Navy approaches industry for enabling technologies in efficient and cost-effective simulation and training

ORLANDO, Fla. – U.S. Navy simulation and training experts are reaching out to industry for new enabling technologies for efficient and cost-effective training in a variety of Navy applications.

Officials of the Naval Air Warfare Training Systems Division in Orlando, Fla., have issued the NAWCTSD R&D Broad Agency Announcement for directed research in support of Naval training systems.

Training technology and methodology areas of interest consist of adaptive simulation-based training; distributed learning; human social, cultural, and behavioral modeling; advanced instruction; automated systems; coalition warfare; decision-making under stress; deployable training; distance learning; distributed debrief and after-action review; embedded training; games and gaming; graphical user interface design; human systems integration; individual and team small arms training; submarine systems training; instructional strategies and team modeling; intelligent tutoring and expert systems; knowledge presentation; leadership development; maintenance training; manpower and personnel selection; mobile training; performance measurement; simulator and virtual environment sickness (cyber sickness); team training and performance measurement; the cognitive science of learning; training effectiveness; training for distributed and joint systems; and medical team performance and simulation training.

Simulation systems research

Simulation systems research areas of interest consist of display projectors; helmet-mounted displays; live, virtual, and constructive integration; sensor simulation; vehicle dynamic simulation; and visual simulation.

Computer applications research area of interest consist of advanced human behavioral representation' anti-submarine warfare and submarine operations; asymmetric entities; capability maturity model integration; embedded training; expert systems for training; fidelity for training devices; high-performance computing; information management for support of modeling and simulation; reusable software; simulation networking; speech recognition; and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education.

Companies interested should email descriptions of their expertise no later than 25 Jan. 2026. For training technology and methodology areas email John Hodak at [email protected]. For simulation systems areas email Edward Nowlin at [email protected]. For computer applications, email Courtney McNamara at [email protected]. For STEM areas, email Emily Sherkow at [email protected].

Those submitting promising ideas may be invited to submit white papers and full proposals. More information is online at https://www.fbodaily.com/archive/2025/05-May/01-May-2025/FBO-07424417.htm.