NBCRV, UAS & TeleOp opportunity map
What each term means, how the eight live/won Salesforce opportunities relate, and which words belong in the current MRIGlobal updates opportunity.
UAS should be the primary subject. The updates were requested in meetings for the JACKS-hosted UAS trainer: new missions, environment variation, collision behavior and session reporting. Keep NBCRV as the program/platform qualifier because the SkyRaider launches from and is controlled within the NBCRV.
Primary: UASQualifier: NBCRV SSU CS2.1Capability: TeleOpOmit: JACKS from titleYes, both appear in the delivered simulation. The aircraft is the trained system; the NBCRV is the command, sensor and launch context. The evidence does not show that the current updates proposal adds ground-vehicle driving.
Confidence: high
Meanings — related, not interchangeable
Nuclear Biological Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle. In this program, it is the armored reconnaissance platform carrying the sensor suite, UAS pods and operator station.
Unmanned Aircraft System: the aircraft plus its control and support elements. Here, it is the Teledyne FLIR R80D SkyRaider with a B330 biological sensor payload.
Unmanned Ground Vehicle. The Polaris/RENDR and later Textron Grizzly are remotely driven ground robots. This is the older, separate TeleOp lineage.
Teleoperation: operating equipment remotely. It can describe both UGV driving and UAS control, so “TeleOps” alone is too broad to identify the current trainer.
All matching Salesforce opportunities
Boundary: every opportunity whose name references NBCRV, UAS/UAV, UGV, TeleOp, RENDR, SkyRaider or JACKS, excluding Closed Lost and Died on the Vine. Eight records matched. Descriptions are ≤200 characters.
| Opportunity | Account | Status | ≤200-character description | What it is | Related to |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RENDR/ATAK Prototype Simulator Possible duplicate | MRIGlobal | Closed Won | Initial Polaris UGV proof of concept using RENDR and ATAK, establishing the ground TeleOp framework reused by later trainers. | UGV-only | Probable alternate CRM record for NBCRV Simulator Prototype: same account, amount and linked SOW. |
| NBCRV Simulator Prototype | MRIGlobal | Closed Won | 2020 prototype for the NBCRV program’s remote ground robot, focused on Polaris/RENDR UGV operation through ATAK. | UGV-only | Foundation for RENDR Tele-Op v1.0; likely duplicates the RENDR/ATAK prototype record. |
| NBCRV-SSU Animation | MRIGlobal | Closed Won | Delivered animation/demo explaining the NBCRV Sensor Suite Upgrade 2.1 configuration and operation; not an operator flight or driving trainer. | NBCRV-only visual | Shared SSU 2.1 program and reusable 3D assets; separate deliverable from TeleOp trainers. |
| RENDR Tele-Op Sim v1.0 | MRIGlobal | Closed Won | Production TeleOp expansion: Grizzly UGV, added scenarios and framework upgrades, plus SkyRaider UAS operation and control through ATAK. | UGVUAS | Built from the prototype; parent production effort for the UAS trainer later ported to JACKS. |
| NBCRV CS2.2 Embedded Training Simualtor | FLIR Systems | Schedule Call | Proposed embedded training for NBCRV CS2.2 sensor-suite changes involving the SkyRaider UAS, pursued directly with FLIR. | NBCRVUAS | Sibling future concept; different account/contract path, same program equipment. |
| JPEO-CBRND TeleOp 3.0 Simulator | JPEO CBRND | Schedule Call | Proposed future ground TeleOp update to add whichever UGV replaces or restores the Grizzly in the operational program. | UGV-only proposal | Future successor to the prototype/v1.0 ground-vehicle lineage; not the JACKS UAS update. |
| TeleOp UAS JACKS conversion | MRIGlobal | Closed Won | Port of the existing SkyRaider UAS operator trainer to browser-based WebGL for Army JACKS delivery, retaining the NBCRV launch and control context. | UAS-primaryNBCRV context | Direct predecessor to the current Updates opportunity. |
| MRIGlobal TeleOps NBCRV Updates | MRIGlobal | Proposal Due | Unsolicited upgrades to the JACKS UAS trainer: expanded missions, environment variants, collision tuning and exported trainee session reporting. | UAS-primaryNBCRV context | Spawned directly from June 30 and July 14 JACKS-port reviews. |
Why the current title should change
- TeleOps is an umbrella and could mean the UGV lineage or UAS lineage.
- NBCRV sounds like the armored vehicle itself is being updated, but the proposal topics came from the UAS trainer.
- UAS is missing even though the source Opportunity is “TeleOp UAS JACKS conversion” and both attached meetings are titled “NBCRV SSU CS2.1 UAS Teleop Trainer.”
- JACKS is the delivery platform, not the capability being enhanced. Leave it out unless the new scope includes platform integration work.
Evidence that ties the Updates opportunity to the UAS trainer
June 30 client review
Mark Myers prioritized “mission expansion and session reporting.” River treated that as a call to assemble an unsolicited proposal with MRIGlobal.
Fireflies transcript · 344 sentences · attached in Salesforce to the Updates opportunity
July 14 client review
The stable release was on the production JACKS environment. River described new missions, weather/visibility variation and exported trainee scores as the proposed updates.
Fireflies transcript · 202 sentences · attached in Salesforce to the Updates opportunity
Delivered simulator definition
ForgeFX’s project page says the application trains remote operation of a UAS from within an NBCRV. The SkyRaider launches from pods on the NBCRV and is controlled through ATAK.
Separate ground lineage
The earlier prototype and ground TeleOp work trained operation of unmanned ground vehicles. Slack later described the signed production scope as Grizzly UGV updates plus a SkyRaider UAS module.
Data-quality issues and red herrings
- Canonical spelling: JACKS. Automated meeting transcripts may render the spoken name phonetically, but this report uses JACKS throughout.
- RENDR/ATAK Prototype close date: Salesforce says 2003-01-02 although the record was created in 2023 and mirrors the 2020 prototype’s amount and SOW. This is almost certainly bad metadata.
- Duplicate prototype records: RENDR/ATAK Prototype and NBCRV Simulator Prototype both show $120,000 and the same SOW link. Treat as probable duplicates until contract identifiers are checked.
- Typo: “NBCRV CS2.2 Embedded Training Simualtor” should be “Simulator.”
- Scope inference warning: NBCRV appears visually and operationally in the UAS trainer, but the reviewed update list does not show new NBCRV driving or ground-vehicle controls.
Source coverage
Internal: live Salesforce inventory and relationships; two complete Fireflies transcripts; Slack search across NBCRV, UAS, TeleOp and exact opportunity names; ForgeApps project artifacts and cached official ForgeFX pages.
External: official Army/FAA pages were targeted, but the configured web gateway was unavailable during this run. The terminology conclusion is still strongly supported by Salesforce, full meeting transcripts and ForgeFX’s published project pages; public-source refresh remains the only material coverage gap.