SWORD 5.0 features enhanced safety-related capabilities <\/p>\n
14:37 GMT, May 21, 2012 NORFOLK, VA. | At the National UASI Homeland Security Conference, booth #310, MASA Group, a leading developer of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based Modeling & Simulation (M&S) software for the defense, homeland security, emergency management, serious games and games-related markets, is unveiling version 5.0 of MASA SWORD, the company's state-of-the-art modeling and simulation solution. MASA will demonstrate SWORD and its capability to help Homeland Security and Public Safety professionals improve their training efficiency and effectiveness, while reducing costs. <\/p>\n
MASA will also showcase PIVTS (Plans Independently Verified Through Simulation), a recently-launched service offering designed to help emergency management professionals easily assess their disaster preparedness plans, using SWORD technology. PIVTS can help emergency management professionals determine the key elements of their plan and develop a timeline for the simulation, thereby increasing their decision-making level of confidence. <\/p>\n
\"For the last 10 years, Homeland Security and Emergency Management Departments across the country have spent millions of dollars preparing, exercising and updating plans to help them better respond to emergency situations. With on-going reductions in funding, MASA provides public safety managers with new cost-effective ways to sustain their programs, while ensuring that their emergency and crisis preparedness plans and personnel are capable of responding to an ever-widening array of potential scenarios, explains Juan-Pablo Torres, MASAs President and CEO. <\/p>\n
At MASA, we believe that reduced resources should not mean diminished preparedness. The latest version of SWORD includes a host a new features with powerful, cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology designed to public safety professionals increase their departments' preparedness, while keeping costs affordable. Moreover, MASA now has certified AGWA grant writers on staff to help potential users apply for Federal funding,\" adds John D. Pietrzak, Vice President, MASA Group, Inc. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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