Israel Aerospace Industries will exhibit a new Distribution Mission Training (DMT) system for the first time at the I/ITSEC Conference in Florida, U.S.
Nov 29, 2006
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)'s Lahav Division will exhibit its new Distribution Mission Training (DMT) system at the 2006 I/ITSEC (Inter-service / Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference), which will take place in Orlando, Florida, December 4-7, 2006.
The DMT system consists of a High Level Architecture (HLA) protocol, a network-linked
F-16 cockpit with high-resolution visual dome and a control/instructor station for mission planning and debriefing.
The new system simulates a realistic battlefield and gives pilots an opportunity to train in "real world" situations with various threats by operating virtual sensors and weapons. The DMT allows an unlimited number of pilots to simultaneously train on the ground. Each pilot sits in his own simulator and all the simulators are connected through an HLA protocol that enables each pilot to view the same situational picture as the others. It also allows the flight instructor to "inject" data into the system, such as missiles being "shot", anti-aircraft fire, etc.
"IAI/Lahav's DMT system is innovative because the connection between all training pilots is done by communication protocols," explains Yoram Peled, one of DMT's Project Managers and a former IAF pilot. "By using the new system we can blend reality and imagination by conducting a real training scenario with two physical aircraft in the sky, and an additional four "simulated" aircraft. The two "real" pilots see the simulated aircraft in their displays and have to consider them. In this way, a routine training of two aircraft becomes a full training of six aircraft, even though some of them are on the ground," adds Peled.
Besides the simulator booths themselves, IAI's Lahav Division will present a Mission Planning and Control station for the planning of complex training scenarios, and a debriefing station. Lahav's system can hook up to existing flight debriefing systems and was designed in an open architecture that allows for the integration of unique algorithms needed by different air forces.
IAI's Interactive Tactical Simulator system was initially developed exclusively for interactive training and therefore costs only a quarter of the price of competing systems. IAI can adapt the system to the customer's needs, by the number of simulators needed, types of training and its complexity. IAI/Lahav offers the new system to its potential customers in an operative leasing method; where the system will be operated and maintained by either Lahav's personnel or a third party.
For further information, please contact:
Doron Suslik
Deputy Corporate Vice President for Communications
Tel: 972 (3) 935-8509
Fax: 972 (3) 935-8512
Email: hpaz@iai.co.il
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