Riptide Receives Personnel Recovery Contract from US Army/SAIC.ORLANDO, Fla. -- Riptide Software, Inc. has received a sub-contract from SAIC SAIC - http://saic.com. to support The US Army's Combined Arms Center (CAC See Consumer Advisory Council. ) at Ft Leavenworth and their Personnel Recovery Education and Training Application Development (PRTAD). The program is being managed by the US Army AMRDEC AMRDEC Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center (US Army Aviation and Missile Command) Software Engineering Directorate (SED (1) (Stream EDitor) A Unix text editor that processes an entire file. It is the stream-oriented version of ed, an earlier text editor. Sed executes ed commands, but instead of editing one line at a time, sed applies the commands to the whole file. ). Sub-contracted under SAIC's AMCOM AMCOM Aviation and Missile Command (US Army) Express contract, Riptide will deliver IMI IMI International Masonry Institute (Washington, DC) IMI Israel Military Industries IMI Institute of the Motor Industry IMI International Market Insight IMI Imposto Municipal Sobre Imóveis (Portugal) for multiple tiers of Personnel Recovery training for the Army. Riptide will integrate this IMI with America's Army-based scenarios used to immerse the Soldiers, Civilians, and Contractors into an effective training environment. The America's Army platform, which is the basis for the U.S. Army's popular PC game, allows for the creation of detailed and engaging environments and interactive scenarios for values and cultural training, education, and operational support. As a learning platform, America's Army provides a proven, easy-to-deploy and widely used technology base that is modular and scalable. The sub-contract's first installment, worth approximately $1M, is projected to have significant follow-on opportunities. Riptide CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Mr. Philip Loeffel, stated, "Both the US Army and SAIC have seen the award winning Future Soldier Training System that was created for the United States Army United States Army Major branch of the U.S. military forces, charged with preserving peace and security and defending the nation. The first regular U.S. fighting force, the Continental Army, was organized by the Continental Congress on June 14, 1775, to supplement local Recruiting Command, and know that we will be able to provide leading-edge Personnel Recovery training solutions." About the America's Army Platform America's Army was designed and developed to employ online game technology as a virtual portal through which young Americans can explore Soldiering in the U.S. Army. Due to its ability to render exceptionally realistic and flexible environments, player interactions, and scenarios, a wide variety of military and government agencies have repurposed the America's Army platform for developing training simulations and applications. The Army Game Project's America's Army Government Applications teams produce effective and engaging virtual learning for Force Protection, Adaptive Thinking and Leadership, and Convoy Survivability, as well as applications ranging from mission rehearsal to modeling advanced weapons systems and fire control systems. America's Army teams are also developing embedded and appended training devices for the Army's most advanced missile systems, remote weapons stations and nuclear, chemical and biological detection systems. By using the America's Army platform for training development, government and military agencies will be able to train today's heroes in the skills that help them successfully defend freedom at home and around the world. |
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