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The rapid evolution of the technologies applied in modelling and simulation (M&S) of the operational activities of military systems has made simulation platforms fundamental. In the case of the combat air forces (CAF), the simulators mission so far has been the initial and advanced training of pilots in offensive and defensive air operations. A high operational hybridization between the real and the virtual has been achieved, incorporating the pilot’s tactical-operational behaviour in air operations that reproduce circumstances of extreme hostility and lethality, adjusted to the effort that the aircraft would experience in a real flight, and applying the latest digital technologies. Yet the development effort has focused exclusively on comprehensive training solutions. However, the strategic development vector of M&S systems for CAF presents a much more ambitious spectrum, which transcends training and can become the core of the operational and logistic structures of the military forces in the future. This paper analyzes the main aspects that have conditioned the transition from the approach of the human-computer interaction (HCI) to the design of the user experience (UX), as well as the design requirements necessary for the development of the organizational architecture LVC-AI of M&S systems for CAF, and new functionalities beyond training systems. In this line, two examples of strategic development of these new functionalities in the field of logistics and in the operational field are developed. First, the case of obtaining, applying and managing logistic support intelligence related to the simulated effort of simulated hostile air operations and adverse weather conditions. Second, the case of the transformation of the LVC simulation platform into a real cabin on the ground, transforming the fighter aircraft into a remote pilot aircraft (RPA) capable of operating alternately in a conventional or remote way.
M. A. Fernández-Villacañas Marín — PhD Researcher and International Consultant in Logistics & Management, Associate Professor on the Technical University of Madrid, and Colonel of the Spanish Air Force (R).
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Fernández-Villacañas Marín, M.A. (2020). The Transformation of the Modelling & Simulation of Systems for the Training of the CAF: Design Requirements and New Functionalities. In: Botto-Tobar, M., Zambrano Vizuete, M., Torres-Carrión, P., Montes León, S., Pizarro Vásquez, G., Durakovic, B. (eds) Applied Technologies. ICAT 2019. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1193. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42517-3_25
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