Engineering & Computer Simulations (ECS) will demonstrate its new Tactical Combat Casualty Care Simulator (TC3Sim) application during 2024’s Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) in Orlando, Florida, Dec. 2-5, at Booth 1949.
ECS has updated the TC3Sim mobile application on Android and iOS to now support smartphone devices, where it previously only supported tablets and PC devices. The updates for TC3Sim were developed under ongoing research and development performed under ECS’s Modular Medical Environment (MME) contract with the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center (DEVCOM SC) SFC Paul Ray Smith Simulation and Training Technology Center (STTC).
“This current version of TC3Sim is the result of a considerable amount of feedback from military subject matter experts, particularly from the Army and the Marines,” said Madison Quinn, ECS’ Research Lead. “Since last year’s I/ITSEC, we’ve focused on tailoring adjustments to TC3Sim to make it mobile. Offering TC3Sim in a user interface that younger soldiers are familiar with makes it even more effective for them to connect with training that can save their buddy’s life.”
TC3Sim has been in active development over the past 20 years and helps prepare warfighters to handle emergency medical situations at the point of injury on the battlefield. ECS’ first iteration of TC3Sim was a proof of concept introduced in 2004, and subsequent TC3Sim iterations have since taken the form of a desktop application. Previously, access to TC3Sim required an invitation from ECS or the STTC to access. Users can now directly download and use the app as long as they have a “.mil” email address.
“We’re proud to support our warfighters with this mobile version, allowing it to get directly into soldiers’ hands,” said Shane Taber, ECS’ chief technology officer . “It’s free for them to download; they can study on their own time outside of a classroom setting, and they can take their time with it. We take pride in the amazing graphics and getting soldiers involved in a productive user experience.”
