growth of "Medical City" in Lake Nona and the Burnham Institue for Medical Research, medical simulation COMPLETE
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Command Profile: NAWCTSD
The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD), headquartered in Orlando, Fla., is the Navy’s principal center for modeling, simulation and training systems technologies.
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PEO STRI Ensuring U.S. Warfighters Maintain Their Prominence -
The U.S. Army Program Executive Office Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) provides responsive interoperable simulation, training, and testing solutions for warfighters and the Nation. PEO STRI offers life-cycle support for the Army's most advanced training systems around the world.
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Battle Stations 21 Trainer Commissioned at RTC Great Lakes
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UCF, Military to Dedicate Building Devoted to Partnerships in Training, Simulation
In cooperation with the U.S. Military and the University of Central Florida, the Partnership II building will house research and development for both the U.S. Army Program Executive Office Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) and the Advanced Distributed Learning Laboratories.
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