The project consisted of the delivery of a Portable Simulator Desktop (PSD) to the USAF Test Pilot School (TPS) at
Edwards AFB. The simulator system will teach current and advanced avionics concepts to its students.
It specifically includes the use of radar ground map and targeting pod infrared imagery simulations to
prepare the TPS students for flying the next generation of USAF fighter aircraft.
The simulator system is based on ZedaSoft's CBA® for Simulation, which is a patent pending, objectoriented
Java based simulation framework that leverages Internet technologies. The CBA® framework
allows the TPS students to quickly observe the avionics capabilities of different generations of aircraft by
instantaneously switching from one aircraft type to another in the same scenario. These observations are
valuable in teaching workload management techniques to new TPS candidates. The simulator includes a
24" touch-screen virtual instrument display, hands-on-controls, four 24" monitors for out the window
viewing, a sensor channel and all necessary computers housed in a single rolling case.
The delivered simulator includes a 4-channel MetaVRTM image generator
system for the out- the-window-view, and a single MetaVR sensor channel
for radar ground map and EO sensor simulation. This simulator takes advantage of a new sensor generation
capability now available in MetaVR's
Virtual Reality Scene GeneratorTM
(VRSG) version 5 software.
The Adacel® eSRSTM voice recognition system is integrated to demonstrate advanced voice
command interfaces like the one being proposed for the F-35 Lightning II fighter. An InterSense® IS-900
head-tracking system is used to demonstrate helmet-mounted display cueing similar to the helmet being
retrofitted into F-15 aircraft. NASA's Highway-In-The-Sky software is also integrated into the simulator to
demonstrate advanced navigational aids.
