System Studies and Simulation, Inc.

Unique Skills Core Competencies:

Diversity in our Core Competencies is exhibited by our Unique Capabilities: (1) for a company of our size, we are proud to possess a world-class aviation team offering a multitude of aviation services, including Aviation Force Management, Operations, Training and Modernization, (2) Joint and Army Concept Development, (3) Joint and Army C4ISR Analytical Activities, (4) Commercial Helicopter Activities, and (5) Custom Application Software.

Aviation Services:

• Avionics Systems Management
• Aircraft Survivability Equipments Systems Management
• Aviation Rockets and Missile System Management
• Aviation Budget Analysis and Management - The management of these programs includes programming budget submission, validating system and force requirements, staffing actions within the Headquarters, Department of the Army, Coordinating Joint and other service actions
• Additional services provided include developing Army positions on Congressional interest and providing senior Army leadership with position papers on Aviation Systems

Aviation Training, Operations & Modernization:

S3 provides extensive helicopter "Combat Skills" training for the U.S. Army, Marines, and Foreign Military Forces. This training consists of live, virtual, and constructive training, and ranges from the individual (pilot/soldier) through collective (unit) level. It includes development of realistic tactical scenarios and mission orders to drive training activities; flight instruction in tactical military aircraft; tactics based academic instruction, aerial gunnery instruction; flight operations, aircraft simulator operations, and many others.

We support our training functions with a wide variety of enabling activities, such as data management and automation support, aircraft maintenance management, and others. Our personnel are acknowledged as the most experienced in their specialty and work closely as a team to provide customers with the best combat skills helicopter training available in the world. Our instructional pilots have thousands of hours of Apache instruction time, as well as years of experience developing training plans and scenarios. Our teams are fully integrated into Army's Apache training activities and have trained every foreign military AH-64D unit in the world.

• Training Needs Assessment
• Individual Combat Skills Training (academic & hands-on)
• Crew and Team Training
• Collective (Unit) Training
• Training Development
• After-Action-Review Facilitation
• Capturing Lessons Learned
• Academic Training
• Hands-On Training
• Tactical Scenario Development
• Observer/Controller Functions
• Aircraft Simulator Instruction/Operation

Aviation Force Management:

• S3 has Assembled a Force Management Team that is Known Throughout the Army Aviation Community as the Most Experienced Aviation Organizational Integration Team in the Industry
• Provide Organizational Initiative Support to the National Guard Bureau Aviation & Safety Division, Synchronizing the Army National Guard's Aviation Modernization and Transformation Force Structure, Training, Logistics, and Funding Strategies and Plans
• Represent the Army National Guard on the HQDA Aviation Transformation Task Force
• On Behalf of the Army National Guard, Assist HQDA with Force Management and Army Aviation Transformation Implementation and Execution Issues for All Components of the Army through the National Guard
• Provide General Officer-Level In-Process Reviews for Decision by the Director, Army National Guard

Joint & Army Concept Development and Experimentation:

More than five years ago, DOD has placed significant emphasis on concept development and experimentation as core elements of Defense Transformation. Over that time period, S3 has been deeply involved in the planning, creation, refinement, and implementation of the broad set of activities that characterizes joint/Army concept development and experimentation, as well as the related activities that transform concepts into concrete capabilities delivered to the operating force.

• Primary authorship of the Army Capstone Concept, The Army in Joint Operations, and three other foundational concepts within the Army Concepts Strategy.
• Review and comment for the Army of joint operating and integrating concepts.
• Senior concept expert support to Army, Service, and joint/OSD wargames
• Policy and planning support to TRADOC in the area of defense planning scenarios
• Direct involvement in the development of the Army Concept and Capability Development Program (AC2DP)
• Leading role in the planning and execution of the OMNI FUSION two-year experimentation program intended to develop Army C2 organizations and capabilities from Brigade to Corps for the Army Modular Force
• Development and coordination of Army concept-based experiment and prototype objectives and support requirements.

Joint & Army C4ISR:

For the past six years, S3 has devoted considerable effort to the development of a core competency in the area of joint and Army C4ISR for the simple reason that no other area provides more potential for comprehensive operational benefits to every element within future forces across all the Services and joint organizations. S3 support in this area includes the following:

• Army LandWarNet development
• Support to the TRADOC Program Integration Office—Battle Command and Army experimentation under the purview of the Battle Command Battle Laboratory at Ft. Leavenworth, KS
• Senior-level liaison for OSD-NII to JFCOM in the areas of GIG-compliant, interoperable, and multinational-compatible C4ISR solutions
• Identification and implementation of joint warfighter requirements for collaborative information environment (CIE) capabilities
• Joint command and control portfolio management
• Implementation of Net-Enabled Command and Control under JFCOM purview
• GIG Enterprise Services (GIG ES)/Net-Centric Enterprise Services

Commercial Aviation Operations:

S3 operates a variety of aircraft in support of environmental assessments, wildlife surveys, aerial photography and mapping, as well as other operations on government installations. If you have a need for aerial support, contact us to discuss your requirements

Custom Application Software:

Integrated Decision Support Environment (IDSE)
IDSE is a modeling and simulation technology developed by System Studies & Simulation, Inc., in Huntsville, Alabama. The technology is used to produce custom applications based on customer needs and requirements.

Custom applications developed using IDSE have enabled decision makers to empirically calculate the effects of change in a system. Thus IDSE technology has proven to be a useful tool for system engineering and programmatic functions, such as risk management and mitigation programs, earned value management (EVM), production, logistics, and overall program control.

IDSE technology integrates modeling and simulation methods, enabling decision makers to perform "what if" analysis as well as alternative and production analysis on systems. IDSE Custom Applications provide decision support and information management capabilities tailored to meet the special needs and answer the specific questions posed by commercial and government decision makers. It has helped decision makers measure and assess the impact of change on a program and produce invaluable output to make the right program decisions.

The IDSE Custom Application created for the U.S. Army's Tactical Missiles Office and the Precision Fires Office for the ATACMS Block II system supports the DOD 5000 acquisition model.The IDSE Application addressed production, assembly, and integration processes and provided valuable support for the U.S. Army SMART program. The IDSE Custom Application won the U.S. Army’s 2002 Simulation and Modeling for Acquisition, Requirements and Training (SMART) Award, presented at the annual SMART Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, April 2002.