Live, Virtual, Constructive Training Poised for Growth

摘要

Advances in simulation technologies and data links will revolutionize the way U.S. fighter pilots train, according to Defense Department officials and members of industry. A blend of techniques known as live, virtual, constructive (LVC) is viewed by many experts as the wave of the future for aviation training. The concept entails linking live aircraft with manned simulators in the "virtual" world and computer-generated "constructive" forces. The "live, virtual, constructive integrated concept... is one of my top priorities," Rear Adm. Michael Manazir, director of air warfare in the office of the chief of naval operations, said in an interview with National Defense. "Imagine that you are flying in an F-35 live on a range in [Naval Air Station] Fal-lon and your wing man is a guy in a simulator sitting in Fallon on the ground," he said while describing a potential LVC training scenario. "Yet in the airplane when you look through your visor into the airspace ... you see your wingman in the visor [even though] he's not really there, and in the simulator bubble ... he sees you flying and everything that you do. And then both of you are presented with the same constructive scenario."