“Practical Exercises” was developed by LSI, working within an integrated production team of LSI Subject Matter Experts, Army Aviation Personnel, and PEOAVN PM Apache to produce a Modeling and Simulation product for training that is currently making a significant impact on training Soldiers to successfully maintain the Apache helicopter all over the world. This team has produced one of the few fully immersive training tools currently in use by our Armed Forces that is truly affordable on a training budget. The delivery coupled a low cost, high impact development tool with the expertise of our Subject Matter Experts, Graphic Artists, and Simulation Programmers to develop highly technical aviation maintenance training and practical exercises wrapped in an immersive combat scenario.
LSI is the only Military Training Development Company to be recognized two years in a row as one of the finalists by National Training Systems Association (NTSA) Serious Games Showcase & Challenge. LSI’s gaming solution has been cited by the Army as a low cost approach to teaching and sustaining Apache helicopter troubleshooting and repair techniques to entry level and seasoned Soldiers.
This training tool provides an immersive environment to provide Soldiers and Units the ability to train on mission critical tasks and exercise cognitive skills required to operate and maintain helicopters in the current operating environment. The virtual testing environment measures and reinforces the user’s command of correct maintenance troubleshooting procedures, maintenance tool operation, and the functionality of aircraft components and instrumentation. Practical Exercises allows Soldiers to accomplish this training prior to deployment, during deployment, at home station, institutions, or through individual self-development. In addition, the exercises can be a stand-alone practical exercise or a team building exercise used by Soldiers in different parts of the world working over the internet.
Another of the outstanding achievements of this product included the affordability; the cost of this training product is in the thousands vice million dollar ranges of other gaming products. Standard instructional and game design techniques are used to motivate and capture user decisions and provide detailed performance feedback through dynamic interface symbology, in-game progress reports, arcade-style scoring system, and after action reports.
For more information, contact Richard Aspinwall, Director, Graphic Arts.
