MVRsimulation at I/ITSEC 2019

MVRsimulation exhibited their products and technology in Booth #1348 at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference and Trade Show (I/ITSEC), held December 2-6, 2019, at the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, FL, USA.

MVRsimulation demonstrated its terrain and visualization products and technologies that support applications ranging from unmanned air system (UAS) operator and Joint Terminal Attack Control (JTAC) training, to high-speed fixed-wing cockpit simulators, to littoral and marine-based operations and individual/first-person ground-level urban operations. Scenarios were rendered in the latest version of VRSG, version 6.4, which features dynamic object-on-object shadows, as well as self-shadowing. Our goal is to support shadows on a large scale so that sensor operators at altitude as well as troops on the ground all see the same scene when coordinating close air support.

MVRsimulation showcased a new joint fires mixed reality training scenario capability, using a notional F/A-18 Block III Part Task Mission Trainer (PTMT) physical cockpit networked with our new Deployable Joint Fires Trainer (DJFT).

The DJFT is a newly designed system that provides a quick deploy capability for joint terminal attack controllers (JTACs) and forward observers (FOs) to train alongside fixed- and rotary-wing aircrew within a fully immersive, joint training environment. The modular plug-and-play DJFT is comprised of three or more networked stations — aircrew operator station (AOS), JTAC/FO role player station, and the instructor operator station (IOS) — each fully contained within two-person portable ruggedized cases. The DJFT contains all the hardware required to run dynamic, full-spectrum JTAC/joint fires training scenarios, including notebook computers, GPS receiver, and communication systems. In addition to MVRsimulation’s VRSG and 3D content, the solution features Battlespace Simulations’ (BSI’s) Modern Air Combat Environment (MACE) for generating air and ground entities, threat planning, and 5-Line, 9-Line, and call-for-fire interfaces including digitally aided close air support (DACAS). The DJFT was networked with the F/A-18 PTMT at I/ITSEC.

MVRsimulation's Fixed-Wing PTMT is a prototype to-scale physical cockpit simulator designed and built under an internal MVRsimulation development program. Designed as a low-cost, portable, quick-deploy mixed reality training solution, the system uses representative aircraft hardware and can be configured for mission training on 4.5 generation combat aircraft. For I/ITSEC demos, the Fixed-Wing PTMT was configured as a notional F/A-18 Block III cockpit. The simulator can function as a standalone training solution as part of joint, networked training operations. In addition to VRSG and MVRsimulation’s 3D content, the PTMT features BSI’s MACE for scenario generation, constructively generated forces, full spectrum real-time physics calculations, and tactical datalinks integration. The pilot in the PTMT wore the HTC Vive Pro system running VRSG, which was augmented with Collins Aerospace’s Coalescence mixed reality system; the pilot could see their own hands and interact with the cockpit controls in the physical environment while immersed in the synthetic environment for the out-the-window (OTW) view. Demos were facilitated by D3A Defence, a veteran-run privately held company, which with combined experience of over 50 years of military service, brings extensive military knowledge and skillsets to all levels of training and simulation.

Elsewhere in the booth, MVRsimulation demonstrated its new 3D geospecific terrain dataset of Hajin, Syria, built in round-earth VRSG terrain format with the latest version of MVRsimulation Terrain Tools for Esri ArcGIS.

Below are photos of some demos in other booths that were running VRSG.