The Central Florida Research Park (CFRP) is a

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abutting the main campus of the

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(UCF) in

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. CFRP is the largest research park in Florida, the fourth largest in the United States by number of companies, and the seventh largest in the United States by number of employees. CFRP is home to numerous centers hosted by the

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, UCF, and private corporations.

Park

The Park was established as a result of legislation passed by the

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in 1978, and is a cooperative effort between the University of Central Florida, the Orange County Research and Development Authority, and the Orange County Board of County Commissioners. The governing body of the Park is the Orange County Research and Development Authority. The university and officials of CFRP believe that the potential for the establishment of close ties between the university and

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will create an attractive environment conducive to the location of research-oriented industry in the Park. This activity will enrich and support the

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, and

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programs of the university. Businesses can purchase or lease land in the park on which to construct a facility or can lease space for office, lab, or light manufacturing activities. Planned to provide a campus-like environment for

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adjacent to UCF, the CFRP covers over , directly south of UCF's main campus in Orlando. Located approximately northeast of downtown Orlando and southwest of

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, the park was built to supplement the university's goal of providing highly trained personnel to support the

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and

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, which is located only to the east.

Partnerships

Significant organizations, including the

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, National Center for Simulation, Team Orlando, and the

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, are located in the Research Park. Given the importance of simulation and training to the

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, an extensive military presence is also located in the park centered on the Orlando area's last remaining active duty military installation, Naval Support Activity Orlando. Tenant commands at NSA Orlando include the

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(NAWCTSD), the US Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI), Research, Development and Engineering Command

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, Marine Corps Program Manager for Training Systems (PM TRASYS), and the

Air Force Agency for Modeling and Simulation The United States Air Force established the Air Force Agency for Modeling and Simulation (AFAMS) in June 1996 at Orlando, Florida. AFAMS mission is to enhance and leverage Modeling & Simulation to support and facilitate integrated, realistic and e ...

(AFAMS). Over $1.4 billion in federal contracts is awarded by the

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each year for activities in and in the vicinity of the park.

Notable tenants

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* AT&T Inc. *

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* CAE *

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L-3 Communications L3 Technologies, formerly L-3 Communications Holdings, was an American company that supplied command and control, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance ( C3ISR) systems and products, avionics, ocean products, training d ...

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National Center for Simulation The National Center for Simulation (NCS) is an association of defense companies, government, academic and industry members. NCS is located in the Central Florida Research Park, adjacent to Naval Support Activity Orlando and the University of Cent ...

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* SAIC *

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maintains a large facility dedicated to simulation and training approximately 3.5 miles southwest of the Central Florida Research Park. *

Camber Corporation Camber Corporation is a defense contractor headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. It was acquired by Huntington Ingalls Industries on December 2, 2016 and is in the process of being reorganized as a division within that company. Once that reorg ...

maintained facilities in the Central Florida Research Park until relocating to The Quadrangle business park, approximately 1.5 miles to the northwest. It later relocated back to the south side of the park. In December 2016, Camber Corporation was acquired by

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, which continues to maintain this facility.

References

External links

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Park

Partnerships

Notable tenants

See also

References

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