Department of Defense news release (April 11, 2006): DoD announces winners of annual Modeling and Simulation Awards.The Department of Defense announced today that five winners have been selected for the eighth annual Department of Defense Modeling and Simulation (M & S) Awards. The winners for each category are: Acquisition: Joint Attack Munitions mu·ni·tion n. War materiel, especially weapons and ammunition. Often used in the plural. tr.v. mu·ni·tioned, mu·ni·tion·ing, mu·ni·tions To supply with munitions. Systems (JAMS) Project Office, U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Missiles and Space. Team award for developing an innovative approach for simulation-based acquisition. The team's synergistic process of taking advantage of tri-Service government technical expertise--developed over years of experience on legacy, as well as ongoing programs in an integrated product team environment to develop an integrated flight simulation and accompanying tool set--will reduce risk, lead to a better product in a shorter period of time, and at a lower cost to the taxpayer. Analysis: Weapon Effects Analysis and Probability System (WEAPS) Team, Air Force Materiel Command  Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) is a major command of the United States Air Force. . Team award for developing and
maintaining a world-class software simulation tool that is highly valued
by the warfighter and supports combatant command A unified or specified command with a broad continuing mission under a single commander established and so designated by the President, through the Secretary of Defense and with the advice and assistance of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. requests for campaign,
theater, and engagement analyses of air-to-surface munitions
effectiveness. WEAPS makes a critical contribution to theater-level
models such as the Combat Forces Assessment Model and is a key tool in
the annual Non-Nuclear Consumables Annual Analysis process.
Test and Evaluation: U.S. Air Force Maj. Kelly A. Greene, Ph.D., Air Force Agency for Modeling and Simulation The United States Air Force established the Air Force Agency for Modeling and Simulation (AFAMS) in June 1996. Its mission is to coordinate the growing requirement for modeling and simulation across the Air Force. . Individual award for significant contributions to advancing M & S in support of test and evaluation (T & E). Greene innovated and transformed T & E at both the Air Force and joint levels, altering the use of live, virtual, and constructive distributed M & S environments in support of T & E. Greene is directly responsible for the largest progression of distributed T & E ever recorded in a single year. Training: U.S. Army Maj. Daniel P. Ray, Office of the Army Deputy Chief of Staff, G-2. Individual award for developing the "Every Soldier is a Sensor Simulation" to increase a soldier's situational awareness Situation awareness or situational awareness [1] (SA) is the mental representation and understanding of objects, events, people, system states, interactions, environmental conditions, and other situation-specific factors affecting human performance in on the battlefield. He took the concept from infancy to a low-cost working prototype in 90 days. Following the success of the prototype, he spearheaded further development, delivering a product that is being used to train thousands of soldiers who are daily having a direct impact on the Global War on Terrorism Terrorist acts and the threat of Terrorism have occupied the various law enforcement agencies in the U.S. government for many years. The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, as amended by the usa patriot act . Cross-Function: Training Improvised Explosive Device Noun 1. improvised explosive device - an explosive device that is improvised I.E.D., IED explosive device - device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy (TIED) Team, Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation. Team award for providing a safe and realistic training system to replicate the IEDs employed against coalition forces by insurgents Insurgents, in U.S. history, the Republican Senators and Representatives who in 1909–10 rose against the Republican standpatters controlling Congress, to oppose the Payne-Aldrich tariff and the dictatorial power of House speaker Joseph G. Cannon. in Iraq. The TIED Team, jointly with the U.S. Joint Forces Command, rapidly developed, coordinated, contracted, developed, and fielded this critical capability to the warfighter. The annual awards recognize achievement in support of DoD M & S objectives. Seventy-nine nominations were received from across DoD. For more information visit <http://www.dmso.mil/public/community/awards/> or contact the Defense Modeling and Simulation Office The Defense Modeling and Simulation Office is "the catalyst organization for Department of Defense modeling and simulation and ensures that modeling and simulation technology development is consistent with other related initiatives." External links
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