US Air Force chooses MetaVR for MQ-9 Reaper simulator

The U.S. Army Joint Technology Center and SystemsIntegration Lab (JSIL) recently purchased 86 new MetaVR Virtual Reality SceneGenerator (VRSG) licenses for the continued rollout of the U.S. Air Force MQ-9remote piloted air vehicle simulator. The simulator, also known as theMALET-JSIL Aircrew Trainer or MJAT, is a plug-and-play training capability thatconverts a current tactical MQ-9 ground control station into a trainingsimulator.

The MJAT provides RPA operators the ability to conductsimulation training as part of their qualification and continuation training.Like other JSIL-developed RPA trainers, the embedded MJAT uses the Air ForceSynthetic Environment for Reconnaissance and Surveillance (AFSERS) softwarewith VRSG, which stimulates the tactical vehicle control software to emulateGCS functions: air vehicle control, payload control, weapons control,communications, send and receive video data, and mission planning.

In the MJAT, VRSG's ability to simulate the camera payloadby streaming real-time HD-quality H.264 video with KLV metadata means that whenoperators are not flying an actual MQ-9, they can train by flying the simulatedRPA using the same hardware that they use to operate the actual aircraft,stimulate real ISR systems, and interoperate with JTAC simulators.