Lockheed Martin demonstrates virtual wargaming platform using Unreal Engine for military scenario testing
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Lockheed Martin demonstrated a new virtual wargaming platform near NATO headquarters that uses Unreal Engine gaming technology to allow militaries to test battlefield decisions quickly in a risk-free environment. The system replaces traditional methods like Excel sheets and physical maps, enabling rapid scenario testing that previously required weeks or months of planning. This represents an evolution in how armed forces can simulate and evaluate multiple combat scenarios.
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· 3 pulledLockheed Martin demonstrated what it believes is the future of wargaming: the ability to test battlefield decisions quickly and in a risk-free environment.
There were no tedious Excel sheets, no physical maps on large conference room tables, and no troops or equipment that had to be moved, which typically requires weeks, if not months, of planning.
As in a video game (the imagery, courtesy of the gaming animation platform Unreal Engine, only reinforces that fact), military units moved across a chain of islands in the southwest
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