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![AV-L29 Delfin Jets at OPL](/sites/iti.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2020-12/Delfin%20L-29.png?h=78c48170&itok=rbiSewPT)
AV L-29 Delfin Jets
Low-cost two-ship tactical in-flight simulation and flight test services.
![Cargo Aircraft Simulator](/sites/iti.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2020-12/Cargo%20aircraft%20simulator.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=Bn89bwkK)
Cargo Aircraft Simulator
Cost-effective training using a ground simulator with the most advanced avionics.
![CATS in Flight](/sites/iti.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2020-12/CATS%20In%20Flight%202.jpg?h=c12e0b96&itok=LBdBSmWD)
Cognitive Assessment Tool Set (CATS)
A physiological-based data collection ecosystem that can digest and analyze a large volume of data from humans and systems.
![GruntSim](/sites/iti.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2020-12/Gruntsim.jpg?h=0043f884&itok=IvUWsU9V)
GruntSim
A biomechanics and physiology simulation tool developed for the study of load carriage by military personnel.
![Side view of OPL's humvee research vehicle](/sites/iti.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2021-11/Humvee-research-vehicle-OPL%20%281%29.jpg?h=5f62bdfc&itok=fHRxU0kd)
Humvee Research Vehicle
Instrumented by the Operator Performance Laboratory for human-in-the-loop simulation.
![Joint Strike Fighter Simulator](/sites/iti.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2020-12/IMG_0156.jpg?h=5f62bdfc&itok=H0qZRjpm)
Joint Strike Fighter Simulator
An effective system for pilot training.
![Live Virtual Constructive](/sites/iti.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2020-12/LVC.jpg?h=c12e0b96&itok=1JgG17LM)
Live Virtual Constructive (LVC) Training
An integration concept that incorporates LVC elements into a single environment to leverage the best of each domain to minimize logistics and maximize training effectiveness.
![Mi2 Helicopter](/sites/iti.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2020-12/SCHNELL-150721-TS-378.jpg?h=f2221fcc&itok=cMYnIbjC)
Mi-2 Helicopters
Flight-proven airborne testbeds for a variety of sensor and instrumentation packages.
![Graphic of the virtual human Santos](/sites/iti.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2020-11/Santos_Lives_Here.jpg?h=a58cd291&itok=Ntu8j8_L)
Santos: The Virtual Human
A trademarked, visually realistic, biomechanically accurate, high-fidelity digital human model that allows the testing of human capabilities in imported CAD environments of objects, vehicles, and scenes.
![Skill Appropriate Training Environment](/sites/iti.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2020-12/SKATE.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=E5UuqlPe)
Skill Appropriate Training Environment (SKATE)
Quantifies skill levels, generates training scenarios, and provides a continuous skill-level assessment of disparately skilled trainees, teams, and units in a joint training exercise while maintaining the integrity and realism of the mission.
![Squadron Scenario Training](/sites/iti.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2020-12/Squadron.jpg?h=037a1add&itok=cKGY8e8T)
Squadron Scenario Training
Using the Santos scenario building and re-playing capabilities, this system of networked computers allows for visual training of squadron-level warfighters on various strategies.
![Soldier Virtual Reality](/sites/iti.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2020-12/Soldier%20VR.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=O062SIlX)
Virtual Reality for Design and Assessment
State-of-the-art virtual reality software and hardware provide individual training capabilities for the soldier.
![Virtual Reality for Maintenance](/sites/iti.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2020-12/VR%20for%20maintenance.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=yE23aK1O)
Virtual Reality for Maintenance
Familiarizes officers, soldiers, and marines with particular equipment.