Live Virtual Constructive in future large force exercises - Annual report 2024
Publish date: 2025-04-09
Report number: FOI-R--5729--SE
Pages: 31
Written in: Swedish
Keywords:
- Arctic Challenge Exercise (ACE)
- Live Virtual Constructive (LVC)
- Live Virtual Constructive-Training (LVC-T)
- training value
- air combat training
- large air force exercises
- desired learning objectives
- survey study
- workshop study
Abstract
This report describes activities carried out within the LVC-STEPS (Live Virtual Constructive - Simulation Training Effectivity Performance for fighter airplanes) project. LVC is a training concept were real (L) and digital (V & C) features are connected in the same training scenario. Results from an in-depth analysis of data collected at the Arctic Challenge Exercise 2023 (ACE23) are presented. The analysis focuses on aspects of complexity in the flight domain and air combat training and how these are perceived to contribute to training value. Further, fighter pilots' expectations of how V- and C-entities can be used on the adversary side to contribute to training value was investigated. Results highlight the combinations of aspects and how strongly these are coupled in contributing to perceived training value. Expectations of the use of V- and C-entities on the adversary side centre around digital properties and what these offer training. Results from a workshop are presented where pilots, based on experiences of challenging situations in training, desired learning objectives and aspects of complexity, designed large LVC-training scenarios. The scenario design involved allocating V- and C-entities based on pre-determined resources. The workshop resulted in concrete LVC-training scenarios with the potential to be implemented at ACE, but also at the Swedish Air Combat Simulation Centre (FLSC). In addition, experiences from collaborations and visits are reported, such as the distributed exercise Cobra Warrior, air combat command exercise at Uppland Wing, collaboration with the air combat school and a visit to I/ITSEC 2024. In conclusion, future research within the LVC-STEPS project is presented.