The UK Ministry of Defence has chosen Bohemia Interactive Simulations’ solution, VBS3, as its Virtual Simulation solution.
By acquiring an enterprise licence for BISim’s flagship solution, the software will allow interoperability, accessibility and a deployable virtual simulation capability across the MOD. Virtual Battlespace 3 (VBS3) will allow training in simulated scenarios from live and virtual simulation, education and experimentation.
“Our association with the MOD began in 2007 with their acquisition of an enterprise licence for VBS2, and we are very pleased to continue this association by now providing our VBS3 software that is used for military training the world over,” said Rusmat Ahmed, BISim’s vice president of sales in EMEA. “By investing in DVS for UK Defence, MOD brings UK expertise to the very active group of European and Allied countries using VBS3 for training, as well as benefitting from the pool of international innovation and best practice of VBS3 users.”
John Brookes, Joint Training Section Deputy Head within the Soldier Training and Special Programmes team at the UK MOD’s Defence Equipment and Support, said that: “VBS3 software is exceptionally capable and fulfils a large and diverse range of our simulation requirements for individual and collective training, experimentation and force development. The software’s new role as the Defence Virtual Simulation solution means it will help the MOD realise the Defence Training & Education Coherence vision, allowing us to deliver more and better simulation to our users across the UK’s armed forces.”
VBS3 is used worldwide by hundreds of thousands of military personnel for training and simulation, through a comprehensive desktop training package and simulation host based on commercial video game technology.
The system provides an immersive virtual environment that helps military personnel train on tactics, rehearse for missions, and practice standard operating procedures. Features in the software include voice communications
VBS is used in more than 30 countries by military organisations such as the US Army, US Marine Corps, Australian Defence Force, French Armed Forces, Bundeswehr, Swedish Armed Forces, Canadian Armed Forces, and New Zealand Defence Force.
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