U.S. Navy's Training Systems Division Is Adding New Space.

• Jurisdiction: United States
• Date: 01 November 2001
• Author: Kennedy, Harold

The U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division--the Navy's main simulation and modeling facility--is expanding, said its commanding officer, Capt. Donald R. Gagnon.

The division has outgrown its 13-year-old wave-shaped building, located in Orlando's 1,000-acre Central Florida Research Park, he said. He spoke to National Defense during a recent industry briefing in that same city.

The Navy unit, known by its initials, NAWCTSD, is ideally located for development of simulation technology, Gagnon said. It is within walking distance to the University of Central Florida, the National Center for Simulation and units from the other military services with an interest in simulation technology.

These include the Army's Simulation Training and Instrumentation Command, the Air Force Agency for Modeling and Simulation and the Marine Corps Liaison Office for Trainers and Simulators.

In addition, Central Florida is home to Disney World, Universal Studios and 160 other simulation-related businesses stretching along a so-called "laser lane" from Cape Kennedy to St. Petersburg...