Aptima part of USAFA Gaming Research Integration for Learning Laboratory team; GRILL helps ensure the U.S. Air Force has “access to a workforce that’s capable and competent in STEM-related career fields… because that’s where the demand signal is the highest”

Aptima is proud to be a part of USAFA Gaming Research Integration for Learning Laboratory (GRILL) team.
“[The GRILL Team is] making sure that the Air Force and our research community have access to a workforce that’s capable and competent in STEM-related career fields… because that’s where the demand signal is the highest,” said Winston “Wink” Bennett.
 
The December 2023 edition of USAFA’s Checkpoint magazine hghlights the efforts of the summer 2023 GRILL interns, who “helped establish the foundation for adding space wargaming to the lab’s realistic simulation exercises designed to better prepare cadets for the future fight.”
 
The full article is available to subscribers at https://www.usafa.org/Checkpoints.
 

 

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