This week I’ve performed a stop and search patrol in downtown Baghdad, escorted a convoy of trucks through Basra and taken part in a heliborne assault on a Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan. Fortunately I didn’t get a scratch though, as contrary to the rumour going round the office I haven’t signed up for a... »
Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs Director Daniel W. Grant undergoes a virtual reality combat simulation that is used to help treat military veterans with Post-traumatic stress disorder. When Michael Henderson returned to his job as a Chicago police officer from his deployment in Afghanistan, he knew he couldn’t go back to his patrol job... »
It’s a ghost army which exists only on video screens, but it is helping U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) as it conducts a live joint and coalition intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) demonstration that spans locations around the globe. The annual demonstration, Empire Challenge (EC), conducted by USJFCOM and its partners on behalf of... »
Science and engineering are advancing rapidly in part due to ever more powerful computer simulations, yet the most advanced supercomputers require programming skills that all too few U.S. researchers possess. At the same time, affordable computers and committed national programs outside the U.S. are eroding American competitiveness in number of simulation-driven fields. http://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ensf%2Egov%2Fnews%2Fnews_summ%2Ejsp%3Fcntn_id%3D114718%26org%3DNSF%26from%3Dnews&urlhash=7DuE&_t=disc_detail_link »
The Premier Asia-focused Defence Simulation Training & Wargaming Event of the Year! In order to further simulation, training and wargaming initiatives throughout Asia, IQPC is proud to announce its inaugural event on the subject, focusing on local requirements, as well as international case studies. Asian Armies, Navies and Air Forces in the region are... »
Virtusphere was an invited co-exhibitor this past weekend with the traveling Virtual Army Experience at the Greater Binghamton Air Show, NY. Virtusphere was demonstrated by many members of the US Army and staff of the Virtual Army Experience with postive feedback. Local Fox News affiliate provided coverage of Virtusphere at the air show and... »
In a large tan tent at the Inlet in Ocean City, the U.S. Army has set up a virtual battlefield in which people can participate in a simulated mission, based off the U.S. Army video game, “America’s Army.” People who are at least 13-years-old can enter the tent and start with an orientation to... »
In an ordinary office building here, the Air Force Distributed Mission Operations Center runs sorties with all the realism of combat, but without burning one drop of jet fuel. Instead of taking to the air, pilots and aircrew strap themselves into simulators, located about a mile from the Albuquerque International Sunport airport, and fly... »
A $1.1 million simulator will help soldiers assigned to the three Stryker combat brigades based here make the most of their time before they deploy to combat by this fall. To train on the Mobile Gun System – the behemoth of the 10 variants of the armored, eight-wheeled vehicles – gunners and vehicle commanders... »
There are not many jobs where you can play a sophisticated virtual reality video game and get paid for it, but Illinois Soldiers had that opportunity, June 7, during its annual training. The 232nd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, based in Springfield, trained on the Virtual Convoy Operator Trainer at the Illinois Army National Guard’s... »
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