Innovation Timeline

Developed multi-object, ground-truth, vehicle-data tracking system, marking early use of GPS as test instrumentation.

Used our multi-object, ground-truth, vehicle-data tracking system at White Sands Missile Range, NM, to test a non-cooperative target recognition system. (Capacity: 7 vehicles in a…

Developed Deployable Force-on-Force Instrumented Range System (DFIRST) for the US Army National Guard (ARNG), marking the first time a ground combat vehicle training system used…

Developed DFIRST interfaces for US military land vehicles. (Capacity: 150 ground vehicles in a 20 km x 40 km area.)

First integrated Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) with DFIRST.

Integrated DFIRST with another SRI-developed GPS/radio tracking system.

Interfaced MILES 2000 with DFIRST.

Delivered homestation DFIRSTs to Camp Roberts, CA, and Orchard Training Area, ID.

Updated DFIRST with reduced electromagnetic interference and tool-free installation.

Began delivering homestation DFIRSTs to seven US ARNG sites.

Supported company-sized proof of concept for ARNG’s new eXportable Combat Training Capability (XCTC) program. (Capacity: 255 ground vehicles and 100 infantry dismounts in a 20…

Renamed DFIRST “FlexTrain” for US DoD customers and “Mobile Ground Truth System (MGTS)” for all other customers.

Supported battalion-sized, proof-of-concept event for XCTC.

Incorporated skilled local temporary staff into training rotations for ARNG’s XCTC program.

First used our EDI tracking device.

Demonstrated interoperability with the US Army’s Common Training Instrumentation Architecture (CTIA).

Helped plan and prepare for first two brigade-sized XCTC rotations.

Provided GPS-enabled instrumentation and after-action review (AAR) capabilities for NOVEX 2007, a multi-agency homeland security exercise at Moffett Field, CA.

Added real-time monitoring of MILES engagements to FlexTrain. (Capacity: 2,000 entities [troops and vehicles] in a 20 x 40 km area.)

First deployed multi-network, multi-epoch, time-division multiple access (TDMA) communications architecture at XCTC rotations.

First used portable village structures at XCTC rotations.

Validated XCTC’s exportable capabilities.

Established our Training as a Service (TaaS) business model.

Provided instrumentation, admin comms, battlefield effects (BFE), battlefield immersion (BFI), logistics, and sustainment support for two sequential XCTC rotations in different locations.

Reduced costs for XCTC program by competing subcontracted functions.

Provided instrumentation and communications support to first multi-brigade XCTC rotation.

First implemented a matrix management pool for field application engineers and field service representatives into XCTC program to control program costs.

Conducted five brigade rotations at four different locations.

Integrated I-MILES and MILES-XXI with FlexTrain.

Began developing our FREDI-2 tracking device.

Integrated FlexTrain’s exercise control software—known as ORION—with the FREDI-2 data structure.

Took over XCTC program management, planning, and execution services.

Began transitioning from counterinsurgency to a Decisive Action Training Environment.

Conducted first integration of active component squadron training during an XCTC rotation.

Launched Ravenswood Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of SRI, to continue supporting collective training, test and evaluation, performance assessment, and policy analysis.

Fielded FREDI-2.

Fielded and achieved full operational capability for ORION.    

Supported US Army’s Network Integration Event (NIE) 16.1 at Fort Bliss, TX.

Won FREDI-2 production and environmental testing contract from the US Department of the Interior.

Won XCTC contract from the US Department of the Interior.

Won FlexTrain production contract from the US Department of the Interior.

Supported first in a series of Army Warfighting Assessment/NIE test events for the US Army Joint Modernization Command.

Supported four simultaneous XCTC rotations, Stryker Brigade training, and Associated Unit Pilot Program training across CONUS.

Conducted simultaneous, large-scale OCONUS operations: a policy analysis event in Aviano, Italy, and a USAEUR interoperability test.

Debuted our alternate frequency module, local data storage module, and a solar-system that powers instrumentation towers.

Provided our local data storage module to support the US Army Operational Test Command’s evaluation of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle and Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle.

Fielded two Mobile Augmented Reality Tracking Equipment for Observers (MARTE-O) system kits to the Dutch Army.

Achieved our first patent for an adapter device that enables the coupling of one or more batteries to the FREDI-2.

Moved our Products and Operations Center from Fremont, California to Boise, Idaho.  

Won the XCTC program’s first IDIQ contract from US Army Contracting Command–Orlando.

Won FlexTrain production and ORION software license contract from the US Army Contracting Command–Orlando.

Achieved International Organization for Standardization 9001:2015 Quality Management System certification.

Entered strategic partnership with manufacturer GDM Electronics and Medical.

Won UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) contract to provide a tactical engagement system to the British Army Training Unit in Kenya (BATUK).

Awarded the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) Above and Beyond Award.