We received the following: Armored Task Force Selected as Simulation Engine for Next-Generation Training System ProSIM Company announced today that its hit wargame, Armored Task Force, was selected as the high-fidelity tactical simulation engine for a training system called V-CTC (Virtual Combat Training Center), being developed by Teknowledge Corporation (Nasdaq: TEKC) as part of a DARPA Phase II Small Business Innovation Research project. The V-CTC seeks to combine an ultra-realistic combined arms, combat simulation and an intelligent tutoring system to provide an engaging, realistic, and rich training experience for combat leaders. ProSIM Company's title, Armored Task Force, will be the tutor's combat simulation engine. It will provide an instrumented battlefield for the tutor to observe and monitor trainee performance in real-time mission scenarios. The developer is currently hard at work, making small modifications to the system to allow it to communicate with Teknowledge's intelligent tutoring system. Pat Proctor, President of ProSIM Company, said, "We are very excited about the opportunity to participate in this project. We feel very strongly that our simulations are the most realistic modern combat simulations commercially available. They have been used, informally, by army units across the globe to train staff planning and execution for years. We are eager to see the full training potential of Armored Task Force realized." Dr. Michelle Sams, Teknowledge's Training Systems Program Manager, explained more about the project's overall goal: "The DoD's Combat Training Centers (CTCs) provide invaluable live training opportunities, however these training experiences are limited due to their availability and expense. Providing readily available, relevant, and realistic training prior to and subsequent to CTC rotations can significantly enhance the benefits of these live training experiences. We are developing technology that will improve this training via an intelligent tutor in a simulated environment." ProSIM Company, based in Southern California, has been developing highly realistic wargames since 1996. Their games have been published exclusively by Shrapnel Games since 2000. Their simulations of modern, combined arms warfare have been critically acclaimed over the years in magazines such as PC Gamer and at sites such as Wargamer.com. Their titles include BCT: Brigade Combat Team, BCT Commander, and Armored Task Force. They are currently also hard at work on three new titles, Raging Tiger: Second Korean War, Thunder & Lightning: The Battles of Operation Desert Storm, and The Falklands War 1982. For more information on BCT Commander or Armored Task Force please visit http://www.shrapnelgames.com. You may also purchase these titles, along with many more, at the Gamers Front located at http://www. http://www.gamersfront.com/cgi- bin/store/category.cgi?category=0 Back to 2nd Quarter 2004 List of News Items Back to Master List of News Items Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 2004 by Coalition Web, Inc. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com