JSIL Boosts Training with New FPV UAV Simulators for Realistic Battlefield Scenarios

The Joint Services Integration Lab (JSIL) has purchased six MVRsimulation First Person View (FPV) UAV Simulators and VRSG software licenses for integration into its Reconfigurable Academics Aviation Digital (RAAD) training environment.

With the FPV UAV Simulator, JSIL gains the ability to explore the use of one-way attack drones and small quadcopter UAS ISR assets in the battlefield. From providing a stand-alone, low footprint training solution to teach warfighters to operate racing-style quadcopter attack drones/Purpose Built Attritable Systems (PBAS) on the contested battlefield, to networked integration for Large Scale Combat Operations (LSCO) training exercises – the FPV UAV Simulator gives users the ability to test how this new operational concept will fit into existing and future battlefield toolkits.

Users will train in VRSG’s high-resolution geospecific terrain, including highly-detailed urban insets such as the Camp Pendleton Military Operations Urban Terrain (MOUT) training site (pictured on the simulator screen below). This virtual training dataset digitally replicates the real site, allowing users to train for urban FPV UAV operations, including the ability for quadcopter UAS to perch-and-stare on rooftops and navigate through windows and doors to surveil building interiors.

When populated with assets from VRSG’s continually updated 3D model library, trainees will have the ability to practice locating, identifying and striking targets that closely match real-world military equipment deployed in current conflicts. They will even have the ability to mimic UAV flight in EW-degraded conditions – something being experienced on the battlefield today and a significant challenge for operators.

Underpinned by its robust networking capabilities, users of the FPV UAV Simulator can also network with other simulators running on VRSG infrastructure to carry out collaborative training, such as battlefield command and control, and Joint Fires.

It’s wonderful to see our long-term partner leveraging our newest innovation to help solve emerging battlefield challenges, and we look forward to continuing to support this project over the coming months.