Move over Xbox. Virtual reality is coming to a cockpit near you.

Just when you think video games can’t get any cooler, along comes the AVCATT. US Army helicopter aircrews are using virtual reality to train for combat and domestic operations. The Aviation Combined Arms Tactical Trainer, or AVCATT, uses 240 computers to give aircrews a 360 degree field of view of a virtual world. From surface to air missiles to RGPs to wildland fires, these computers simulate it all. Watch it in action!

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What can be even more fun than flying? How about shooting everything in sight with an M240 machine gun with realistic sounds and recoil? This tactical trainer can simulate everything from vehicles to jams to runaway weapons. Don’t take our word for it. See for yourself.

This trainer is a fantastic way for aircrews to train together for the price of a few beers and a hot dog. OK, it may cost more than that but compared to actually flying helicopters, it’s a bargain. Commanders can simulate complex missions with multiple crews and watch everything unfold from the luxury of a rolling chair and a wall of TVs.

With all of this technology, it makes you wonder how much longer they’ll need people to fly these missions.

Now for the part the Army makes boring………. The AVCATT Mission is to provide a collective training system to meet aviation training requirements and to support institutional, organizational and sustainment training for active and reserve Army aviation units worldwide in combined arms collective training and mission rehearsal.

AVCATT provides six man modules, re-configurable to any combination of attack, reconnaissance, lift and/or cargo helicopters. It’s a mobile system that provides training for active and reserve component aircrews deploying in support of Overseas Contingency Operations. AVCATT is interoperable with a variety of simulators including the Close Combat Tactical Trainer (CCTT), the Virtual Combat Convoy Trainer (VCCT), the CCTT Reconfigurable Vehicle Simulator (RVS) and the Reconfigurable Vehicle Tactical Trainer (RVTT).

Basically, the Army can conduct joint training (multiple helicopters) without actually flying the missions. This saves money and allows for units to review the missions flown in great detail. The benefit of flying the missions in the AVCATT is the reduced risk in operations. Imagine flying 8 helicopters in close proximity to each other (2–3 rotor disks separation) while practicing for an upcoming mission. If a rotor tip hit the rotor tip of another helicopter, the results would be catastrophic. The AVCATT is a great tool to conduct training safely and allow for mistakes. In the AVCATT if a mistake is made, it is a good learning tool. In real life a mistake is made, it cost lives and millions of dollars.

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