Kratos to Introduce Mixed Reality Military Training Platform at I/ITSEC
November 26 2018 - 9:00AM
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS), a
leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that
it will introduce its new Mixed Reality (MR) Simulation Platform at
I/ITSEC, the world's largest modeling, simulation and training
event held this week in Orlando, Florida.
To meet the challenge of increasingly
sophisticated weaponry, tactics and readiness demands, DoD’s goal
is to improve training effectiveness, deploy it rapidly and
increase affordability while enhancing fidelity, content and
safety. An increasingly popular solution is Mixed Reality (MR), the
next step in human, computer and environmental convergence that
goes beyond virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) to
incorporate a wide variety of advanced technologies for sight,
sound, smell, haptics and more to provide high fidelity training in
a safer, more cost-effective environment.
Until now, MR’s usage in military readiness
training has been limited because of the challenges of integrating
these multiple sensory technologies as well as limitations on when
and where MR training could be delivered. Kratos has broken down
those barriers by enabling a platform-based approach to immersive
environments that embraces commercial market components, requires a
smaller footprint and delivers training virtually anywhere it will
be most effective and efficient.
The Kratos Platform integrates best-of-breed
COTS devices, such as virtual reality headsets and stereoscopic
cameras, unifying and coordinating their performance. For example,
pine forest imagery in a simulated environment will trigger a pine
tree aroma, or the pull of a trigger in a gunnery training scenario
will initiate muzzle flashes. Course developers can choose the
scenarios that best suit their training goals without having to
reinvent the wheel with each new course. They can rely upon the
pre-integrated platform to speed development and incorporate new
technologies without having to architect the solution each
time.
To be clear, the Kratos Platform is not a
development environment or toolkit. Instead it is a complete,
turnkey training delivery foundation that allows educators to apply
the most immersive MR technology to achieve training
objectives.
Beyond facilitating course creation, one of the
greatest advantages of the Kratos Platform is that it enables
MR-based courses to be delivered in any suitable environment
including the cockpit of a stationary rotary aircraft, a ground
vehicle cabin in the desert, a simulator in a schoolhouse or in the
flexible Kratos Holodeck, a turnkey delivery environment that will
be demonstrated in booth 1223 at the I/ITSEC conference.
The Kratos Holodeck consists of an image
generator, host, and VR Headsets with stereoscopic cameras
providing a dynamic viewpoint and Head Tracking system. It is
easily and quickly reconfigured to new applications and courses
simply by loading a new mission scenario and adding or removing
desired training hardware such as weapons, controls or
instrumentation. At I/ITSEC, Kratos will use the Holodeck to show
mixed reality-based soldier field tactics training.
Jose Diaz, Senior Vice President of Kratos
Training Services (KTS), said: “A platform-based solution in
addition to creating an enhanced immersive environment reduces
investment and life-cycle costs by providing a solution set that
embraces commercial market components, requires a smaller footprint
and delivers greater ease of technology infusion concurrency.”
Kratos helps military trainers meet the
challenges of increasingly sophisticated and contested environments
by employing the latest in VR, AR and MR technology with its
state-of-the-art simulation systems and instructional design
approaches to address a broad spectrum of military training
disciplines. For more information about Kratos Training Solutions
visit www.KratosDefense.com
About Kratos Defense & Security
SolutionsKratos Defense & Security Solutions,
Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS) develops and fields transformative,
affordable technology, platforms and systems for United States
National Security related customers, allies and commercial
enterprises. Kratos is changing the way breakthrough
technology for these industries are rapidly brought to market
through proven commercial and venture capital backed approaches,
including proactive research and streamlined development
processes. Kratos specializes in unmanned systems,
satellite communications, cyber security/warfare, microwave
electronics, missile defense, hypersonic systems, training and
combat systems. For more information go to
www.KratosDefense.com.
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are reasonable, these statements involve many risks and
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business of Kratos in general, see the risk disclosures in the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of Kratos for the year ended December
31, 2017, and in subsequent reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K and other
filings made with the SEC by Kratos.
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