Northrop Grumman Project Team Lucas Machado Shaochun Lin David Allen Asif Yusaf Gaurav Shrivastava Faculty Advisors Josh Yelon Jess Trybus Northrop Grumman Contacts Mark Conger Brian Gomez

Who is Northrop Grumman? 3 rd largest defense contractor in the US Integrated Systems Division (formerly Aircraft Division): –Air combat systems –Unmanned systems –Airborne air & ground surveillance systems –Airborne battle management systems –Airborne electronic warfare systems

The Problem Difficulty recruiting recent graduates in the following fields to Northrop Grumman (NG) –Computer Engineers –Computer Scientists –Electrical Engineers Competition:

Client’s Proposed Solution Create a game to increase interest in NG and its products –Excellent medium for target demographic –Quick insight into what NG does –More engaging than pamphlets

Metrics for Success Deliver a prototype that our client is happy with Guest testing survey results: –Does the experience accomplish our goals?

Last Presentation Presented RTS game Some of the recurring Feedback: –Need to better understand target demographic –Its not clear the gameplay we showed will be engaging –Focus on making the products sound/look way cool.

Addressing Faculty Feedback Researched NG’s recruiting practices and results –Narrowed target demographic Created surveys NG new hires

Progress Since 1/4 New idea –Interactive Virtual Product Tour NG employee interviews Storyboard –Client only had positive feedback Implemented 1 “path”

Demo

Project Schedule

Guest Testing Testing at several development stages Testing with: –Engineering students –ETC students Procedure: –Let the guest take the tour –Brief questionnaire

Risks Hollywood has tainted our perception of what is possible Lack of knowledge regarding NG and their industry Getting really good interviews that we can build the experience around

We Could Use Help With… Sound UI/game design feedback Flash programming Making professional quality videos

Questions?