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Since its inception in 1994, BGI has grown from a few aviators consulting on training device development to a respected engineering and technical organization of more than 100 personnel and over $12 Million in annual revenue, with a primary focus on products and services to benefit the warfighter. The main characteristic that sets BGI apart from other defense industry small businesses is our ability to attract and retain a large contingent of Operational Analysts (Subject Matter Experts) from a variety of backgrounds across the joint services. We effectively blend this operational insight with the skills and capabilities of our customers’, our partners’ and our own engineering, management and R&D staffs to provide training system products and services that meet the needs and expectations of the end user within cost and schedule constraints on a recurring basis.
BGI operates out of two primary company locations in Akron, Ohio and Fort Worth, Texas. In addition, we provide on-site technical, engineering and training support for customers at numerous commercial and government locations across the CONUS and worldwide. The distributed nature of our business has resulted in highly effective communication and management practices that keep everyone informed, clearly tasked and aligned with program objectives wherever their work location may be.
Regardless of location or customer, BGI’s business perspective remains steadfast: Approach every training or mission system opportunity with primary focus on the warfighter or operator who will function as the end user of the system. We draw from a cadre of operators and instructors with recent and relevant experience in the environment to be supported, and place their expertise at the beginning of the analysis chain. This creates clear traceability between the operational/training requirements and the derived technical requirements to be allocated at the system and subsystem level. With this traceability comes the confidence that the delivered system will indeed meet the expectations of the end user. This is where many companies disengage from Subject Matter Expert (SME) involvement until it is time for system test, possibly even delivery. But BGI extends the role of the SME into a key contributor we uniquely term the Operational Analyst (OA). An OA is a SME who effectively combines operational and instructional insight with understanding of industry processes, available technologies, and engineering practices. By having our OAs involved throughout the training system lifecycle, we address the cost, schedule and performance tradeoff decisions that emerge during the course of most programs, by keeping the focus on quality training system delivery. OA collaboration with program and engineering management during design, development and integration activities leads directly to programs and tasks that stay on time, are better able to meet performance requirements in the test and acceptance phases, and ultimately, result in products that satisfy the needs of the end user.
Through a combination of operational expertise and management experience, combined with strong business practices and management teamwork, BGI is well positioned to support almost any aviation or operational military training related activity.
BGI’s services target the following focus areas.
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Simulation and Training System Development
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Courseware Development
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Aircrew and Operator Instruction
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Operational Analysis and Studies
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Proposal Support
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Aircraft Pilots and Instruction
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Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Lighter-than-Air (LTA) Pilots and Support
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