MCAT-P — Marine Common Aircrew Trainer - Prototype
The MCAT-P has been initially built as a Phase II SBIR project under the Navy Transition Assistance Program. It was a follow-on project to Pathfinder Systems' Prototype Aviation Combat Crew Trainer (PACCT) SBIR and re-used much of our developmental experience with the Army's Non-rated Crew Member Trainer (NCMT). We are now completing the second Phase III project for MCAT-P that has added a simulated NVGT capability with assessments of its training value. In the next phase (MCAT-P.III.3) MCAT-P will be certified as a Marine Corps training device 2H160, to be located in a separate building at Marine Corps Air Station New River.
Click here for a video demonstration of the MCAT-P.
CLT — C-130 Loadmaster Trainer
The CLT system uses Augmented Reality to enhance ground-based training for Air Force C-130 Loadmasters. The CLT builds off of a long line of Pathfinder Systems' research in Augmented Reality, stretching back to the very conception of Augmented Reality in 1991. In the CLT, trainees can react to a number of cargo compartment emergency situations to include oxygen fires and hydraulic leaks and faults such as loose cargo or fouled extraction chutes. It also trains engine start, and engine start emergency procedures. The system augments the student's view of the real world with training scenarios. This allows the student to master the physical aspects of the job (cargo, straps, chains and chutes) while reacting to virtual emergencies, such as a cabin fire. The system uses a ruggedized see-through goggle to present the computer-generated portion of the image to the trainee. The system is undergoing a large Group Test at Little Rock Air Force Base.
CGAWT — U.S. Coast Guard Aircrew Weapons Trainer
The CGAWT is a motion-based simulator supporting USCG armed helicopter aircrew training. It expands upon the Pathfinder repertoire of aircrew simulator capabilities. It accommodates various on-board weapons employed by the Coast Guard, and it is quickly convertible between the MH-60C and MH-60J aircraft. The CGAWT has been developed under a Phase III SBIR project for final delivery in 2011, having been installed at the US Coast Guard Aviation Training center in Mobile, AL in April, 2010. Further improvements of CGAWT, also funded under the Phase III SBIR, include the addition of three shoulder-fired weapons, an upgrade to 12 projectors, (from the initial 7,) and the addition of laser designator and illuminator to all weapons. This improvement activity has been completed.
Click here for a video demonstration of CGAWT operating in night vision mode.
DARTS — Dismounted Augmented Reality Training System
The DARTS program used our high-fidelity real-time Augmented Reality technology to integrate credible, lifelike Virtual Opposing Forces (OPFOR) into a dismounted warrior's real-world view using a wearable, non-obtrusive system. With applications in combat training, mission rehearsal, and field situational awareness, the developments made in this effort support the paradigm for the Future Warrior.
NVGT — Night Vision Goggle Testbed
This trainer simulates what a soldier would see while wearing night vision goggles, flying in a helicopter. As of June 2011 it has been delivered to the Navy Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division in Crane, Indiana.
