Systems Technology, Inc. (STI) is a 100% employee-owned, small research and development firm located in Hawthorne, California. STI developed PARASIM®, a parachute training simulator for the US Forestry Service (USFS) to improve the training methods and reduce accidents for USFS “smokejumpers”. In 1998, STI received a USSOCOM SBIR Phase I and in 1999 a Phase II award entitled “Tactical Insertion Mission Planning and Rehearsal System (TIMPARS),” to enhance the mission-planning features of PARASIM®, including the PC-based computer graphics, incorporation of real-world terrain data and imagery, wind field modeling, and system networking to enable multiple jumpers training in a shared, interactive simulation. This enabled STI to increase its staff and staff expertise in the area of computer graphics and simulation technology. Today PARASIM® is a virtual reality system using head-mounted displays, advanced graphics, and real world scenes, with over 300 systems in service, worldwide. STI believes that the greatest benefit of PARASIM® has been in the increased safety for parachute deployment by US military pilots and the increased safety and increased effectiveness of training, mission planning and rehearsal of US Special Operations teams. STI has also been able to export PARASIM® to countries such as Canada, the U.K., Norway, Spain, Australia, Brazil and others.