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Press Release: Bohemia Interactive announces United States Army John F Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School (USAJFKSWCS) VBS Site License
Australia - 23rd November 2006
A PDF version of this release is available here.
Bohemia Interactive and the United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School (USAJFKSWCS) are proud to announce that the Special Warfare Center has purchased a site license of Virtual Battlespace (VBS). The license provides a large number of VBS1 and VBS2 licenses to USAJFKSWCS.
Under the Site License, Bohemia Interactive Australia is providing the following BIA-produced VBS1 components and modules:
Animal Pack 1
ADF1 and ADF2 packs
USMC1 pack
OPFOR1 pack
Special Forces 1 pack
US Army Module
Terrain Packs 1, 2 and 3
After Action Review 3 (AAR3)
Observer 3
Instructor Interface
The site license includes an upgrade to VBS2 for the Special Warfare Center. Virtual Battlespace 2 (VBS2), a completely new product based upon the brand new game engine Real Virtuality 2. VBS2 is being constantly improved in accordance with military feedback received from a range of VBS1 customers, including the Australian Defence Force (ADF), USMC, Canadian Forces and USAJFKSWCS.
VBS2 extends the adaptable, customizable nature of Operation Flashpoint and VBS1 to provide a tool that delivers rapid terrain generation for mission rehearsal in high fidelity, realistic environments, in addition to a host of other functional and graphical improvements. The purchase also includes an upgrade to the VBS2 VTK enhancement when it is available.
Thanks to LVC (Live-Virtual-Constructive) Game by Calytrix (http://www.calytrix.com.au), VBS1 and VBS2 will also be integrated into other USASOC simulators, seamlessly interoperating with digital training mediums such as 160th SOAR Helicopter simulations.
VBS will be implemented throughout various ARSOF courses taught at the Special Warfare Center as part of its approach to state of the art next generation training.
The Special Warfare Center and School will utilize VBS in multiple phases of the Special Forces Qualification Course and Advanced Skills Division to assist the instructor in training more capable and highly skilled Special Forces Operators. VBS will be used to accelerate understanding of a fluid and evolving battlefield and advance detailed training in the kinetics of SOF warfare. VBS compliments the Instructor and Operator through its employment in individual training, joint digital exercises, and as an instructional multimedia application.
VBS will also be engaged at various points in the Civil Affairs AIT and Advanced Courses in a wide variety of applications that enable comprehensive command of operations in a dynamic environment.
About Bohemia Interactive. Bohemia Interactive is an independent game development company, with studios in Czech Republic and Australia, founded in 1999, that focuses on developing state of the art computer software and the research of advanced real time 3D graphics, artificial intelligence and physical simulation technologies for real-time interactive environments. For more information about the company visit http://www.bistudio.com.
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