Air Force Seeks Fidelity In Live Virtual Constructive Training

By Leigh Giangreco / September 16, 2015 at 11:25 AM
The Air Force is seeking aircraft training simulators that would blur the lines between simulation and reality, according to Air Force Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson, commander of Air Education and Training Command. During a Sept. 15 media roundtable at the annual Air Force Association conference, Roberson emphasized the service’s need for a next generation simulation and ground-based training system, which would create an almost exact mission replication. Unlike a crude joystick simulation, the new trainer should simulate weather and mission...

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