VR Marksmanship Trainer undergoing testing at Weapons Training Battalion, Quantico, Va. Since the robotic targets are not animated, we have added fully animated figures as well as the robots as built in the trainer. If you hit the target 5 times in a row, the Lead Target disappears and you have learned the lead on… Read More
Neolithic Army Marksmanship Training
US Army TRADOC range doctrine on leading oblique moving targets is that a 45 degree oblique target requires “half the lead of a crossing target.” See spec on the U.S. Army PEO STRI‘s new marksmanship simulator for Synthetic Training Environment CFT. Pythagoras knew better 2,500 years ago. The lead on an oblique target is the… Read More
Cost of Reinventing Wheel Just Went Up
A judge ruled that the government must consider buying commercial products before contracting to develop a similar product. This has been common practice in the military for decades – paying a contractor $10,000 for a toilet seat that sells at Lowes for $640. See https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/the-air-forces-10000-toilet-cover/2018/07/14/c33d325a-85df-11e8-8f6c-46cb43e3f306_story.html So, for instance, if there is a patented spatial aiming shooting… Read More
