The 61st Security Forces Squadron at Los Angeles AFB, Calif., has a new simulation system that can create a wide variety of situations using computerized and video images to provide either a traditional ground war or urban environment. And, it talks back. Airmen running through the simulation can interact with the “bad guy,” giving commands that lead to either a shoot-out or surrender. Other situations can include scenarios faced by security forces in deployed locations, such as ambushes or roadside bombings.
The emphasis on speed in the Pentagon’s newly unveiled slate of acquisition reforms may come with increased near-term cost increases, analysts say. But according to U.S. defense officials, the new weapons-buying construct provides the military with enough flexibility to prevent runaway budget overruns in major programs.
