VRSG integrated into AF trainer

MetaVR's Virtual Reality Scene Generator (VRSG) has been integrated into the Air Force’s T-1A Jayhawk twin-engine jet trainers, part of an embedded training device being used to provide a simulated mixed reality electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) training capability for the aircraft. Combat Systems Officer (CSO) training station (CSOTS) at Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, Fla., has purchased 49 MetaVR VRSG licenses, which will be installed on 21 T-1A Jayhawks. VRSG forms part of the T-1A Combat System Officers Training System (CSOTS) embedded training device in the aircraft, which is used to train students in the operation of EO/IR sensors. The system generates visuals for the system resulting in a mixed reality training experience for trainees and combining simulated and live environments. In-flight EO/IR training is carried out using a generic simulated sensor model. A total of 15 flight paths between North Carolina and Louisiana can be flown during training exercises. The system is integrated with a third party computer-generated/semi-automated forces application that allows trainees to see a replicated target inserted into the simulated view from MetaVR's model libraries. ‘The major benefit here is that the students obtain maximum training value by flying a real platform and benefitting from having a sensor view that correlates to their actual geographic location,” said Garth Smith, president of MetaVR. Sensor simulation helps reduce overall training costs to AF by providing an alternative to more expensive EO/IR sensors; and two VRSG licenses are installed on each of the 21 aircraft. One is used to display content in front with a co-pilot. The other is used for the student situated behind them. The T-1A’s CSOTS is the first course of 18 months of training. Afterwards, students go to electronic warfare classroom training on the T25 Simulator for Electronic Combat Training - a classified system that uses VRSG, and followed by training on the T-6A Texan II trainer aircraft. (Source: Shepherd Media 08/14/19)