I/ITSEC 2022: MVRsimulation showcases mixed reality flight, JTAC, CAS, and RPAS operator training
MVRsimulation is demonstrating the PTMT and newly Interim Accredited DJFT in booth (#1187) at I/ITSEC on 28 November – 2 December, 2022.
Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Fl, 28 November, 2022: At I/ITSEC 2022 MVRsimulation is demonstrating two fixed-wing Part Task Mission Trainers (PTMTs) networked with one full Deployable Joint Fires Trainer (DJFT) simulator in mixed reality high-speed flight, JTAC, Close Air Support (CAS), and RPAS operator training scenarios – all supported by geospecific terrain rendered in Virtual Reality Scene Generator (VRSG).
The newly Interim Accredited DJFT will have a flexible configuration incorporating an Instructor, JTAC Observer, and Role Player MQ-9 Reaper operator providing mission overwatch with a KLV metadata-based sensor feed. The two PTMTs will be networked in as CAS Role Players configured as an A-10 and F-18.
Full spectrum training scenarios will be running, including exercises such as Digitally Aided CAS (DACAS) in accordance with current joint tactics, techniques and procedures, match sparkle target identification between JTAC and CAS aircraft, and full NVG-supported day/night transitions. All missions will showcase full integration of partner technologies, including the new Varjo XR-3 Focal Edition mixed reality headset, Battlespace Simulation's MACE, Sierra Nevada Corporation's SNC TRAX, and all physical/emulated hardware and software.
Critically, all DJFT and PTMT role players in each scenario will train in a shared virtual, dense urban area within VRSG’s high-resolution, round-earth Hajin, Syria terrain, populated with dense culture. MVRsimulation’s Hajin terrain is built from geospecific high-resolution 50cm imagery from Maxar Technologies compiled with underlying SRTM elevation data at a 30-meter elevation post spacing. The source data is blended to underlying 1-2 meter source imagery of all of Syria. This means VRSG simulates the first-person virtual world for all trainees in the scenario from the same terrain – whether they are a JTAC on the ground looking at the horizon, an A-10 acquiring a ground target at 1,400ft, or an MQ-9 RPAS sensor operator performing overwatch at 50,000ft - and enables all trainees to identify and lock-on to the same 3D target entity for Match Sparkle training exercises.
MVRsimulation’s DJFT has recently been granted Interim Accreditation by the Joint Fires Support Executive Steering Committee for the system’s first customer, the 4th Combat Training Squadron (CTS), USAFE-AFAFRICA Warfare Center. The U.S. Air Force interim accreditation enables the DJFT to replace terminal attack controls as authorized by Table 5.2.4.1 (Certification) and Table 5.2.5.2 (Qualification) of the JTAC MOA. The DJFT enables JTACs to log controls for currency that would normally be required as live events using the simulator.
The DJFT is a joint effort between MVRsimulation and Battlespace Simulations, Inc. and includes a TAA compliant Varjo XR-3 mixed reality headset at the heart of the system. The DJFT as accredited is a portable configuration consisting of a Role Player, Instructor Operator Station, and Observer Station system equipped with mixed reality head mounted display enabling 360 degree FOV; and integrated JTAC equipment (emulated/simulated SOFLAM, LRF, DAGR, IZLID 1000P, NVGs, IR strobe, signal mirror, ROVER/VDL, binoculars, PRC-117G, PRC-152).
Image: A match sparkle targeting exercise between JTAC Observer (with IZLID and NVGs) and networked A-10 Role Player rendered in VRSG.