New VR System Trains Nuclear Response Teams

Adaptive Immersion Technologies has just unveiled MAVEN Broken Arrow, a virtual reality training system designed to replicate nuclear response and related high-risk missions. The system is on display at I/ITSEC 2025, Booth 161, in Orlando.

MAVEN provides operators with hands-on practice for reconnaissance, render-safe procedures, and recovery operations in a controlled environment. It mirrors real-world mission conditions, enabling teams to rehearse hazardous tasks that are difficult to conduct live.

Phillip Mangos, CEO and chief scientist at Adaptive Immersion, said, “MAVEN transforms the way high-risk nuclear response missions are trained. This is a mission set where repetition matters, but live training opportunities are scarce. MAVEN delivers that repetition without the danger. It gives operators a place to build the confidence, precision and decision-making skills needed when lives and national security are on the line.”

The system supports Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) units, nuclear weapons specialists, emergency managers, and expeditionary response teams. MAVEN offers risk-free repetitions, realistic task and equipment interaction, team-based coordination, customizable scenarios, and a modular design compatible with future simulation tools and distributed training environments.

MAVEN Broken Arrow addresses the challenge of “high stakes and low frequency” missions by supplementing limited live exercises with scalable VR training. Mangos added, “It gives teams the advantage of learning, rehearsing and mastering their tasks before they ever step into a real-world scenario.”

The system is available for commercial deployment, with custom variants in development to support additional nuclear, radiological, and full-scope EOD mission areas.

I/ITSEC attendees can see MAVEN Broken Arrow in action at Booth 161.