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s sImuLatIon TRAINING 16 AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2016 www.vanguardcanada.com by nestor arellano e arlier this year, CAE Defence and Security Canada formed a joint venture with tactical aircraft pro- vider Draken International in its bid to deliver the Canadian Armed Forces Contracted Airborne Training Services (CATS) program. Estimated to be worth as much as $1.5 billion, CATS aims to select a training pro- vider for Canada's Air Force and provide a fleet of fighter jets that will acts as enemies for the military's fighter pilots. CAE and Draken also proposed a com- prehensive research and development program aimed at developing the next- generation live-virtual-constructive (LVC) training capabilities for adversary and ag- gressor air training services. LVC is one of the major emerging trends in simulation training that is seen by indus- try insiders as having a huge influence in the growth of the simulation and virtual training market, especially in the airborne training space. That's because LVC programs provide the ideal combination of lowering training cost with the use of simulation while giv- ing trainees the opportunity to practice on live aircraft or vehicles, says Mike Green- ley, vice-president and general manager of CAE Canada. In addition this, command- ers and trainers are able to create comput- er-generated environments that closely re- semble real-life mission scenarios. "Imagine a pilot flying a live aircraft and engaged in a dogfight with two aggressors who could actually be operating simulators from the ground," Greenley explains. "All three are immersed in a complex comput- er-generated environment in which they can also interact with ground operations crew." "Think of the flexibility, think of the cost savings, and think of how much safer the training would be…no danger of air colli- sions," he adds. While there are still no clear divisions between the live, virtual and constructive environments of LVC-based training, the United States Department of Defence de- fines LVC categories as follows: Live - A simulation involving real people operating real systems. Military training events using real equipment are live simu- lations. They are considered simulations because they are not conducted against a live enemy. LVC sysTems seen as major trend in simulation training Live, virtual and constructive training puts a trainee in an environment very similar to the challenges faced on a battlefield CAE is now under contract to design and deliver a comprehensive Naval Training Centre for the UAE Navy that will provide individual, team, whole ship, and joint/collective mission training capabilities.