US university to enhance army tactical vehicle training | Shephard - Shephard News

The US DoD has awarded New Jersey-based Rowan University a $3 cardinal declaration to make VR and MR combat simulations augmented by AI to assistance bid soldiers. 

The task is simply a continuation of a $5.5 cardinal concern betwixt the assemblage and the US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command – Armaments Center.

The Rowan squad has created a virtual situation with photo-realistic visuals, including a tactical conveyance and aggregate terrain options.

UAVs and sensors connected tactical vehicles and AI can enactment unneurotic to support exposed unit members and gunners operating successful combat conveyance turrets.

'We are processing secure, immersive and autonomous mixed-reality environments that tin heighten the operational valuation of next-generation gunner turret systems and accelerate their development,' the project’s main researcher Dr Nidhal Bouaynaya said successful a 6 January statement.

The university’s squad is creating VR, AR and MR environments featuring armoured and tactical vehicles, gunner extortion kits, threats and engagement scenarios to simulate, trial and refine the recently developed technologies.

Other squad members volition enactment with existent oregon erstwhile subject unit to make realistic combat scenarios.

The squad is besides gathering situational consciousness systems to alert subject unit to threats utilizing secure, high-speed wireless connection betwixt the conveyance and the unit members, the University said.

A sensor suite volition seizure information collected from sensors mounted wrong and extracurricular the tactical vehicles, arsenic good arsenic physiological information from the gunner and accusation astir the weapon, specified arsenic its presumption and misfeeds.