Australian Army extends commitment to VBS3

10/09/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 782 Views 0 Comments VBS3

Bohemia Interactive Australia (BIA) has announce that the Australian Army has renewed the Australian Defence Force VBS3 enterprise software support agreement for the twelfth consecutive year.

CAPTION: Australian Army M1A1 tanks as depicted in a VBS3 simulated training environment. Image supplied.

ADF uses VBS to prepare for operations through serious gaming that supplement and extend live training through the immersion of trainees in a richly detailed virtual environment.

This agreement enables ADF organisations to download and use the latest version of VBS3 and access BIA support teams in Australia and world wide.

A second contract provides for continued support and maintenance of Bohemia Interactive Simulations’ (BISim) highly capable Image Generator (IG) software on all the ADF’s Weapon Training Simulation Systems and Mobile Weapon Training Systems.

BIA managing director Ryan Stephenson said the company was honoured that the ADF and the Australian Army had chosen to continue and strengthen this close and ongoing relationship.

“BIA has proudly supplied the ADF with the best commercial-off-the-shelf game-based simulation software for more than a decade.”

BISim’s president Rahul Thakkar said the ADF agreement was part of a larger simulation ecosystem stemming from a strong partnership between allied nations.

BISim’s VBS4 and TerraTools software are increasingly used in Australia and New Zealand.

In addition, VBS4 supports AUKUS partners the US Army’s Synthetic Training Environment program and the UK Ministry of Defence’s Common Virtual Simulation 2.0 project.

Founded in 2001, Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim), a wholly owned subsidiary of BAE Systems, is a global software company at the forefront of simulation and training solutions for defense and civilian organisations.

More than 60 NATO and NATO-friendly countries, and more than 300 integrators and prime contractors use VBS technology, many making significant funding commitments to extend VBS product capabilities.

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