{"id":69746,"date":"2016-04-20T10:16:04","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T10:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=370f0e0f17cb28eb52c886cc482e4f27"},"modified":"2016-04-20T10:16:04","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T10:16:04","slug":"news-story-using-simulation-for-better-armoured-fighting-vehicle-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=69746","title":{"rendered":"News story: Using simulation for better Armoured Fighting Vehicle training"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.team-minerva.com\/\">Minerva Simulation<\/a> has been funded by the Centre for Defence Enterprise (<abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr>) to develop low-cost, immersive and realistic Armoured Fighting Vehicle (<abbr title=\"Armoured Fighting Vehicle\">AFV<\/abbr>) simulation training. <\/p>\n<p>As part of this project Minerva developed the Thunderbird Tactical Part Task Trainer, which is designed to operate in a standard 4&#215;4 double-cab vehicle, to mimic in a virtual environment the challenges of operating a real vehicle while fighting opposing forces.  <\/p>\n<p>Planned next steps will focus on improving the immersive experience of operating Thunderbird for the vehicle crew. This includes \u2018motion haptics\u2019 linked to the virtual weapon systems, so that when a virtual round is fired a recoil effect is felt within the real vehicle. <\/p>\n<p>Thunderbird has the potential to transform reservist training, by offering <abbr title=\"Armoured Fighting Vehicle\">AFV<\/abbr> simulation training alongside the challenges of operating a real vehicle. Also, removing costs associated with live <abbr title=\"Armoured Fighting Vehicle\">AFV<\/abbr> training but offering a more real experience compared to simulation-only training.  <\/p>\n<p>Oliver Parker, Managing Director, Minerva Simulation, says: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Participating in a <abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr> competition has given Minerva a platform to showcase both what we as a company, and Thunderbird as a concept can do.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Formed in 2013 Minerva Simulation is a small organisation based in Malvern.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"about-cde\">About <abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p><abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr> funds novel, high-risk, high-potential-benefit research. We work with the broadest possible range of science and technology providers, including academia and small companies, to develop cost-effective capabilities for UK armed forces and national security.<\/p>\n<p><abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr> is part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/defence-science-and-technology-laboratory\"><abbr title=\"Defence Science and Technology Laboratory\">Dstl<\/abbr><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"contact postal-address\" id=\"contact_1917\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Centre for Defence Enterprise<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<p class=\"adr\">\n<span class=\"street-address\">Building R103<br \/>\n<br \/>\nFermi Avenue<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"locality\">Harwell Oxford<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"region\">Oxfordshire<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"postal-code\">OX11 0QX<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:cde@dstl.gov.uk\">cde@dstl.gov.uk<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Telephone <\/span><br \/>\n              +44 (0)30 67704236\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Alternative number<\/span><br \/>\n              +44 (0)30 67704237\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"comments\">Please email for the quickest response.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Case study from Minerva Simulation  who will pitch their ideas to industry and investors at the CDE Marketplace on 27 April 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69746"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69746\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}