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National Defense December 2013 Valerie Insinna |
Army, Marine Corps Look for Better Data on Simulator Effectiveness Both services need to establish metrics to calculate just how effective their simulators are. Furthermore, they need a more comprehensive method to compare the costs of live and virtual training.  |
National Defense December 2007 Breanne Wagner |
Computer Simulations of Stressful Environments Help Boost Performance Computer simulation" and "psychologist" are not terms usually used in the same sentence. But one company is trying to fuse the two via cognitive science.  |
National Defense December 2011 Eric Beidel |
Battle-Scarred Troops Have Message for Army Training: Get Real A decade at war has presented officials with a dilemma: The training environment now must be made even more authentic to hold the attention of soldiers who already have experienced the real deal.  |
National Defense December 2009 Grace V. Jean |
To Train Troops, Army Creates Digital Reenactments of Roadside Bomb Attacks Video footage of insurgents burying improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, is among the data collected by analysts who are assisting simulation experts at the joint training counter-IED operations integration center.  |
National Defense December 2007 Grace Jean |
More Realism Sought In Urban Combat Training After complaints of inadequacy in previous programs, companies are modifying training simulations to be more relevant to the troops needs.  |
National Defense December 2004 Joe Pappalardo |
Demand for Non-Combat Skills Fuels Interest in Games The success of tactical shooting games as military training tools has bolstered the case for expanding the use of this technology into non-combat areas.  |
National Defense February 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh |
Training and Simulation Industry Optimistic About Future Opportunities Smaller defense budgets are forcing the military to conduct fewer costly live exercises and instead put troops in the cockpits and drivers' seats of more affordable simulators.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2007 Courtney E. Howard |
Training for the War on Terror Military personnel throughout the ranks hone their skills with advanced training and simulation systems.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2008 Courtney E. Howard |
Combat training with COTS Developers of military simulation and training systems and solutions are tapping commercial off-the-shelf technology to keep costs in check and take advantage of commercial hardware and software innovations.  |
National Defense December 2007 Grace Jean |
Serious Games Market is Gaining Momentum The "serious games" industry, after years of trial and error, is beginning to capitalize on the lucrative alliance between education and entertainment.  |
National Defense July 2013 Valerie Insinna |
Simulation, Gaming Sector Plagued by Fiscal Challenges Restrictions on the travel of government officials gutted the Defense GameTech Users Conference in Orlando, Fla. Conference attendance, which aims to increase the use of serious games by the Defense Department, dropped to a third of the previous year's show.  |
National Defense September 2012 Stew Magnuson |
Military Training Technology Making Leap to Civilian Use Small businesses that have sold computer-based training systems to the U.S. military are now finding opportunities to convert their simulations to the homeland security and domestic first responder market.  |
National Defense December 2011 Eric Beidel |
Gaming Technology Puts Soldiers' Boots on Ground The Army increasingly is turning to the commercial video game industry to create higher fidelity, less expensive and more portable simulations.  |
National Defense October 2015 Taylor Feuss |
Army Leaning on New Crop of Soldier System Simulators As limited budgets and time constraints make live training more difficult, the Army must continue to rely on simulators to prepare soldiers for combat.  |
National Defense December 2007 Breanne Wagner |
Digital Designs and Virtual Tests Continue To Be Subject of Debate To speed up deliveries and cut costs, the U.S. military's newest jet fighter will undergo much of its testing in digital simulations.  |
National Defense December 2010 Eric Beidel |
Greater Appetite for Unpiloted Aircraft Combat Zones Fuels Demand for Simulators The growing demand for unmanned spy aircraft in combat zones has increased the burden on training organizations that are being asked to produce more operators, and faster.  |
National Defense April 2010 Stew Magnuson |
Mobile Simulators Give Soldiers Early Roadside Bomb Training The mobile counter-IED interactive trainer is one of two new simulators exposing ground forces to the hazards they may face before they arrive in Afghanistan or Iraq.  |
Wired February 2007 Steve Silberman |
The Invisible Enemy The Pentagon created the perfect machine for saving the lives of soldiers wounded in Iraq. But then soldiers started getting sick. The culprit: a drug-resistant supergerm infecting the military's evacuation chain.  |
National Defense August 2010 Eric Beidel |
Remotely Piloted Aviation Looks to Gaming Technology The line separating military training and video games continues to become thinner as the military is training a generation that grew up on video games.  |
National Defense February 2006 Harold Kennedy |
Leathernecks Upgrade Combat Training Equipment The Marine Corps is installing a number of Lockheed Martin's live-fire and virtual training systems designed to help soldiers headed to Iraq and Afghanistan improve their fighting skills.  |
National Defense February 2012 Eric Beidel |
Avatars Invade Military Training Systems The influence of video games on military training has been substantial, and the military's interest in avatars -- for soldiers and other actors in simulations -- is growing.  |
National Defense December 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
Mathematical Models: The Latest Weapons Against Urban Insurgencies The Defense Department is asking for models of social agendas and social behaviors to help them win the war.  |
National Defense December 2007 Grace Jean |
Marine Corps Orders New Convoy Simulators The Marine Corps has purchased simulators that will teach crews how to handle dangerous situations while driving in urban war zones.  |
National Defense December 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
In Times of Pentagon Budget Gloom, Sunnier Outlook for Simulation Industry Shrinking budgets for new weapons systems and live-fire training may boost demand for virtual simulations and gaming technologies.  |
National Defense December 2006 Sandra I. Erwin |
Air Force Sets Sights on `Airman of the Future' Video Games Gaming technologies, officials say, would allow the Air Force to broaden the training options available to airmen, and would help the service save money by shifting flying time from real aircraft to simulators.  |
National Defense December 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Mock `IEDs' Help Soldiers Prepare for War Devices that replicate Iraq's roadside bombs are in such high demand at U.S. military training ranges that the Army recently doubled its orders for so-called "IED simulators."  |
National Defense January 2010 Austin Wright |
For Battlefield Surgery, A New Training Tool A new medical training suit allows military surgeons to practice emergency medicine by actually cutting away skin and manipulating organs.  |
National Defense December 2006 Grace Jean |
Army Training Evolving to Develop Better Combat Leaders The initiative to improve combat leadership skills earlier in soldiers' careers, by better understanding the cognitive processes involved in decision-making, has gained momentum inside military academies and other academic institutions.  |
National Defense December 2004 Roxana Tiron |
Army Fine-tunes Training, Tactics for Urban Combat The U.S. Army, grappling with the intense stress of urban operations in Iraq, requires more training facilities to better prepare troops for this treacherous combat, officials and war veterans said.  |
National Defense December 2014 Sandra Erwin |
Military Simulation Market to Remain Flat Despite sharp military spending cuts in the United States and most NATO countries, the market for training equipment and services will stay relatively flat, according to analysts.  |
National Defense February 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Army Training to Shift Emphasis to Dismounted Soldier The Army's training programs have been too vehicle-centric and have not focused enough on the dismounted soldier, particularly in urban combat. That will change in the future, said Brig. Gen. Stephen Seay, Army program executive officer for simulation, training and instrumentation.  |
National Defense February 2008 Grace V. Jean |
"M*A*S*H" Meets "Star Trek" in Simulation for Combat Medics Inspired by a concept found in the "Star Trek" television show, scientists and videogame designers have joined forces to build an immersive simulation that will replicate realistic battlefield and field hospital scenarios to train combat medics and surgical teams.  |
National Defense February 2014 Valerie Insinna |
Defense Simulation Firms Turn to Commercial Sector for Inspiration With near-term military simulation procurement uncertain, defense contractors are eyeing the commercial sector for potential fixes to looming headaches.  |
National Defense July 2005 Michael Peck |
War Fuels Sales of Ground Combat Training Devices The war in Iraq has boosted the demand for ground-training systems, particularly those dedicated to small-unit operations and convoy security, officials said.  |
National Defense February 2005 Michael Peck |
Soldiers Learn Hazards Of War in Virtual Reality The U.S. Army is testing the utility of a web-based training technology, the military version of the popular multiplayer online role-playing games, that lets soldiers share their combat experiences with troops preparing to deploy.  |
Civil War Times August 19, 2004 Alfred Jay Bollet |
The Truth About Civil War Surgery If you think Civil War surgeons were ill-trained sawbones who loved to amputate -- usually without anaesthesia -- you need to read this!  |
National Defense December 2005 Grace Jean |
Games Are Gaining Ground, But How Far Can They Go? The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency looks toward simulation systems to teach soldiers about the tradeoffs involved in rebuilding Iraq.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2008 Courtney E. Howard |
Serious games help save lives on the battlefield Software developers are increasingly adopting commercial off-the-shelf solutions to deliver state-of-the-art training, simulation, and mission rehearsal systems that harness the graphics power and capabilities of mainstream computing and gaming hardware and software solutions.  |
National Defense December 2014 Yasmin Tadjdeh |
Industry Shows Off New Army Combat Simulation Tools Soldiers could face a myriad of threats in the coming years, and simulation training can affordably and reliably keep them ready for a multitude of situations.  |
National Defense December 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Medical Breakthrough Could Help `Repair' Wounded Soldiers Wounded troops returning from combat in Iraq and Afghanistan could, in time, benefit from potentially groundbreaking medical research in tissue repair.  |
National Defense October 2005 Harold Kennedy |
Amid Bursting Bombs, Services Seek Better Body Armor As roadside bombs take an increasingly costly toll among U.S. and coalition troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, the military services are struggling to provide more effective body armor for deployed forces.  |
National Defense December 2009 Austin Wright |
Army Leaders Prepare for War, Peace and Everything In Between The military is transitioning from a group of one-track warriors to a force of multitaskers who can advise, assist and attack.  |
Defense Update Issue 2, 2007 |
Eyewear Protection for the Warfighter New trends in infantry gear: According to Army medical records, 16% of the medical evacuations from combat zones since March 2003 have included serious eye injuries. Yet, many of such eye injuries could be avoided with proper use of protective eyewear.  |
National Defense November 2011 Beidel et al. |
10 Technologies the U.S. Military Will Need For the Next War Examples are faster and quieter helicopters, advanced crowd-control weapons, lighter infantry equipment that doesn't overburden troops, ultra-light trucks and better battlefield communications.  |
National Defense February 2006 Grace Jean |
Game Branches Out Into Real Combat Training The Army's PC-based video game, America's Army, is morphing beyond its original mission, becoming the platform for numerous other military and government training simulations.  |
Parameters Autumn 2004 Michael O'Hanlon |
The Need to Increase the Size of the Deployable Army The possibility exists that large numbers of active-duty troops and reservists may soon leave the service rather than subjecting themselves to a life continually on the road. The seriousness of the worry cannot be easily established.  |
National Defense February 2011 Eric Beidel |
Army Looks Ahead To Next Generation Of Body Armor And Helmets The Army is investigating ways to make its forces more agile in their protective gear by reducing the weight of its systems and looking at the grains, powders and other ingredients used in body armor at the microscopic level.  |
Wired September 2004 Steve Silberman |
The War Room Inside the fully immersive proving ground where tomorrow's soldiers are being trained by coalition forces of the Pentagon, Hollywood, and Silicon Valley.  |
National Defense February 2013 Valerie Insinna |
Contracts Highlight Growing Role of Video Game Training The Army and Navy are seeking out video game technology to engage young soldiers and sailors, and both services plan on awarding major contracts in 2013 for virtual, PC-based training.  |
National Defense December 2007 Grace Jean |
First Responder Teams Eye Military Urban Trainers Threats of terrorist attacks on U.S. soil are prompting law enforcement agencies and first responders to turn to military-grade training facilities.  |