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The officer repeatedly asks the man to stand back until the man complies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then the angry girlfriend of the driver shows up with a baseball bat and the officer must deal with her, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suddenly, amid the chaos, a man with a gun approaches from behind the officer and fires the weapon. The officer turns and neutralizes the threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The only real person in the entire scenario is the officer. Everything else is playing out via interactive video on large screens that fan out to 300 degrees as part of Meggitt Training Systems\u2019 Firearms Training System 300. Life-size video footage appears on the screens and surround sound is projected from relevant angles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meggitt, which has produced small arms fire training systems for 90 years to law enforcement and the military, debuted FATS 300 at the Interservice\/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meggitt has roughly 5,000 fielded FATS 100 training systems worldwide and has produced systems for law enforcement and the military since the early 1980s, according to Michael Paulk, Meggitt\u2019s director of virtual systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFATS is almost a universal name for something that does small arms training \u2014 they call it a FATS,\u201d much like Xerox is synonymous with photo copies and Kleenex with tissues, Paulk told Defense News in an interview at I\/ITSEC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/newsletters\/training-simulation-report\/2017\/11\/28\/tradoc-chief-army-needs-to-break-free-from-tyranny-of-training\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\">TRADOC chief: Army needs to break free from \u2018tyranny of training\u2019<\/a>]<br><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meggitt\u2019s training covers everything from basic marksmanship to \u201cjudgement training,\u201d where videos are streamed to provide surroundings and scenarios, to \u2014 in the case of the military \u2014 collective training in a virtual battle space through flat, single screens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company films videos to depict various scenarios in various environments and has built up a library of footage for judgement training that it is constantly updating to keep scenarios relevant with the times and to reflect incidents that have come up in the recent past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Meggitt is taking it further with FATS 300, combining multiple screens to cover a 300-degree, live-size field of view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s an immersive judgemental trainer; law enforcement over the years has cried out for the need of an immersive trainer,\u201d Paulk said. While he acknowledged other companies make immersive trainers, the name Meggitt has earned for itself with FATS is enough to keep the company confident that orders will come in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf I have an existing system in the FATS 100 family and I see this, I go: \u2018Wow, I really want that.\u2019 We have an upgrade path,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 300 system is designed for advanced, immersive, proficient shooters, Paulk said, that want to do reaction drills. The 100 systems will still be relevant particularly for basic marksmanship, he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meggitt has taken pains to ensure the environment is as real as possible. \u201c If you get in that immersive environment, if you are not feeling uneasy, then we didn\u2019t do it right,\u201d Paulk said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And it\u2019s also real enough that you can\u2019t game the system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou can\u2019t learn the pattern,\u201d he said. A trainer, depending on reactions or lack thereof in the simulation, can take the scenario down different paths. \u201cHe has branches and sequels in the video that he can take you down. &#8230; He can escalate it or he can deescalate it or he can do anything in between.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The result of that design is roughly hundreds of different scenarios, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/itsec\/2017\/11\/28\/cae-and-rockwell-collins-join-forces-to-develop-live-virtual-constructive-training-solutions\/\" title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\">CAE and Rockwell Collins join forces to develop live, virtual, constructive training solutions<\/a>]<br><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, the system is designed so that users can make their own video and edit it with branches and sequels. \u201cYour area on Earth is going to be different from my area. 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