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| Virtual reality, psych prep help IAF |
| 2009-11-19 |
| In the face of a growing anti-aircraft and ballistic missile threat against Israel, the IAF plans to conduct special seminars to prepare pilots and ground crews for future conflicts, The Jerusalem Post has learned. ...In addition, the IAF has recently started using a virtual reality system for its pilots to practice evading heat-seeking missiles. Until now, the IAF has trained its pilots to deal with the anti-aircraft threat by activating its own air defense system, including the Hawk missile, and having it lock on to the training fighter jets. This was deemed expensive and ineffective. In related news, in an effort to increase its intelligence-gathering capabilities, the IAF will in the coming months establish a new squadron of Heron TP Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), called the Eitan, manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries. |
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