HRP members gain opportunity to compete for modeling and simulation work

The U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) in Orlando, FL awarded contracts in both the full and open and small business categories to Hampton-based Zel Technologies, represented on the Hampton Roads Partnership Board of Directors (HRP) by President Jack Ezzell.

The awards allow Zel Technologies to compete for $17.5 billion in contracts over the next 10 years. The ZelTech team is composed of regional businesses including Portsmouth-based MYMIC LLC and Newport News-based Hampton Roads Technology, LLC, as well as HRP university members Hampton University, Old Dominion University and Norfolk State University.

Under these contracts, the team will compete for task orders to provide a broad range of modeling & simulation (M&S) and instrumentation solutions in support of PEO STRI customer training and testing requirements. Key focus areas include procurement and/or services in support of training and testing simulators, simulations, systems/devices, instrumentation systems, telecommunications systems, experimentation, targets, gaming, advanced simulation concepts, and open architecture, and common part and component solutions.

ZelTech has a long history of serving defense and intelligence customers by providing engineering and technical services and creating custom software solutions and visualization technologies. The partnership with two companies from opposite ends of Hampton Roads, along with academic experts who possess a growing body of experience with major modeling and simulation projects, shows how a regional approach to advancing this industry sector is paying dividends.