December 01, 2008

GPS Completes Air Defense Training System Enhancements

Albuquerque, New Mexico-December 1, 2008

Game Production Services (GPS) President Glyn Anderson announced that his company has completed enhancements to the Cognitive Air Defense Training System (CAD-TS) for the US Army Air Defense Artillery School at Ft. Bliss. The CAD-TS is used to train Patriot Missile crews.

Instructors have found this type of immersive training to be far more effective than traditional training. GPS has been asked to add additional features to the system and more enhancements are being planned for the future.

The first phase of the system, delivered at the end of 2007, combined a classroom with five projection screens and an immersive simulation of the Engagement Control Station (ECS). The new enhancements, including sister batteries and red vs. blue capability, will be delivered in October, 2008.

CAD-TS allows instructors to show the correlation between abstract 2D radar views and complex 3D space through challenging scenarios they create. This helps the crews learn how to determine when radar-detected threats are real, and helps lower incidents of fratricide.

Patriot Missile crews have traditionally been trained using radar simulations, whiteboards, field manuals and sand tables. CAD-TS provides the tools instructors need to teach the critical skill of visualizing the battle space in three dimensions.

CAD-TS was created in collaboration with the Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT).

Game Production Services (GPS) is a New Mexico-based developer of serious games and immersive mixed-reality environments for education, training, and marketing. GPS produces computer-based serious games for individual and group learning, as well as compelling immersive environments combining physical and virtual elements. For more information, visit their website at www.gameprodsvcs.com.