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The Virtual Acoustic Simulation Technology for Community Noise (VASTCON) Technical Working Group (TWG) is a working group created by researchers of aeroacoustics organizations to expand both the knowledge and application base for virtual acoustic simulation to help communities evaluate noise from man-controlled systems.

Meetings
In September 2012, researchers at NASA Langley Research Center (NASA LaRC), National Aerospace Laboratory of The Netherlands (NRL), and RWTH Aachen University founded the group and invited a dozen other researchers from around the world to join the TWG. The initial founding meeting of the TWG was held on 23 October 2012 in Aachen, Germany. Representatives from eight member organizations (NASA LaRC, NLR, RWTH, EADS, LMS, Wyle, Purdue University, and AuSIM) attended.

Working group teleconferences are held semi-monthly.

Members
Members of the VASTCON TWG include representatives from the following organizations:
 * NASA Langley Research Center
 * National Aerospace Laboratory
 * RWTH Aachen University
 * EADS
 * LMS
 * Wyle
 * Purdue University
 * AuSIM

Communication
The working group publicizes its work publicly through a WordPress blog site, and semi-publicly through a Linked-In group.