An Assessment of a Complex Training System’s Resilience to Change Associated with the Introduction of the Live-Virtual-Constructive Training Paradigm

Abstract

Introducing the Live-Virtual-Constructive (LVC) training paradigm into live air combat training means introducing significant changes into a complex and established training system. To facilitate the transition, research was performed to identify possible new hazards that might emerge as a result of the changes and to assess the ability of the live training system to withstand them. Aircrew interviews were conducted and submitted to qualitative analysis, the results of which were further assessed by air combat experts, to identify both potential hazards and mechanisms the training system uses to withstand, or be resilient to, hazards. This paper focuses on those system resilience mechanisms and their adequacy for protecting system effectiveness and aircrew safety in the face of changes associated with the adoption of LVC training.

Enhancing decision knowledge by developing a quantitative framework for holistic exploratory acquisition policy analysis

“…29,30 Most previous research on LVC systems has relied on qualitative analyses, such as listing the pros and cons and identifying required technology, applicable training types, and training schemes. [31][32][33] Although previous research has consistently demon-…”

“…Most previous research on LVC systems has relied on qualitative analyses, such as listing the pros and cons and identifying required technology, applicable training types, and training schemes 31–33 . Although previous research has consistently demonstrated the promise of LVC training systems in modern military training, it has not provided clear answers about the balance of the systems’ effectiveness and the substantial investment compared to that of existing training systems.…”

A Multi-Year Assessment of the Safety of Introducing Computer- Generated Aircraft into Live Air Combat Training

“…However, in order to ensure the safe implementation and eventual optimization of the Navy's future LVC air combat training system, it is important that safety concerns that might not be mitigated by the existing resilience mechanisms of the naval air combat training system (detailed in Neville et al, 2016) be identified and mitigations put in place before the system is implemented.…”

“…After the SME gave a detailed 20-minute briefing of the LVC training paradigm and its potential to improve air combat training efficiency and efficacy, the researchers and SME presented safety concerns identified during Cycle 1, which the SME and participant discussed in turn.. Special emphasis was placed on the development of mitigations for the Cycle I safety concerns, and also on detailing how the safeguards, characteristics, and dynamics of the current naval air combat training system might be resilient to LVC-induced perturbations. These resilience mechanisms are discussed in detail in Neville et al (2016).…”

Review of Live-Virtual-Constructive Simulation Technology

“…Based on LVC simulation technology and TENA technology framework, a method to construct an experimental platform is proposed to supply sustainment for tests of weapons and equipment as well as comprehensive assessment of system capabilities, under the background of systematic combat [29]. The typical application of LVC technology in air combat training and test are listed, similarly knowledge on LVC training can be found in [30][31][32][33][34]. Literatures of LVC methods on scholarly research can be reached at [35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50].…”