described by Wired Magazine as "training first responders for real-life natural disasters and terrorist attacks". The project was developed with George Washington University's Office of Homeland Security on a 4.8 Million dollar grant from the Department of Homeland Security. In July, 2010 Virtual Heroes released Moonbase Alpha as a free download on Steam. Moonbase Alpha provides gameplay on the moon based on accurate NASA equipment at the time for the Constellation Program. The game was made by Virtual Heroes and the Army Game Studio, developers of America's Army, in conjunction with NASA Learning Technologies. Moonbase Alpha was designed as a tech demo to test ideas to be used in Astronaut: Moon, Mars and Beyond, NASA's massively multiplayer online game. It was also designed to encourage an interest in space exploration in school children. [ref: https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/526940main_Moonbase_Alpha_Educator_Guide_v1.pdf] In 2014 Virtual Heroes developed the Combat Medic serious game for the U.S. Army's Simulation and Training Technology Center. The game trains medics to treat internal bleeding, lung collapse, and tracheobronchial injury (airway trauma), the top three causes of battlefield deaths. It incorporates material from the US Army Medical Department's 68W Advanced Field Craft Combat Medic Skills textbook. The game is available for use by all U.S. military branches. In 2018, Virtual Heroes won a $2.6M contract with the US Army to develop a 3D trainer for medics to treat serious burn injuries. Focus Areas Serious Games Virtual Heroes is considered a leading company in the serious games market. [ref: https://bulletinline.com/2020/04/27/serious-game-market-is-growing-with-strong-companies-like-playgen-innovataion-games-caspian-virtual-heroes-morf-media-and-breakaway/] The Virtual Heroes Division headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina features a full game studio with artists, game designers, and game developers. Terrain Generation When Virtual Heroes became a division of ARA, it merged with ARA’s Central Florida Division in Orlando, Florida, a developer of modeling and simulation software for the Department of Defense. One of the division’s products is the Rapid Unified Generation of Urban Databases (RUGUD) software, which is used to generate 3D terrain databases. RUGUD was developed for the Army's Simulation and Training Technology Center and is used by the Army for training purposes. Virtual Reality In 2019, the Virtual Heroes Division of ARA was awarded a DoD contract to develop the Virtual Tactical Assault Kit. The virtual reality tool was designed for improved mission planning and rehearsal and better situational awareness. VTAK is part of the TAK family of products. COVID-19 In 2020, Virtual Heroes released their titles Mission Biotech and