Physical Optics Corporation — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: N142-090

Description

To address the Navy need for a team-training software suite, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a new Advanced Role-Player Capable Crew-based Training (ARC) Software Suite, a single player game that can be installed on a standalone workstation. This training tool is based on a novel crew training framework that was inspired by concepts in the Navys widely accepted Tactical Decision Making Under Stress (TADMUS) research program. The innovations in ARC offer a realistic and rich team training environment for P 8A crewmembers to practice making better decisions during combat. The suite presents the trainee with dynamically varied tactical environments and then tracks the trainees performance in terms of response latency, decision-making, and adaptability. Additionally, it uses DoD accepted High Level Architecture (HLA), which allows code reusability and interoperability between multiple, complex, operational simulation environments. In Phase I, POC will design and demonstrate the feasibility of the HLA based ARC architecture by developing a limited capability-training tool that incorporates speech recognition and adaptive tailoring. In Phase II, we will build on the Phase I prototype to develop a fully functional synthetic trainer prototype based on appropriate outputs necessary and Information Assurance (IA) guidelines that will include the capability to monitor trainee performance metrics.