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UK MoD Acquires New Simulation Platform

Dec 1, 2016

080220-N-7676W-002 CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (Feb. 20, 2008) Sgt. William Jones, right, officer-in-charge of the Infantry Immersion Trainer (IIT) facility, and Jonell Laxa, IIT Simulator Technician, monitor a virtual scenario from the control room at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) IIT located at the I Marine Expeditionary Force Battle Simulation Center. The IIT software-based systems enable rapid improvement of training delivery, and the simulated environment can be tailored to suit mission or individual training needs. U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams (Released)

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The UK Ministry of Defence has acquired an enterprise licence of the Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) software Virtual Battlespace 3 (VBS3) as the UK MOD’s Defence Virtual Simulation (DVS) solution.

All this means, according to defenseworld.net, that DVS will be the UK MOD’s common virtual simulation tool to provide interoperable, accessible and deployable virtual simulation capability across all the MOD’s platforms of action.

“Our association with the MOD began in 2007 with their acquisition of an enterprise licence for VBS2,” said Rusmat Ahmed, BISim’s vice president of sales in EMEA.

The DVS capability will enable simulated activity across all levels of training, including live and virtual simulation, education and experimentation, the company said in a statement recently.

VBS3 provides a virtual environment that helps military personnel train on tactics, rehearse for missions, and practice standard operating procedures. Included with VBS3 is VBS Radio for voice communications between remote users participating in training exercises, supporting filtered voice playback for after action reviews and which is DIS-enabled for networked exercises.

The DVS solution includes the enhanced VBS Radio Pro version, which offers unlimited channels and degradation based on distance and weather, features not included with the baseline version of VBS Radio.

DVS also benefits from the latest optimizations for large, networked multiplayer scenarios, with increased stability and performance.