Virtual training Archives

Deputy Commandant, Combat Development and Integration Lt. Gen. Eric Smith addresses the crowd during a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Marine Corps Wargaming and Analysis Center May 12 aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. (U.S. Marine Corps photo)

Marine Corps targeting completion of wargaming center for summer 2023

The facility is slated to open in 2024 and should be fully equipped by 2025.

Jul 6, 2021 By Jackson Barnett

(Photo by Jon Dasbach, U.S. Cyber Command)

U.S. and Australia partner to develop virtual cyber training range

It is the first agreement to develop the Persistent Cyber Training Environment with an ally.

Dec 8, 2020 By Sara Wilson

Scientists watch soldiers sample simulated leaking chemical weapons in an underground facility in order to get a better idea of both the bulky protective gear soldiers must wear as well as the dark, constrained environments they sometimes work in. (Photo by Stacy Smenos, Dugway Proving Ground)

DOD wants to use virtual reality to train troops for nuclear threats

The Pentagon wants to use AR and VR to equip troops with the skills to be ready to fight in a nuclear war.

Jul 8, 2019 By Jackson Barnett

Army Virtual Training — U.S. Army Spc. Terry Taylor, with the New Jersey Army National Guard’s Alpha Company, 104th Brigade Engineer Battalion, fires at virtual targets on an Unstabilized Gunnery Trainer at the Joint Training and Training Development Center, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Oct. 24, 2018. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht)

Army contracts for global training simulators

The Army awarded two OTAs for 3D simulators that could train warfighters in an estimated 400 locations.

Jun 18, 2019 By Jackson Barnett

Immersive technologies give military new tools for training

Virtual and augmented reality offer new era of scalable, immersive training for Defense Department.

Nov 27, 2017 By FedScoop Staff

U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to 412th Aviation Support Battalion, conduct training using the Dismounted Soldier Training System at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command (JMTC) at Grafenwoehr, Germany, Dec. 11, 2013. The DSTS is a fully-immersive virtual simulation for infantry. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Markus Rauchenberger)

GAO dings Army on its management of virtual training devices

The Army can improve the way it manages virtual training devices to help them be used more in operational training, a watchdog report has found. A recently-released…

Aug 19, 2016