Advanced IT Concepts (AITC) was recently awarded an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) in Orlando, Florida, to support the Global Peace Operations Initiatives (GPOI)/Building Partnership Capability (BPC) efforts. The GPOI/BPC program will support building the framework to furnish...
The U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI), Joint Project Manager for Medical Modeling and Simulation (JPM MMS) has awarded Advanced IT Concepts (AITC) with a contract to support the relocation and outfitting of the ACME Training Facility at NATO Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers...
F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft from the United States, United Kingdom and Israel participated in Exercise Tri-Lightning over the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Tri-Lightning was a one-day defensive counter air exercise involving friendly and adversary aircraft from the three participating countries, and consisted of active and passive air defense operations.
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Gaming Research Integration for Learning Laboratory (GRILL) celebrated not only its new location, but also a new partnership with the Dayton Regional STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) School (DRSS) in a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The GRILL’s new space is part of the local STEM...
The U.S. Air Force (USAF) Academy, Colorado, has ordered four new simulators for its teaching facility from Merlin Flight Simulation Group in the U.K. As the lead undergraduate aeronautical engineering program in the U.S., the Air Force Academy (USAFA) will be the launch customer for Merlin’s new two-seat motion...
Q4 has recently received an order from Quantum 3D for five DirectVue dome display systems. The Q4 DirectVue line is a direct display dome solution that complements Q4’s visual display capabilities. The 6-foot radius display was designed, and is ideally suited, for small classrooms and standard office ceiling-height training...
In late April 2019, Pinnacle Solutions Inc. (Pinnacle) was awarded a new task order under the Computer Based Instructional Design (CBID) II Contract. The new task order, Games for Training, was officially kicked-off during the last week of May 2019. Over the next 30 months, Pinnacle’s CBID II Team...
A primer on the visual, motion, audible and haptic cues necessary for immersive environments by David Hambling.
The Link “Blue Box”, the first effective flight trainer, was created in the late 1920s when aircraft had been flying for more than 20 years. This is a strong hint that an effective simulacrum may be harder to build than the real thing.
Our senses, sharpened by millions of years of evolution, cannot be fooled easily, making it difficult to give a realistic impression of flying high while still rooted firmly to the ground. Effective simulation requires visual, motion and audible cues, all fully integrated. Even minor flaws may result in simulator sickness, rendering the simulation useless. Other errors risk mis-training and making the simulation worse than useless. Standards for simulation are therefore necessarily high.
Europe Editor Dim Jones visits RNAS Yeovilton and the Royal Navy School of Survive, Evade, Resist, Extract and Underwater Escape Training Unit – aka “The Dunker”.