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When it comes to driver training and 

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vehicle safety research , there's been 

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no substitute for time spent behind the 

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wheel . There's been no replacement for 

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the hands-on experience of buckling up , 

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turning the key , and pressing the 

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accelerator . Until now , one company 

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has used funding from a small business 

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innovation research contract to develop 

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advanced driving simulation technology , 

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further enhancing driver training for 

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the military and public sectors , as 

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well as advancing research in the human 

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factor dynamics of driving . 

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Real Time Technologies is a company 

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founded on research-based driving 

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simulators . So we provide a tool for 

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the researchers to study things like 

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automation , uh , human interaction , 

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human factors , ergonomics , so they 

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don't have to go into the real world , 

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and they can simulate it , uh , to 

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prototype things before having to 

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actually go into production . Real Time 

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Technologies produces a variety of 

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driving simulators , from desktop 

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simulators to full cab simulators with 

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a motion basis . At the core of 

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Simulators is the groundbreaking SIM 

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Vista and SIM Creator software , which 

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was a product of an SBIR funding 

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contract . This contract required the 

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development of a simulator monitoring 

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and control system , which would be 

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used by Army tank Automotive and 

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Armaments Command to reduce costs and 

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increase the agility of ground vehicle 

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research simulation centers . Sin Vita 

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allowed us to create a scenario , uh , 

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engine that allowed the military and 

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research customers to script things 

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like pedestrians crossing the road , uh . 

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a vehicle uh for human factors research 

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about driver distraction and being able 

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to , uh , study the vehicle components , 

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you know , displays in the vehicle to 

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the gear shifter to the steering wheel 

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and those types of things . The SIM 

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creator software also allowed for the 

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simulators to have multi-body vehicle 

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field dynamics , simulating tire forces 

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pushing into the steering wheel . This 

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gives the driver a very real sensation 

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of actually driving the vehicle . The 

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development of this software engine 

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would become a turning point for 

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real-time technology . That allowed us 

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to be marketable to other companies 

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such as FA where they purchased us in 

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2008 for our technology that we 

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developed through the SBIRR program . 

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Their SIM creator product , um , which 

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was based on the the server that they 

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were involved with , had a lot of the 

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stuff that we wanted as sort of our 

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next generation simulation architecture , 

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right ? FA Incorporated has been 

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building world-class training 

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simulators for the Department of 

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Defense and public sector since the 

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early 1970s . Since acquiring real-time 

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technologies , they've integrated the 

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SIM Creator architecture developed 

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through the SBIR program into several 

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of its commercial product lines , 

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creating simulators for public transit 

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systems , as well as police and fire 

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departments . As well as additional 

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things like our pump op simulator which 

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allows the end user to actually get out 

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of the vehicle and engage with , you 

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know , a device on the vehicle to fight 

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fires . Not only has FA been able to 

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use real-time technology , SIM creator 

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software to develop products for the 

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public sector , they've transitioned 

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that technology back into additional 

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products for the military . These 

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include tactical wheeled vehicle and 

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logistics vehicle training simulators 

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such as their virtual clearance 

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training suite . This is our mine 

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protected clearance vehicle cab . It 

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simulates the driver and co-driver 

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positions of that vehicle . One of the 

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main features is the interrogation arm 

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appended to this vehicle . The physics 

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modeling of the arm includes the 

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interaction of the arm with the terrain 

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to include subsurface digging and 

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uncovering of objects , IEDs , or other 

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potential threats in the virtual world . 

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Real Time Technologies developed their 

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advanced simulation technology to 

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increase training effectiveness for the 

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warfighter . They were able to grow 

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their company from 2 individuals to 15 

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employees and commercialize their SBIR 

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developed products . Their products are 

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now being used by universities and the 

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automotive . Industry to improve 

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driving safety . All this was made 

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possible through SBIR funding . Without 

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the SBIR funding program , Real time 

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would not be here today , and it really 

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allowed us to innovate our product and 

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the research to commercialize , uh , 

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and then allowed us to grow .