DISTRIBUTED MISSION TRAINING/INDUSTRY DAYS The Air Force Research Laboratory, Warfighter Training Research Division (AFRL/HEA), in Mesa, Arizona, invites industry, government and academia to the COoperative Yearly Operational Technology Evaluation, or COYOTE 98, "A Distributed Mission Training (DMT) Experience." DMT is a shared training environment composed of live, virtual, and constructive simulations allowing the warfighter to train individually or collectively at all levels of war. AFRL in conjunction with the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA), the Aeronautical Systems Center, Training Systems Product Group (ASC/YW), and the Theater Air Command and Control Simulation Facility (TACCSF) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, will highlight various DMT technologies, experiments, and distributed tests on November 3, 4, and 5, 1998. The AFRL tour on November 3 and 4 is offered only to US DoD and DoD contractors with a Secret clearance. The November 5 tour is open to all Advanced Distributed Simulation professionals. Events will be repeated daily and will commence at 8 AM and end at 3:30 PM. Featured will be various ongoing DMT research and development efforts and a series of experiments to devise new warfighter training technologies. DARPA's Synthetic Theater of War (STOW) which has been integrated into the DMT environment will be demonstrated as well as virtual simulators flying within the STOW synthetic battlespace using high level architecture (HLA) to connect over a wide area network. High fidelity visual environments of current virtual cockpits using high-resolution photo database development tools will be displayed. The STOW synthetic environment features dynamic terrain database developments and the Total Atmosphere-Ocean System (TAOS) server. The intelligent agent air vehicles used in the RoadRunner 98 training exercise will also be demonstrated. A collaboratory concept is being developed at the Lab to create a more synergistic R&D environment to better develop, evaluate, demonstrate, and transition technologies which will support training modernization and future training decisions. Industry, government and academia are invited to join the "collaboratory" by bringing resources, expertise and support into a fully integrated training testbed which will help demonstrate products and IR&D initiatives to customers and decision makers. After you have selected which day you plan to attend, please RSVP either via our web page announcement at http://www.williams.af.mil, to Ms Marge Keslin, e-mail: Marge.Keslin@williams.af.mil, or phone commercial 602-988-6561, x162. Security clearances may be faxed to AFRL Security at 602-988-2868. A solicitation and/or contract will not be issued as a direct result of these "Industry Days." WEB: For more information about the AFRL, DMT and COYOTE, http://www.williams.af.mil. E-MAIL: Click here to register., marge.keslin@williams.af.mil. Posted 10/05/98 (W-SN258682).

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