Systems Technology, Inc. is a small, employee-owned research and development company located in Hawthorne, California. Founded in 1957 to study the behavior of dynamic systems, including ground and aerospace vehicles, and the human operators attempting to control them, STI has become an internationally-recognized center of expertise. As a prime contractor to the U. S. Government and a consultant to industry, STI has accomplished several hundred research and development programs in vehicle dynamics (air, space, ground, and sea), manual and automatic vehicular guidance and control systems, handling and flying qualities, control and stability theory, human operator dynamics, human subsystem dynamics, operator impairment, and associated topics. For more information, see our company web site at http://www.systemstech.com.

STI’s PARASIM® parachute flight training simulator was conceived over 20 years ago, in response to the US Forestry Service Smoke jumpers’ need for a better training solution. Actual training jumps were costly and injuries were common, but if training jumps were reduced, there were even worse injuries when the Smoke jumpers had to jump into fire zones! PARASIM® was the solution!

By providing a safe, effective means of training parachuting skills on the ground, PARASIM® lets jumpers learn canopy control skills, navigation, collision avoidance, and critical equipment malfunctions procedures, and practice these skills until they become second nature. When the USFS adopted PARASIM®, injury rates dropped dramatically!

STI has been improving and enhancing PARASIM® ever since, as computer and graphics technology has advanced and military and civilian jumpers have given us crucial feedback on their training needs. This patented technology helps train aircrew for emergency bailout and ejection, and allows airborne personnel to practice the critical skills they need to effectively complete their parachute missions. Over 300 systems are in service in the US and around the world.