US Army’s jumping to the next level in virtual training
By: Jen Judson
May 17 at 1:04 PM
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has been building a virtual world in which to train soldiers for war, and it’s expected to award contracts in June for reconfigurable virtual air and ground trainers and for a common synthetic environment that includes complex and real-life terrain.
Maj. Gen. Maria Gervais, who leads the Synthetic Training Environment Cross-Functional Team, which is part of Army Futures Command, told reporters during a recent media roundtable that she’s “encouraged†to see what her team accomplished since it formed roughly 18 months ago.
Augmented reality systems enable Marines to do mission planning across a variety of changing environments and adversaries, and customized training scenarios reinforce how to think tactically, to make rapid decisions and to communicate effectively.
By: Adam Stone
While the service, at a time, led the charge when it came to developing virtual environments, it has clung to relics of the ’80s and ’90s — stove-piped training systems lacking in realism.
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