Lockheed Martin, a global security and aerospace company, has announced that they are going to use the metaverse in an effort to solve various military training needs.

How Does the Metaverse Solve Military Needs?

According to the announcement, the metaverse is “enabling simulated battlespaces that are meeting diverse needs of militaries around the world.” As such, by using new technologies, the American company aims to increase training and simulation realism while solving various military needs, of which they list five.

AMAZE System

One of the military’s needs includes having cost-effective and sustainable immersive pilot training. To do this, the solution for the company is to use its own visual display system called Amorphic Appearance Zero-Projector, or AMAZE.

With the AMAZE technology, customers can “immerse themselves in high-fidelity training” because the system features higher contrast and brightness displays, making training feel more realistic. It uses LED modules and a light relay while removing the need for a maintenance schedule alongside lowering lifecycle costs and hardware footprint.

Prepar3D

Another need to solve includes the ability to train “across a multi-domain environment.” For this, the defense corporation has introduced its own flagship training software called Prepar3D. Using this simulation program, militaries are able to set up virtual learning scenarios related to maritime, aviation, and ground domains. Customers will find its open architecture to bring realism and customizability while integrating third-party and customer-generated content. A vast vehicle library is also available and is said to “even aid mixed reality training integration.” 

SIMRES

SIMRES is the company’s solution to “conducting force-on-force training.” It aims to solve the need of having non-laser live training technology “without line-of-sight limitations.” The system makes use of sensors in order to track “location and orientation of service members and weapons” in real life in order to map them to the virtual, gaming simulation, assigning attributes to the physical environment, weapons and round types in an effort to provide accurate calculations of “ballistics and effects of firing events.” “Think of it as real-life service member acting as avatars in a video game, through which all the calculations are conducted,” the official article states.

Battle Staff Trainer (BST)

The Battle Staff Trainer (BST) is the company’s “proven wargaming and simulation solution” through which they aim to solve the need of having the ability to replicate all needed battlespaces. Through this solution, command and staff are able to learn to make better decisions more quickly by undergoing customizable scenarios.

Cyber Defense Range and Readiness Training

The last military need that Lockheed Martin believes the metaverse solves is the need to evaluate “a range of cyber threats to major acquisition programs.” This is said to be solved through “Cyber Defense Range and Readiness Training,” which enables service members to handle “cyber-contested environments,” with the training also offering support for undersea, surface and ground platforms of autonomous and crewed systems. Essentially, this training helps customers strengthen their cyber operations in order to help them better be prepared for all sorts of complex security threats.