Modeling, Simulation & TrainingIndustry

A Critical Segment of a Diversified Florida Economy

Thomas L. Baptiste, Lt Gen, USAF (Ret) President/Executive Director9 Nov 2010

Overview• Florida’s Modeling, Simulation & Training (MS&T)

Cluster• Meeting National requirements• Big impact on Florida’s economy

• Team Orlando--Academia, Industry & Government together in the Research Park

• Medical MS&T --“a window of opportunity”• Civic Leader Trip to Washington, D.C.

& other initiatives/issues

“All but war is simulation!”

• Simulations save lives, money & time

• M&S technologies are used in training, planning, analysis, engineering, test & evaluation

• Research can be performed using simulation instead of costly & often times damaging live or “real world” events

Florida is the MS&T Leader• M&S is a national “Critical Technology” with its epicenter in

Central FL• Florida has MS&T academic programs in high schools, an

Associate’s Degree at Daytona State College (funded by the Florida High Tech Corridor Council) & a Doctoral Program at UCF

• UCF has established a network of incubators to nurture start-up MS&T companies

• Over 53,000 jobs in Florida support the MS&T industry

Major U.S. Centers of MS&T

DoD’s MS&T Center of Excellence 1/2

• “Team Orlando” includes the services, joint commands, academia and industry

• More than 2,800 DoD military and civilian personnel/jobs• About $4.5 billion/year in acquisitions (2008 data)

FHTCC

PEO-STRI NCS

AFAMS U.S. Coast Guard ADL Co-Lab

PM TRAYSYS JDIF, JFCOM

NAWC-TSD UCF/IST RDECOM-STTC

DoD’s MS&T Center of Excellence 2/2

• The Research Park• Adjacent to UCF—third largest University in the U.S.• Home for the National Center for Simulation & UCF’s Institute

for Simulation & Training (IST)• Home for the MS&T acquisition agencies of all the Services

except the Air Force• Surrounded by large cluster (>100) of MS&T companies • Proximity facilitates synergy between Academia, Industry &

Government found no where else in the world• Partnership, collaboration & teamwork lower program risk

and are good for America & the war fighter • The State has stepped forward to fund facilities (P I, II & III) &

force protection measures to satisfy DoD requirements

MS&T Economic Impact

• Approximately 322 Florida companies & organizations involved in MS&T*

• Employing more than 22,500 Floridians*• Average salary $66,000*

• $4.5 B Impact on Florida’s Gross State Product*• $7.8 B Impact on Florida’s Annual Sales Activity*• “Team Orlando” includes more than 2,800 military & civilian personnel/jobs• Over 53,000 jobs impact on Florida’s employment*

*Based on a sampling/REMI Modeling of 122 MS&T Companies in 2008 study funded by Florida High Tech Corridor Council

Medical MS&T • A bright future

• Potential for spin-off of 60 years of world class MS&T work for DoD into medical MS&T

• Orlando’s Medical City

– Another arrow in the quiver of Team Orlando

– Cluster of world class medical facilities will attract the “best of the best”

– UCF’s Medical School—built from the ground up to include the latest in MS&T technology

– Influenced Veterans Administration (VA) decision to establish a Medical MS&T COE at new Lake Nona VA Medical Center

– Orlando already #1 destination in the world for medical conferences

Civic Leader Trip to Washington, D.C.

• June 23-24, 2010

• 65 Civic Leaders from across Central Florida split into 6 teams

• Message: The economic impact of the MS&T Industry in Florida

• Results: Private breakfast meeting with Senator LeMieux, private Luncheon meeting with Senator Nelson+ 15 other meetings with Congressional Leaders/Staff Members/ Influential Committee StaffMembers– Big boost in Florida representation on the Congressional

M&S Leadership Caucus (from 2 to 6 Florida Members)

• Next steps

M&S Leadership Caucus Members• Virginia: Florida:

• Randy Forbes, Co-Chair Jeff Miller• Bobby Scott Suzanne Kosmas/Sandy Adams? • Robert Wittman Vern Buchanan• Glenn Nye Alan Grayson/Dan Webster?

• Texas: Bill Posey• Solomon Ortiz, Co-Chair Adam Putnam• John Carter California:• Mike Conaway Ken Calvert

• Pennsylvania: Susan Davis• Todd Russell Platts Maryland: C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger • Joe Sestak New York: Maurice Henchey • Jim Gerlach Tennessee: Zach Wamp

• Oklahoma: John Sullivan South Carolina: Joe Wilson• Minnesota: Tim Walz Illinois: Bill Foster• Utah: Jim Mattheson North Carolina: Virginia Foxx• New Mexico: Martin Heinrich Georgia: Phil Gingrey

Alabama: Robert Aderholt Colorado: Doug Lamborn

Other Initiatives• Military/Civilian Government Workers in leased office

space—an issue we must continue to address

• Infrastructure Grant Applications (3) to Enterprise Florida in support of Naval Support Activity (NSA) Orlando:

• A Visitors and Business Center next to new gate off of Science Drive ($499K)—not supported

• Phase IV of the Federal, State, University (FEDSUN) Network installation—to replace pull-boxes, lay conduit and install additional fiber optic cable ($346K)—funded

• Installation of a Turnstile entry gate betweenPartnership III and NSA ($49K)—not supported

MS&T Industry Recognition• Request to establish North American Industry Classification

System (NAICS) Codes – Economic Classification Policy Committee denied

request in 2002, 2007 & 2012

– “Simulation is not an Industry…”

– “…simulation is a method or specialized regimen…”

– Models = “…custom computer programming services.”

– “…manufacturing of flight simulators” = …”other commercial & service industry machinery manufacturing.”

• This is an issue for the CongressionalM&S Leadership Caucus!

Summary• MS&T technologies support the war fighter & save lives

• Simulation is one reason America’s war fighters are the most capable & best trained in the world!

• MS&T represents a significant economic impact throughout Florida

• There is every reason why the future epicenter of medical MS&T should also be in Central Florida

Our Challenge

To Attract, Grow, Maintain & Enhance

The Modeling, Simulation & Training Industry in Florida

Questions

“All but war is simulation!” Remember to visit I/ITSEC 2010 at the Orange County Convention Center Monday, 29 Nov 10 through Thursday, 2 Dec 10.