DI-Guy is used to simulate Landing Signal Enlisted (LSE) in the Lift Shipboard Helicopter Integration Program (LSHIP) testbed that Carmel Applied Technologies Inc. (CATI) is providing to Ft Campbell, KY. This capability will also be used in the Lift Simulation Modernization Program (LSMP). In this program, CATI and NLX are installing five-channel X-IG visual systems as part of a PEO STRI contract to upgrade the existing suite of legacy simulators. The DI-Guy-enabled systems will allow Black Hawk and Chinook aviators to improve operational efficiency and mission readiness skills in a realistic training environment. DI-Guy will also be used to simulate Forward Arm and Refuel Point (FARP) personnel in providing accurate landing control in tactical environments.

DI-Guy Scenario played a central role in reconstructing events occurring in Afghanistan directly following September 11. Boston Dynamics participated with a team of companies to model counter terrorist operations. To support the activity, Boston Dynamics added Northern Alliance and Taliban entities to DI-Guy and DI-Guy Scenario, including the ability to operate on horseback. HLA interoperability and the DI-Guy FOM extensions were used extensively. The image at the right shows the DI-Guy Scenario view of a group of Northern alliance attacking Taliban vehicles with RPG fire.

The ubiquity of GIS data has made the use of 3D simulation for urban planning, not only feasible, but practically a necessity. Architects, city planners, zoning boards and others use easy-to-understand models of buildings, factories, roadways, facilities, and other structures to sell and make decisions. Working with CAD Center Inc in Tokyo, we have made DI-Guy Scenario useful for urban planning by integrating it with Urban Viewer, a product used for such applications. The image to the right shows a scenario created with DI-Guy Scenario embedded in a model of the Marunouchi section of Tokyo, as visualized by Urban Viewer.

DI-Guy Scenario was used to formulate and explore concepts of operations for the US Army's Objective Force Warrior (OFW) program. This program, run by the Natick Soldier Center, is developing advanced technology that will revolutionize how the infantry organize, communicate and fight. The scenario generation tools are being used to define new concepts of operation and to evaluate and communicate the concepts. An example is shown in the image at the right, which depicts the helicopter fast-rope portion of an urban assault that takes advantage of advanced communications, shared situation awareness, and sensors. A nine minute DVD entitled OFW Vision is available that shows the results of these simulations.

The Navy Seals have the mission of de-mining very shallow water (VSW) regions to permit safe amphibious assaults. Mines are located by human divers using advanced sonar equipment or by specially trained dolphins using their natural sonar. Boston Dynamics worked with the VSW/MCM Detachment of the Coronado Navy Seals to develop 3D scenarios that would give commanding officers and others not intimately knowledgeable with VSW/MCM operations a better understanding of this mission, the tasks involved, and the techniques used by the VSW/MCM units. We developed models of divers, mammals, various boats, and other gear and equipment used in these missions, and documented the timeline of operation.

To effectively operate the central control room of a nuclear power plant, the team of operators must know how to diagnose problems when they occur and take appropriate corrective action. CREIPI, a consortium of companies in Japan who operate nuclear power plants there is studying the errors made by operators in the control room. The system links DI-Guy Scenario to a detailed nuclear power plant simulation. It models the kinds of errors people make. Boston Dynamics is working with two Japanese companies to apply DI-Guy Scenario to this interesting problem. The work is sponsored by CRIEPI and RTG Inc.

The Naval Air Technical Training Center (NATTC), in Lakehurst, New Jersey, upgraded its launch officer training program from a video-based system to real-time 3D simulation using DI-Guy Scenario. Prime contractor American Systems Corp used DI-Guy Scenario to generate over 120 simulated scenarios for launch officers responsible for safe, high-throughput operations on the aircraft carrier flight deck. A DI-Guy enabled viewer is used for real-time 3D training at the facility. Replacing a video-based system with scenario-generation software enables Navy training specialists to create and modify scenarios themselves, more quickly and at lower cost than through video production.

The Man Maneuver BattleLab at Ft. Knox is using DI-Guy Scenario to introduce soldiers and civilians into an exercise that takes place in Azerbaijan. A typical exercise uses 20 DI-Guy Scenario stations interoperating with 100 OneSAF stations and a variety of tank and other simulators. The DI-Guy Scenario stations act as SAF for humans. The terrain model covers 250 miles by 250 miles with over 100,000 buildings. Several MetaVR First Person Simulator allows trainees to control individual DI in the exercise. The entire exercise is networked via DIS. The US Army?s Night Vision Labs (NVESD) provides sensorized views of the exercise, including of the human entities.