Aptima Named to Military Training Technology's Top Simulation and Training Companies

4th year for company that excels in modeling human behavior

Woburn, MA - September 28, 2009 --[ASDWire]-- Recognized for its "significant impact on the military training industry," Aptima, Inc., which applies expertise in human performance to develop training and measurement technologies, has been selected by Military Training Technology Magazine's (MT2) 8th annual list of "Top Simulation and Training Companies."


Included for the fourth consecutive year, Aptima applies expertise in the disciplines of how humans think, learn, and behave, to devise new simulation technologies, interactive training programs, and software measurement tools to improve warfighter performance.

Through research of how warfighters perform in a variety of military settings, Aptima recently developed the following simulation and training products. These have been designed to improve the decision-making and functioning of teams, particularly those facing new operational and mission challenges posed by netcentric and irregular warfare.

Desktop simulation for team training
DDD(r) 4.0 is a virtual and constructive desktop simulator for training individuals and teams involved in a broad range of joint-force and distributed missions, particularly those performing in information intensive environments, such as air operations and command and control centers. DDD models the core functions that drive team performance, replicating the group dynamics and key skills of information sharing, coordination and collaboration, which require personnel to coordinate around highly time-sensitive tasks in critical missions. See http://www.aptima.com/products.php?subPage=productASimDDD.

Create your training scenario
Visual Scenario GeneratorTM 4.0 expands the capabilities of DDD for team training and research, making it easy and fast to create and customize scenarios. Users with modest PC experience can now create complex team scenarios for a broad range of domains. The Visual Scenario Generator and DDD are being used in a variety of government agencies and departments, and university research laboratories. See http://www.aptima.com/products.php?subPage=productASimVSG. Current applications include:

- Emergency Operations Center team training
- Developing agent algorithms in humanitarian relief roles
- Ad-hoc team design in command and control
- Uninhabited Underwater Vehicle (UUV) mine hunting research
- Eye-tracking research and Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle (UAV) control
- Distributed organization research in a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) program
- Individual and team roles in stream flow forecasting
- Terrorist prediction algorithms in urban environments

Measure skills, improve performance
Aptima's A-Measure(r) product family is a full-performance measurement solution that lets you create, collect, and use performance measures to get the most from simulation-based and live training exercises, providing the feedback and learning guidance that increases the operational readiness of teams. See http://www.aptima.com/products.php?subPage=productAMeasure.

Awardees for the list were selected by Military Training Technology's editorial board and a panel of independent experts who reviewed all applications. The criteria for submission included total military sales, end-user feedback, innovations and requirements for a solution. The full list of "Top Simulation & Training Companies" can be found at http://www.military-training-technology.com/mt2-archives/197-mt2-2009-volume-14-issue-5-/1927-2009-top-simulation-and-training-companies.html.

Source : Aptima, Inc.