Live-Virtual-Constructive Contributions Earn FLC Tech Transfer Award Published Dec. 21, 2009 By Mr. John Schutte 711th Human Performance Wing WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- AFRL's 711th Human Performance Wing, Human Effectiveness Directorate, Warfighter Readiness Research Division received a 2009 Federal Laboratory Consortium Excellence in Technology Transfer award at the FLC Midwest Regional Conference, held August 18-20 in Bloomington, Indiana. Working under the guidance of technical advisor Dr. Winston "Wink" Bennett and leveraging Cooperative Research and Development Agreements with multiple partners to streamline technology integration, the Live-Virtual-Contstructive team sliced 5 years from industry predictions regarding the time frame for developing emergent LVC training concepts. LVC technology integrates into a single training environment live elements (real people using real equipment in the real world); virtual elements (real people operating real equipment, such as a simulator, in an immersive computer-generated virtual environment); and constructive elements (computer-generated "people," models, or game-type situational simulations). AFRL's comprehensive LVC system collects data from networked LVC simulation environments and organizes it into statistically friendly formats, facilitating improved fidelity of readiness and performance assessments in live and virtual environments alike. The system also provides a means for capturing and reviewing important personnel readiness data, which aids training managers in analyzing personnel performance trends and specifying individualized training based on performance metrics. The FLC is a network of federal laboratories that provides opportunities for government scientists to collaborate with counterparts in commercial, industrial, and academic fields in order to link technologies and expertise with the marketplace.