The
first day of the Conference and Exhibition “International
Armoured Vehicles 2010” was devoted to talks on
various systems and methodologies of drive by the use
of technologies of video simulator and the integration
of the applications of video games. In order to reduce
the costs of real drives, mainly for the armoured units,
several armies of the world call upon companies of the
field of video simulation to produce applications 3D which
reproduce the various possibilities of control and shootings
of a combat armored vehicle. The use of this type of technology
makes it possible to reproduce in a virtual form, the
new zones of combat in order to apply standards procedures
and to prepare the troops with new the threats of the
battle field. These programs are developed on the basis
of experiment of the troops in combat zones like Iraq
and Afghanistan. Thanks to the power of the modern computers,
and the possibility of reproducing in digital form, the
ground and all the human factors and equipment/vehicles
of the civil and military field, it is possible to reproduce
today with exactitude a whole a series of scenarios make
it possible to prepare the soldiers, since the individual
level up to a level of army corps to different situations
from the current combat. The use of these means will never
replace the experiment of the combat, but makes it possible
to formalize and apply military procedures standards.
The guest’s speaker,
01 February 2010:
- Paul Wade, CEO and President, of Training
and Simulation Dynamics Group LLC (TSDG) of Austin, Texas
working in a subcontract role for SAIC to develop new
marketing and customer development activities worldwide.
Paul Wade has forty (40) years of experience creating,
implementing and marketing innovative training and operational
support programs for Training Companies, Aircraft Manufacturers,
Air Carriers, US & Foreign Military and Universities
& Vocational Technology Schools.
- Mike Kerrigan is the product line manager
for the Common Driver Trainer (CDT), serving in that position
since the inception of the program six years ago. During
that time, the CDT’s architecture has allowed the
delivery of the Stryker variant, four different MRAP simulators
(RG31, RG33L, MaxxPro, Caiman) to include a mobile version
and is currently delivering the All-Terrain M-ATV variant.
The SAIC CDT Team is also under contract to deliver trainer
for the M1A1 and M1A2 Abrams tank variant, the Joint Assault
Bridge (JAB) and the Assault Breacher Vehicle (ABV).
- Colonel Tim Hyams was commissioned
into the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards (now the
Royal Dragoon Guards) in 1986. He has served in variety
of appointments as Regimental duty: as Troop Leader, Reconnaissance
Troop Leader, Adjutant, Squadron Leader,and, from 2005-2008,
as Commanding Officer. His most recent operational tour
has been commanding his Regimental Battleground, deployed
to Iraq in 2007-2008. Tim Hyams was promoted to Colonel
in July 2008. Tim Hyams is now Command, Staff and Tactical
Training Group, Land Warfare Center of British army. As
commander of the Command, Staff and Tactical Training
Group, he is responsible for the delivery of the British
Army’s command and staff collective training, together
with tactical training in the constructive environment.
- Thomas Lasch, Chief of the Models &
Simulation Branch at the Joint Multinational Simulation
Center, 7th U.S. Army Joint Multinational Training Command,
Grafenwoehr, Germany. He was formerly assigned as Project
Director at the Program Executive Office, Simulation,
Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) in Orlando, Florida
and as the Director, Training Analysis Computer Support
& Simulation, Joint Multinational readiness Center
(JMRC), Hofenfels, Germany.
- Nils Hinrichsen, eSim Games’
Director of Customer Relations since its foundation. Since
2003 the “Steel Beasts Professional” product
has been adapted to customer requirements in Australia,
Europe, and the America.
- Major Henrik Kolding Kristensen, Chief,
Research & Development Branch, Danish Army Combat
Centre. It is in charge of the development and the integration
of a simulation program of control and combat for the
armoured troops of the Danish army.
