CCIT Showcases MAK ONE-based Wargaming Scenarios to the President of Taiwan
Back in 2020, the Chung Cheng Institute of Technology (CCIT) at the National Defence University in Taiwan chose MAK ONE, including VR-Forces, the MAK Data Logger, and the MAK RTI, to fulfill its defense research and development goals.
Fast forward to 2023 and CCIT relies on MAK ONE, now also including VR-Vantage, to build realistic wargaming scenarios to help train warfighters’ response to threats. In June 2023, the President of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, visited the CCIT campus where she experienced a demonstration showing how CCIT’s Advanced Systems Engineering Research Center (ASERC) uses MAK ONE-based simulation technology to carry out research and development of new weapon systems.
Tsai Ing-wen saw a wargaming scenario based on VR-Forces of an air battle between Air Force fighters (blue) and PLA fighters (red) on the central line of the Taiwan Strait.
Here's a summary of the scenario:
The training scenario consists of an air battle engagement where the Red Fighters are conducting routine air training and the Blue Fighter team is in the airfield in standby mode. When the Red Fighters turn and approach the Taiwan Strait, the Blue Fighters are engaged for immediate take-off and implement “Rules of Engagement” to Hold-Fire.
The Blue Fighters broadcast a message to the Red Fighters to leave the area, but the Red Fighters respond by engaging a rocket attack on the Blue Fighters who respond with thermal flares. The Blue Fighters continue to monitor and follow the Red Fighters, who then enter the 12-nautical mile airspace, which changes the Blue Fighters' rules of engagement to Fire-at-Will. The Blue Fighters launch their rockets onto the Red Fighters who are hit and destroyed.
The illustrations shown below are the Blue Fighter in standby mode, the Red Team crossing the Taiwan Strait, and the Red Team subsequently being shot down.
Standby position.
Red Team crossing the Taiwan Strait.
Target destroyed.
MAK ONE as the simulation platform of choice for CCIT ASERC
Preparations for national defense and homeland security are never-ending. With MAK ONE’s virtual platform that provides combatants with various possible threats, CCIT helps train warfighters’ response quickly and iteratively, while also allowing researchers to better understand the weapons and equipment needed so that decision-makers can formulate the best policies and investments.
When asked why MAK ONE was selected as the simulation platform of choice, Dr. Ryan Lee, Executive Officer of ASERC, explained, “During the simulation process with MAK ONE, we can choose different weapon settings and different key technologies and then analyze through the results of the engagement whether the key technologies we have developed can meet operational needs.”
ASERC and MAK ONE are looking forward to moving along this path together in the years to come.
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