Nine-Month Contract to Deliver Air Door Gunnery Prototype
Inzpire Limited has signed a contract with the British MoD’s Defence & Security Accelerator (DASA) to develop a prototype mixed reality (MR) deployable simulator.
The nine-month Synthetic Aviation Gunnery Equipment (SAGE) project calls on the company to work with RAF crew-served weapons instructors to deliver an air door gunner simulator. The project will encompass design, build, test, evaluation and development of the prototype, in order to support the requirement for a live training alternative to deliver Joint Helicopter Command’s (JHC) Operational Shooting Policy (OSP).
To ensure the project is supported by personnel with both practical and technical experience in the design, development and delivery of synthetic training products and exercise scenarios, experts from Inzpire’s Mission Training Devices Division and Helicopter Services Division will be involved. RAF personnel from 22 Squadron will also provide advice and support throughout the test and evaluation phases, and be directly involved in trialing the product.
The SAGE team will undertake an initial design period, followed by a build, test and acceptance phase before a series of tests, demonstrations and system development. Each phase will last approximately three months. The simulator will demonstrate how commercial MR technology can be used to deliver a deployable, cost-effective system, capable of rapid modification between different helicopter platforms and weapon types. It is hoped the simulator development will identify opportunities for using synthetic training in the future for JHC personnel across multiple platforms and weapon systems.
“Inzpire has always been committed to a development concept that sees products and services designed by users for users. This contract is another fantastic opportunity to work with the customer to create a revolutionary way of conducting this essential training at their base or on deployed operations,” observed Inzpire Director of Operations, Jonny Priest.
