SONALYSTS INC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: MDA13-T005

Description

This Phase II effort will leverage the existing Standard Space Trainer (SST) Phase III SBIR state-of-the-art research platform to leverage its inherent capabilities as the software engine to support this research effort. The SST has a collection of software that provides development support and a common runtime environment for the use of mission specific plug-ins. This reusable SST Architecture includes frameworks, Application Program Interfaces (APIs), and foundational components shared via the SST Software Developer Kit (SDK) and made public to support the independent development of the plug-in. With the use of this technology, the research will focus on the following four components: apply SST training architecture to a distributed network configuration; evaluate required Information Assurance (IA) controls to assess SST training architecture resident vulnerabilities; investigate the feasibility of a self-paced single position training capability with the SST training architecture; and investigate available advanced technology, found primarily in the SE II game engine, to introduce into the SST training architecture to support conceptual training. The Phase II research effort will be applied based and focus on the development of a system-specific plug-in to the core training capabilities developed under previous SBIR efforts, with system-specific modifications as required. Approved for Public Release 15-MDA-8303 (1 July 15)