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First USMC SAVT-1 Completed

FAC for real - SAVT-1 will support both FAC and forward observer training.

Scalable Display Technologies, a provider of software for multi-projector display systems, along with its partner partners TJ Inc and VDC Display Systems, has announced that they have completed the installation of Scalable’s EasyBlend software in the first of six VDC visual display training systems being developed for the US Marine Corps’ Supporting Arms Virtual Training (SAVT) programme.

The SAVT-1 simulator is located at the Marine Corps Base at Camp Pendleton in Southern California and is used to advance the training capability, operational readiness and tactical proficiency of Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTACs). Providing a fixed institutional high-fidelity immersive training capability, the SAVT-1 is used to train for indirect fire, call for fire, and Type I, II, and III Close Air Support.

The company completed installation of its EasyBlend FX edge-blending software in a 260-degree horizontal field of view by 60 degree vertical field of view display system. The system incorporates an ultra-high resolution projector and a high-performance screen, using EasyBlend FX to edge blend and correct geometry for the spherical display. Scalable’s advanced technology supports the goal of achieving close to real-world environments for the trainees.

“Geometric accuracy and ease of use were paramount objectives for this programme, and Scalable’s EasyBlend technology delivers,” said John Bilbruck, TSPM, Surface & Expeditionary Warfare Programs. “We improved the overall system performance with EasyBlend because it exceeds the SAVT and MSAT program performance requirements.”

EasyBlend uses a patented camera- feedback system to calculate pixel-based instructions, or warp meshes, EasyBlend automatically calibrates the display and completes the task of aligning multiple projector display systems within seconds to achieve edge-blended images with rich and precise colour. By using camera feedback of an image array to correct for image warping, adjust colour and blend images, EasyBlend, says the company, “produces displays that are bright, high resolution, portable, and self-calibrating. This purely digital approach enables display systems that cannot be engineered by conventional means, either mechanically or optically.“