Cyberdefense contract to bring augmented- and virtual-reality capabilities to U.S. Navy - Military Embedded Systems

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January 11, 2023

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BELOIT, Wis. Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD) has signed an statement with the U.S. Navy to deploy the FMD FM OnBoard remote-collaboration and asset-monitoring technology on Navy ships.

The Naval Sea Systems Command declaration calls for FMD to deploy FM OnBoard, which volition springiness shipboard users entree to hands-free, intuitive tools and method instructions successful an augmented-reality environment; the institution announcement states that the instrumentality volition summation operational availability, amended first-time hole rates, and trim the clip to repair.

According to the FMD announcement of the Navy contract, the FM OnBoard distant video collaboration enables users to prosecute straight with a live, off-site work advisor utilizing party-to-party videoconferencing  -- viewed done mixed-reality headsets -- and the usage of "digital twin" exertion that emulates the existent authorities of an plus successful existent time. 

FMD CEO George Whittier said of the technology: “Technicians tin instantly leverage distant expertise from anyplace successful the world, which reduces costs and ensures that crews are ever mission-ready.”