Blogs

Blogs

01
Apr

“Watch and Shoot” – Why militaries use VBS in their virtual shooting

By Craig Turner, Business Development Director EMEA “I remember it well, so allow me to set the scene for you. It’s 5 a.m. on a grey and drizzly morning. We’re standing outside the Company armoury to collect our personal weapons, for what will be an awfully long day on the Ranges. It is ...

05
Mar

Reconfigure your Crew Training – Armor Case Study

By Rusty Orwin, Head of Sales UK & Ireland Modern armored fighting vehicles (AFVs) are highly complex to operate. The insides of these metal monsters are equipped with high-tech turret electronics, complex sensor systems, precision gun sights and periscopes, digital fire controls and active protection systems. The days of a tank just being ...

01
Mar

Empowering Everyday VBS4 Users with Easy-to-Use Terrain Tools

Many years after the widespread adoption of military simulation, defence forces worldwide are still grappling with a “terrain problem.” They have myriad terrain formats for myriad runtimes. GIS specialists are needed to help prepare data from ever-expanding sources to generate new digital terrains. And, the terrain creation process continues to be time consuming ...

17
Feb

Battle Lab Basics – Harnessing the Power of Battle Labs for Better Training

The first scene: massive noise and vibration as the entire troop of Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) fires on a lone emerging target. The second scene: a single MBT destroys the lone target with just one hit, and the tank troop rumbles on in perfect formation. The first scene was commonplace as tank units ...

17
Nov

Register for the VBS Tech Conference 2.0

Register Now! Live Briefing Sessions on the Latest Developments in BISim Tech (December 2) With I/ITSEC going virtual, BISim’s annual customer briefing at I/ITSEC will be delivered online as the VBS Tech Conference 2.0 this year on Wednesday, December 2. Join us to hear updates on the latest developments coming to VBS4 and ...