Orlando, Fla., USA — Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim), a global developer of advanced military training and simulation software, has been awarded a 5-year, prime contract by the U.S. Army to deliver perpetual licenses of VBS3 and related services to its Games For Training (GFT) VBS3 Concurrency Program of Record.
Virtual Battlespace 3 (VBS3) is a comprehensive desktop training package based on commercial video game technology. VBS3 provides a virtual learning environment for land, air and sea training and mission rehearsal applications. It combines a massive content library, scenario development tools, and after action review capability, and immerses trainees in a high-fidelity virtual environment which has been honed over many years to minimize negative training and maximize training impact.
In addition to delivering VBS3 licenses, BISim will provide support and upgraded versions of VBS3 for the U.S. Army. BISim will also make enhancements to existing VBS3 capabilities, including its radio and communications system, provide online training course support, and develop additional capabilities in VBS3 as requested by the U.S. Army.
"VBS3 supports a virtual training environment that is flexible, supports repetition, and is available at the point of need,” said Brian Domian, Assistant Product Manager, Games for Training, U.S. Army PEO STRI. “The Army has been creative at adapting VBS3 for many varied training requirements and exploiting the development capabilities of VBS3 to create custom training solutions. This contract establishes a direct relationship with BISim that will enable continued collaboration over the next five years.”
The U.S. Army previously awarded the Games for Training program in 2013 with BISim as a key subcontractor and, prior to that, BISim was a key subcontractor delivering VBS2 for the Army’s Game After Ambush contract in 2009.
“The U.S. Army is a world leader in leveraging game-based technologies to train personnel on a wide range of tactics, techniques and procedures,” said Arthur Alexion, Co-CEO, Bohemia Interactive Simulations. “We are honored and humbled to continue to serve the Army by delivering VBS3 under this new contract. We look forward to delivering advanced simulation technology to meet the Army’s complex training needs, facilitate ease-of-use and provide rapid, cost-efficient scenario generation.”
Shaped and refined by over 15 years of customer feedback, VBS3 is the de facto standard in game-based military simulation and meets hundreds of discrete training use cases. To allow further customization, BISim has a large, experienced internal development team available and a comprehensive SDK that allows third party developers and sophisticated users to do their own customizations. This allows customers the best of both worlds — an ‘off-the-shelf’ product (stable, proven capability, and lower cost) which can, with some adaptation, meet an exacting set of requirements.
BOHEMIA INTERACTIVE SIMULATIONS
Founded in 2001, Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) is a global software company at the forefront of simulation training solutions for defense and civilian organizations. Our mission is to harness the explosive potential of technology to revolutionize training and simulation. BISim utilizes the latest game-based technology and a large, experienced in-house team of engineers to develop high-fidelity, cost-effective training and simulation software products and components for defense applications.