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Instrumentation + Simulation Program

Design, development, integration, deployment, and field support for instrumentation and communications systems used in military and homeland defense exercises at client locations

SRI staff member outfitting a soldier with EDI pack

The Instrumentation and Simulation Program’s mission is to increase the effectiveness of combat readiness training and instrumentation used to evaluate military systems. The program uses

  • Innovative approaches
  • The practical application of science and technology
  • The experience of an integrated staff who are trained in multiple technical disciplines and are familiar with military concepts, tactics, training, and operations

Capabilities include GPS tracking, geo-pairing, live-virtual-constructive systems integration (simultaneous and real-time), relocatable communications and data networks, and realistic terrain products that, collectively, capture all exercise events for 3-D after-action reviews.

Since 2005, the program has supported more than 33 exercises in 20 different states.  More than 30,000 military personnel representing all branches of the Armed Forces and first responders have been trained.

Clients include the Army National Guard, Army Reserve Command, Joint Special Operations Command, the Army Test & Evaluation Command, the U.S. Marine Corps, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, and Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness.

Related products and solutions:

  • FlexTrain multi-mission instrumentation (homestation and relocatable versions)
  • Army National Guard’s eXportable Combat Training Capability (XCTC), as prime contractor
  • Mobile Training System (MTS): SRI-owned, 1,000-player relocatable range system (20-km x 30-km communications footprint), available for lease 
  • Geovisualization Center: 3D maps and terrain products for exercise support
  • Airborne Position Location System (APLS) for tracking air-dropped pallets and military paratroopers
  • GPS position location instrumentation (including centimeter accuracies)
  • Navigation products, including GPS real-time kinematic to L1 software used in vehicle safety applications
  • Secure smartphone computing and networking technology development for operationally deployed soldiers
  • MANET/mesh communications network development: Next-generation, low-cost, scalable MANET architectures and solutions for Department of Defense and commercial clients
  • Open Net-Centric Interoperability Standards for Test and Training (ONISTT): Development of ontologies, semantic reasoning, and essential support tools to facilitate training transformation and automate the integration of live-virtual-constructive (LVC) training entities

 Products available through GSA contract

  • Enhanced Dismount Instrumentation (EDI): GPS tracking devices for dismounts and vehicles
  • First Responder Enhanced Dismount Instrumentation (FREDI): a smaller, lighter version of the EDI
Division: 
Products + Services Division
Focus Areas: 
Security + Defense, Sensing + Devices

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