Virtual Design Reviews and Tours -- Connecting with the User and Capturing Timely Feedback

Abstract

Virtual reality is more than a novelty at one's local gaming center; it is a critical component for the military's development of weapon systems. For the past 3 years, the U.S. Army has been using state-of-the-art virtual technology to accelerate the acquisition process. The National Automotive Center's (NAC) Advanced Collaborative Environment (ACE) Group has been working with the Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) and Future Combat Systems (FCS) program to conduct systems integration events, where the end-user is involved from the very beginning. Virtual design reviews enable engineers to display their system designs to the warfighting community. The results of such reviews include critical and relevant feedback from the ultimate consumer of the system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 10, 2003
Accession Number
ADA461845

Entities

People

  • Floann Birch
  • Kenneth Ciarelli
  • Suzanne Shutes

Organizations

  • Tank-automotive and Armaments Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acquisition
  • Availability
  • Classification
  • Communities
  • Consumers
  • Contracts
  • Engineers
  • Environment
  • Feedback
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Instructions
  • Procurement
  • Standards
  • Virtual Reality
  • Weapon Systems

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Research Science/Academic Research