Pilot Training with the Full Capability of an Integrated LVC Training System Military Flight Training USA - Conference 7 Dec 2017 Mike Lewis Your worldwide training partner of choice
OVERVIEW What is L-V-C Simulator Spectrum L-V-C Examples: RAF MSHATF Italian AF M346 Challenges Questions 2
WHAT S: LIVE VIRTUAL CONSTRUCTIVE (LVC) Live Live Operators Live Platforms Live Operators Simulated Platforms Integrated LVC System Simulated Operators Simulated Platforms Live Operators interacting Virtual Constructive Ready Now & Operational 3
OVERVIEW: INTEGRATED PILOT TRAINING SYSTEM SINGLE AIRCRAFT TYPE Operational Flight Trainer Weapon System Trainer Instructor & Mission Operating Station Mission Debriefing Industry Unit Training Device Classroom Courseware & TMIS Part Task Trainer Initial Services: Type 1 Instructor Pilot & Maintenance Training Long Term Services: Contractor Logistics, System Support Center & Instructor Options for all System elements
OVERVIEW: INTEGRATED PILOT TRAINING SYSTEM MULTIPLE AIRCRAFT AND DIVERSE MILITARY SYSTEMS Live Operators Interacting Live Platforms Interacting Simulated Platforms Operators Interacting Goal: Comprehensive L-V-C Mission Operations
SIMULATOR WIDE SPECTRUM F35 & F22 V-C & L-C Ops L-V-C? CAE - Hawk AJT/T2 V-C & L-C Ops CAE M346 Full L-V-C Ops CAE C130J V-C Ops Highest Fidelity: Military & FAA Far Part 60, Level D equivalent (Fighter dome with motion seats Mobility Full Motion) Note: Monthly Utilization capability differences between Live Aircraft & simulators: - Aircraft ~ 35 to 70 hours - High fidelity simulator ~ 300 Hours - Low fidelity closer to actual aircraft Fly-This-Sim (FTS) FM210 (BATD) V-C Ops Redbird AMS (AATD) V-C Ops BATD/AATD C - via X Plane C networked ATC Live Players Lowest Certified by FAA: Basic & Advanced Aircrew Training Devices 6
EXAMPLE: MEDIUM SUPPORT HELICOPTER AIRCREW TRAINING FACILITY (MSHATF) NOT LINKED TO LIVE AIRCRAFT YET TMIS RAF Benson Facility Aircrew Trainers Chinook (3), Merlin (2), Puma(1) Tactical Control Center Contractor-Run Maintenance State-of-the-Art Ground School CBT 7
MSHATF TACTICAL CONTROL CENTER KEY CONCEPTS One Tactical Director (TD) Six Instructor Role-Players (IRP) Dynamic video wall, 12 screens, 6 security monitors Six Dynamic Mission Simulators (DMS) that can be linked in any combination Gateway to link to external simulators 8
MSHATF TCC KEY CONCEPTS 9
MSHATF LESSONS LEARNED TCC Director & Instructor roles are very demanding Situation awareness is essential Cameras, Maps, Stealth View Display (SVD), Video and Camera monitoring Radio chatter is very important TCC operations require a champion to ensure the use of its full capabilities Players count and their fidelity requirements shall be well analyzed Large AAR room in addition to the individual debriefing rooms would have been a great option 10
EXAMPLE: LVC DELIVERY TO ITALIAN AIR FORCE M346 As live, Virtual Constructive simulation became more of a training reality, Leonardo (LEO) Aircraft Division delivered its capabilities to Italian Air Force at Galatina Airbase M346 L-V-C is now fully accepted/certified by the Italian Air Force and operational ready now LVC capabilities are providing real training benefits in terms of effectiveness and saving cost Improvements are ongoing to improve realism and enhance virtual reality based on our extensive experience on the LVC Asset as Pilot training component 11
LVC FIDELITY Fidelity Constraints: Each synthetic system has a finite fidelity generally related to: The ability to share a detailed status of each participant in real time, at an adequate update rate to satisfy the human in the loop sensor system The ability to visualize/obscure targets, with or without sensors The ability to correlate targets and geospatial representations The ability to engage targets including weapon aiming and scoring, a capability affected by all of the above.
DOME IN THE AIR To extend Live-Virtual-Constructive (LVC) capability enhancing the situation awareness of the Live element, the pilot in the aircraft in the air, on the HMD visor an high-fidelity graphics simulation of the Virtual and Constructive elements is displayed.
LVC STVD TACTICAL VIEW DISPLAY 3D Augmented Analysis Information Trajectory tracks Weapon impacts Counter measure effects (chaff, flare V.s. weapons tracks) 3D stealth view and free overview
CHALLENGES & KEY TECHNOLOGIES Training & Cultural Acceptance Will the Trainers allow change Focus on Training Task Accomplishment Big Data Information Security Brief & Debrief systems and Training Dashboards DATA Link & Band Width Correlation: Common Data Base for virtual and real environment 15
LVC DATA LINK & COMMUNICATION SUBSYSTEM U/VHF RADIO
SYNTHETIC ENVIRONMENT GENERATION TRADITIONAL DATA BASE APPROACH 17
COMMON DATA BASE (CDB) - SINGLE SOURCE WITHIN A SIMULATOR Simulator DB Modeling Facility RTP IG RTP Radar CDB CDB RTP Sim Host Device-Type independent Device-Performance independent RTP CGF Real-Time Publishers: Filter, Decimate and publish DB content for a specific client Single DB to maintain correlation across all systems
COMMON DATABASE STRUCTURE ARCHITECTURE One CDB Area One CDB Tile (showing layered data approach) The World Imagery Altimetry Materials Features Lights CDB Tile-Based Architecture Extensible Layered Data Structures Supports Efficient Small-Area & Single-Layer Updates Supports Concurrent Build/Gen with Database Updates 3D Models CDB also allows classification of players via layers 19
L-V-C FOR PILOT TRAINING: NO LONGER A DREAM, A REALITY 20
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