Advanced Role-Player Capable Crew-based Training Suite Navy SBIR FY2014.2 Sol No.: Navy SBIR FY2014.2 Topic No.: N142-090 Topic Title: Advanced Role-Player Capable Crew-based Training Suite Proposal No.: N142-090-0084 Firm: Physical Optics Corporation Applied Technologies Division 1845 West 205th Street Torrance, California 90501 Contact: Ninad Patnekar Phone: (310) 320-3088 Web Site: www.poc.com Abstract: 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 Navy's 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 trainee's 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. Benefits: The ARC technology can be designed as web-based and hardware agnostic; it can operate on Windows, Linux, Android, and Mac OS platforms. It provides a cross-platform training gaming engine and toolkit that can directly simplify the training process. For commercial markets, a capability such as this will reduce training costs, simplify training logistics, and make training more accessible to a wider audience. Other applications for the ARC technology are plentiful, including medical, banking, security, and air traffic management, among others. Return