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If a tank or unmanned aerial vehicle doesn\u2019t work out during field testing, it costs the Army a lot of time and money to go back and make changes to the design or function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But with a new online game from the Training and Doctrine Command, soldiers can test it out in a virtual environment and offer feedback before the equipment is built.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Operation Overmatch, streamed through online gaming platform Steam, allows soldiers to complete missions with concepts the Army is thinking about implementing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Operation Overmatch will enter its beta test phase on Oct. 10, and soldiers will focus on providing feedback on the game itself as it\u2019s being developed and refined, said Lt. Col. Brian Vogt, the project lead on early synthetic prototyping, which leverages synthetic environments to foster design and testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUltimately, as this gets developed, it will enable soldiers to have an impact on the future force,\u201d Vogt told Army Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soldiers can visit operationovermatch.com<\/a>, register with their name and email and choose between single-player or multiplayer mode. In multiplayer, soldiers are split into two groups: attacker and defender. They can use the available equipment to complete certain mission objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Operation Overmatch players can choose between single-player and multiplayer mode. (Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So far, the game uses early concepts for armored vehicles, as well as UAVs, unmanned ground vehicles and robotics, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, players can drive vehicles, fire at targets and perform reconnaissance with UAVs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey are very early ideas,\u201d Vogt said. \u201cNot named capabilities or programs yet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the Army knows robotics has the potential of having a dramatic impact on the future battlefield, and it wants to start exploring those concepts in the game environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 1,000 soldiers have tested the game so far, and TRADOC is looking for more to provide feedback on both the game and its capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the game development side, TRADOC wants to know how to make gameplay more user-friendly and engaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the concepts and capabilities in the game, TRADOC wants players to look at three areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • Employment: <\/b>What do you use certain capabilities for and how do you use it.<\/li>
  • Force organization: <\/b>A player might recommend, for example, that there should be a certain number of vehicles in a platoon.
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  • Capabilities: <\/b>Soldiers can say how a capability should be tweaked. For example, if the quadcopter should fly higher or faster.
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    There are two ways to leave feedback:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    • Explicit:<\/b> Soldiers can post on a discussion board about what they liked or didn\u2019t like.<\/li>
    • Game analytics: <\/b>Eventually, TRADOC will do data analysis on everything that took place in the game environment. For example, what types of weapons tended to be more successful, etc.
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      \u201cThis is an opportunity for [soldiers] to engage in shaping the future of their Army,\u201d Vogt said. \u201cGetting user feedback early on is really important.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Soldiers can customize vehicles in TRADOC’s Operation Overmatch game. (Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

      First Sgt. James MacKay, with B Company, 53rd Signal Battalion (Satellite Control), 1st Space Command, said he served in a recon and support role during his team\u2019s multiplayer mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u201cI was able to use a deployable UAV to scout the area to feed enemy positions and movements to my team to put us at an advantage,\u201d said MacKay, who\u2019s stationed at Fort Meade in Maryland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      He said using this was unique to the game environment because the vehicle had an integrated UAV component.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u201cIt\u2019s not common for a vehicle to have a drone and pilot there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Testing this capability in a synthetic environment gives insight into whether it\u2019s worth investing in, MacKay said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u201cInstead of having to go and build an entire vehicle and test it, field it and train on it then find out there\u2019s something we wish we could have done, we can use this [game] to see if it\u2019s worthwhile or not,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      If it\u2019s decided that something should be tweaked, it can be done quickly and without spending unnecessary money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u201cWith early synthetic prototyping, we can take end-phase feedback and bring it back to the front of the design phase,\u201d MacKay said. \u201cYou can reclaim all that time, energy and money.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u201cYou\u2019re able to fail faster and learn faster,\u201d said 2nd Lt. Daniel White, with Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 145th Aviation Regiment at Fort Rucker in Alabama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      White said the game gives soldiers the opportunity to design new vehicles and test them in a situation where it\u2019s okay if something goes wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      MacKay agreed, saying players can also take tried and true weapons and combine them with new concepts to see how they work together or if they\u2019re a mismatch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u201cYou don\u2019t have to learn lessons on the battlefield in blood,\u201d he said. \u201cYou don\u2019t risk loss of equipment or life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      White said younger soldiers might not always feel like they have much of an input when it comes to the future of the Army, but Operation Overmatch will give them an outlet for their ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u201cOne of the really good things about this being in a video game that will be available to younger soldiers is you\u2019ll be reaching a much wider audience,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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