Moving ahead in the virtual battlespace

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Moving ahead in the virtual battlespace



Analysis By Dr Gareth Evans
On May 15 2017

‘Wargames’ have taken on a whole new meaning with the advent of realistic simulation technology, as the British army, like an increasing number of the world’s armed forces, has embraced the benefits of training on a virtual battlefield.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) Joint Combat Operations Virtual Environment (Op JCOVE) programme has, over a period of eight and a half years, already prepared more than 16,000 soldiers for overseas deployments and delivered significant savings in logistics and training costs. Now, with the award in January of a major contract to NSC – the training simulation consultancy behind Op JCOVE – British troops, both Regulars and Reserves, are to benefit from the arrival of the next-generation Unit Based Virtual Training (UBVT) capability.

Everything, from the vehicles to ballistic trajectories are modelled to behave just like the real thing

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