Archive for May, 2009

Traditional medical training may not adequately prepare doctors in times of war. A unique study by human factors/ergonomics researchers in Norfolk, Virginia, concluded that virtual reality-based simulators can provide a safe venue for training military medical personnel in high-stress, high-workload conditions such as combat. Simulations provide safe and controlled environments, immediate performance feedback, and... »

Even though Navy budget cuts mean nondeployed sailors can expect to spend about a third less time at sea this year, that doesn’t mean they’ll spend less time at their duty stations aboard ships. In fact, they could spend more. Commanders are trying to make up for that lost sea time — and a... »

New simulator, called “Virtual Sphere”, helps SWAT troopers optimize their combat operations in cyberspace. The simulator makes the process similar to real life training. Virtual sphere looks like an ordinary hollow ball with 3 meters in diameter, connected to a computer. When a man enters the ball and puts on special virtual vision glasses,... »

The Lockheed Martin Virtual Combat Convoy Trainer (VCCT) provides convoy training for drivers, shooters, communicators, and decision-makers – each according to the unique requirements of their position, tactical circumstances, and unit or service standard operating procedure. VCCT is a full-scale training system designed to improve the convoy crew’s ability to identify and react to... »

Saab has received a contract to produce and field the Instrumented – Tactical Simulation Engagement System (I-TESS) for the U.S. Marine Corps. Within the frame of the contract, that has a possible value of approximately $29 million USD, a first order, valued at $22 million USD, has been placed. “We are pleased to be... »

A state-of-the-art computer simulation center in Butte is one step closer to fruition after a local business signed a contract with the Air Force. Earlier this month, the Butte-based National Center for Health Care Informatics signed the agreement to produce the advanced computer-simulated training environments for Air Force combat rescue specialists.  Informatics would design... »

This virtual terrain is available in MetaVR‘s round-earth and flat-earth formats for use with Virtual Reality Scene Generator™ (VRSG™) for simulation and training, with particular emphasis on identifying and defeating IEDs using resources from combined military branches and nations. The terrain is also delivered with correlated SAF databases in CTDB and OTF formats. Unlike... »

As a leading technical and integration services company, SAIC solves customers’ most important mission-critical challenges through innovative applications of technology and domain knowledge. They showcase SAIC’s expertise in live, virtual and constructive training and simulation solutions at SAIC stand E-153 at ITEC 2009. Here are highlights of key featured solutions. Test fire the next... »

Canadian Defence looks to computers to slash costs and improve safety in the training battleground. In the early days of reconstructing battle scenarios, Lt.-Col. Rusty Bassarab recalls some defence computer games taking a few liberties with physics. “On one of the old (platforms), if you held up your hand in front of your body... »

Mental health therapists and social workers at the David Grant USAF Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., are currently using a virtual reality program to treat servicemembers who suffer from post traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, after returning from combat operations. “PTSD is an anxiety disorder that occurs sometimes after a person... »