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BGI will be attending the AFA’s Air, Space, & Cyber Conference (ASCC) in full force this year! ASCC is the leading professional development event for Air Force and Space Force officers, enlisted members, civilians, veterans, and defense industry leaders and representatives. The conference brings together top Air Force and Space Force leadership, industry experts, and government officials to discuss challenges facing the aerospace and cyber communities today and in the future. It is a fantastic way to collaborate with fellow industry members in a focused, warfighter supporting environment.

The theme of this year’s conference is “Achieving Decisive Advantage in an Age of Growing Threats.”

BGI CEO Phil Dismukes comments, “We are fortunate to be providing direct advanced training along with operational expertise and engineering support to Industry and the USAF on the F-35, F-22, F-16, B-1, B-52, A-10, EC-130, MQ-9 platforms as well as to the USAF Weapons School.  We are being responsive to SECAF and USAF Leadership to generate the advantage to DEFEAT THE THREAT as part of our daily mission. I’m proud to be joined there by Robert “Moose” Smith, Chris Owens, Corbin Hughes, Eric Dodson, Jim Hardin and Chris “X” Cross along with BGI Senior Advisors Kevin “Omar” Bradley, Charles “Corky” Corcoran and Bill “Kanga” Rew. We are ready to engage partners and customers in National Harbor to respond to the challenges ahead for our Airmen and Guardians!”

We also are proud to be sponsoring the 2024 AFA Virginia Suite this year. Please reach out if you would like to meet or revisit with the BGI team.  Robert.Smith@bgi-llc.com is our AFA team leader for 2024.

BGI, LLC is attending the Tailhook Association’s 68th Symposium this weekend in Reno, NV! Our cadre of Naval and Marine Corps Aviators looks forward to an exciting and engaging event focused on current and future warfighter training and readiness! “Hook ‘24” is an outstanding annual event that brings together generations of “Tail Hookers”, industry partners and USN/USMC active-duty leadership.

The symposium features opportunities for BGI to network, recruit, and bond with our customers, teammates and the end-user!
This year’s theme is “Be Ready”.

Hook 24 | Tailhook Association | Grand Sierra Resort

Akron, OH, July 30, 2024 – The first mission-ready F-16 pilots to graduate from the European F-16 Training Center (EFTC) in Romania were honored recently in Fetesti, Romania. This achievement, realized through close collaboration between Lockheed Martin and the governments of the Netherlands and Romania, underscores the commitment to advancing mission readiness and enhancing NATO’s security efforts in Europe. BGI, LLC, a subcontractor at the EFTC, has played a crucial role in this success.

The EFTC has expanded its training fleet to 14 Dutch F-16s, successfully conducting night training missions and executing dissimilar air-to-air training exercises with other NATO air forces. These advancements enhance Romanian pilots’ tactical proficiency and operational readiness.

New classes started in early July, with the next one beginning in September, demonstrating the ongoing effort to ensure the readiness, effectiveness, and safety of Romanian military personnel and other regional F-16 operators. This initiative benefits from the expertise and support of several subcontractors, including Daedalus Aviation Group, Draken International, GFD (a subsidiary of Airbus Defence and Space), ILIAS Solutions, and BGI, LLC.

Together with Lockheed Martin and its subcontractors, BGI, LLC provides world-class training systems, ensuring Romanian F-16 pilots receive the highest quality instruction and support, preparing them for real-world combat situations. BGI has been a prime contractor to Lockheed Martin since 1999, known for consistently delivering high-quality training and operational support critical to mission success.

About BGI, LLC

BGI, LLC is a service-disabled veteran-owned business headquartered in Akron, OH with facilities in Mount Pleasant, SC. A trusted source of Warfighter Domain Expertise for the Defense Industry, BGI integrates and deploys Training Systems Development, Instruction and Courseware, and Advanced Programs seamlessly worldwide for a diverse group of large prime integrators and DoD agencies. For more information, visit www.bgi-llc.com.

BGI, LLC  is attending The International Training Technology Exhibition and Conference (IT2EC) this week in London, UK.  IT2EC is Europe’s largest dedicated event for Defense training. The conference is an exciting mix of cutting-edge R&D in military simulation and training technology, and non-traditional case studies from the likes of the gaming community. 

BGI attendance is key to supporting our International Advanced Training campaign where we will help guide warfighters to train in the highest fidelity and effective training environments. We find that demonstrating a value add to our partners brings our teamwork core value to the front of the equation. 

We have had terrific engagements with a multitude of current and future industry partners. These conferences continue to provide the right level and depth of engagement to meet today’s training requirements for the future!

The BGI-ASI Joint Venture, formed between BGI LLC and Aero Simulation, Inc., has been awarded a single-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a ceiling of $202 Million over five years to develop the next generation of Integrated Navigation, Seamanship, and Shiphandling Trainers (NSST) by the US Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division.

The BGI-ASI team includes Defense Maritime Solutions (DMS), with their industry leading maritime software suite that is currently fielded in US Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security maritime trainers and commercial shipping maritime trainers globally; and Dignitas Technologies, a leader in Modeling, Simulation and Training, which rounds out the NSST core team. The effort provides for the modernization of the existing family of maritime trainers.

Under the contract, an extensible common baseline that leverages the latest in gaming engine technology will be delivered.  This technical approach creates an opportunity to extend the continuum of training through reusable components of the common baseline to support training that meets the Ready Relevant Learning (RRL) initiatives of providing the right training, at the right place, and at the right time. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Virginia; San Diego, California; Newport, Rhode Island; Orlando, Florida; Yokosuka, Japan; Mayport, Florida; Everett, Washington; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Sasebo, Japan; and Rota, Spain.

BGI is expanding our Horizons! We will be attending the AFCEA New Horizons Conference 11-13 March in Newton, MA for the first time. New Horizons brings together Government, industry partners, and domain experts that will present and discuss the state of readiness, focusing on the associated new business opportunities and the way forward to ensure future dominance of the U.S. Air Force. With keynote speakers from Air Staff and PEO leadership, this year’s event explores the approaches that PEOs C3I & Networks, Digital, Nuclear Command, Control and Communications (NC3), PEO C3BM, and the broader community will use to respond to this call to ensure our readiness. This year’s theme of “Unyielding Vigilance: Fortifying Our Military Preparedness for Contested Environments,” fits perfectly into BGI’s commitment to provide support for Advanced Programs to prepare our Warfighters for the peer-to-peer fight! We look forward to speaking with colleagues, old and new, as we continue to engage in this key role toward effective combat capability. Please say “Hi” to our CGO Chris “Buck” Owens if you have any interest in training Warfighters, need JSE expertise, or have Big Data analytic requirements! We look forward to seeing everyone in Newton!

BGI will attend the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) in full force bringing key members from the BGI Growth team to meet with industry partners and warfighter customers. BGI CEO Phil Dismukes comments,”I/ITSEC is the annual tag up point that aligns with our strategic planning cycle giving us the ability to ensure customer focus as we build our action plans to accomplish our mission. This year’s I/ITSEC theme of accelerating change by transforming training falls right within the BGI Strategic Approach and Vision to do just this.”

I/ITSEC is the world’s largest modeling, simulation and training event. I/ITSEC consists of peer-reviewed paper presentations, tutorials, special events, professional workshops, a commercial exhibit hall, a serious games competition, and STEM events for teachers and secondary students. I/ITSEC is organized and sponsored by the National Training & Simulation Association (NTSA), which promotes international and interdisciplinary cooperation within the fields of modeling and simulation (M&S), training, education, analysis, and related disciplines at this annual meeting. The NTSA is an affiliate subsidiary of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA). Hence, I/ITSEC also emphasizes themes related to defense and security.

BGI attendees will be available for discussion throughout the week with our annual BGI I/ITSEC kickoff social on Monday night. For information regarding working with BGI please contact Robert “Moose” Smith, Robert.Smith@bgi-llc.com or 702-994-0687.

Orlando, FL (October 12, 2022) – On 18 October, BGI, LLC (BGI) will be awarded the Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems (RMS) “Elite Supplier” status for 2021, presented by the Training and Logistics Solutions (TLS) Line of Business (LOB) for excellent performance. The RMS Elite Supplier status award was introduced in 2018 to identify Lockheed Martin’s top-performing suppliers.

BGI has won the Elite Supplier Award in 2018, 2019, 2020, and now 2021. BGI was cited for demonstrating perfect or best-in-class quality and delivery performance for F-35 Subject Matter Expert (SME) support in addition to having an outstanding customer-focused approach when meeting RMS TLS LOB requirements. “BGI employees demonstrate steadfast professionalism, incredible work ethic, all-In attitudes all around, and comprehensive F-35 systems and tactics employment knowledge for USAF, USN, USMC, and foreign partner F-35 combat/training squadron flight simulator training tasks, and they deliver this excellence to the customer every day,” states BGI CEO and Founder, Phil Dismukes. BGI previously received the Lockheed Martin Simulation Training & Support Small Business of the Year Award in 2005 and 2007.

BGI draws from a deep well of tactical aviation and simulator program expertise gained from military and private sector experience to create new simulator capabilities complimenting RMS’s foundation of programmatic and engineering excellence. Supporting the LM team since 1997, BGI has provided over 40,000 fighter flight hours of on-demand pilot and maintenance SME expertise – both on-site and worldwide – to 13 countries (UAE, Turkey, Japan, Romania, Egypt, Jordan, Italy, Norway, United Kingdom, Republic of Korea, Australia, Netherland, and Israel) and counting. Often asked for by name and integrated at every program milestone level, BGI is recognized by LM employees, government representatives, industry partners, and end-users as the SMEs of choice to deliver quality training systems support.

BGI CEO Phil Dismukes will sit on the conference panel addressing Elite performance with Vice President Abby Lilly. He further states: “We are grateful to be part of the team delivering high quality integrated operational and technical expertise to the warfighter. These training devices and their utilization are critical to the overall execution of 4th and 5th Generation Fighter missions and operations around the world. This award recognizes BGI’s commitment to our mission statement and having done this now for four years in a row is a solid testimony to the BGI team.”

“BE READY so you don’t have to get ready”

BGI will be attending the AFA’s Air, Space, & Cyber Conference (ASCC) in full force this year! ASCC is the leading professional development event for Air Force and Space Force officers, enlisted members, civilians, veterans, and defense industry leaders and representatives. The conference brings together top Air Force and Space Force leadership, industry experts, and government officials to discuss challenges facing the aerospace and cyber communities today and in the future. It is a fantastic way to collaborate with fellow industry members in a focused warfighter supporting environment.

BGI CEO Phil Dismukes comments, “We are fortunate to be providing direct training and engineering support to the USAF on the F-35, F-22, F-16, B-1, B-52, A-10, EC-130, MQ-9 platforms as well as to the USAF Weapons School.  We are being responsive to SECAF and USAF Leadership to always BE READY so that we don’t have to get ready. I’m proud to be joined by Robert “Moose” Smith and Chris “X” Cross along with BGI Senior Advisors Kevin “Omar” Bradley and Bill “Kanga” Rew. We are ready to engage partners and customers in National Harbor to respond to the challenges ahead to be ready!”

Please reach out if you would like to meet or revisit with the BGI team.  Robert.Smith@bgi-llc.com is our AFA team leader for 2022.