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WARCON: A Wargame Construction Toolset

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: FA8750-04-C-0085
Agency Tracking Number: F031-1845
Amount: $746,558.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: AF03-094
Solicitation Number: 2003.1
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2003
Award Year: 2004
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2004-05-12
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2006-05-12
Small Business Information
951 Mariner's Island Blvd., STE 360
San Mateo, CA 94404
United States
DUNS: 608176715
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Daniel Fu
 (650) 931-2700
 fu@stottlerhenke.com
Business Contact
 Melissa Thiemmedh
Phone: (650) 931-2700
Email: thiemmedh@stottlerhenke.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

The use of wargames in the Air Force curriculum to date has been hindered by the significant amount of time and effort required to develop new wargames, as well as by drastically varying interfaces that impose a steep learning curve on the student. We thus propose to develop an advanced wargame construction toolset that will empower Air Force instructors to create small-scale instructional wargames that embody modern warfare principles. Drawing on our Phase 1 work, this toolset will be designed to make the authoring process accessible to a wide range of instructors, via an intuitive visual interface and advanced authoring assistance that eliminate the need for programming. The toolset will feature a customizable adjudication engine with advanced features for modeling effects-based operations, psyops, Military Operations Other Than War, and other aspects of modern warfare. The toolset will present students with a standardized interface, allowing them to build experience with one wargame that will carry to the next, thereby enabling them to focus on the content. Using the proposed toolset, Air Force instructors will be able to design and deploy new wargames into their teaching curriculum more quickly, and the general quality and sophistication of these wargames will increase.

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