SPOTLITE® vs SABOT

In high-stakes training environments, instructors often face significant challenges in efficiently observing, assessing, and providing actionable feedback to trainees. Traditional methods, such as manual notetaking and improvised feedback, can lead to missed critical performance details, subjective evaluations, and inefficiencies that hinder trainee development. Instructors need a streamlined solution that allows them to capture real-time performance, deliver objective and personalized feedback, and track progress over time to ensure trainees achieve the required skills for mission success. Addressing these challenges is key to enhancing the overall effectiveness of training and readiness across various domains. Aptima’s SPOTLITE® is a powerful performance assessment tool designed to streamline the workflow of instructors and expert observers while improving the quality of feedback and debriefs provided to trainees. Originally developed for the US military, SPOTLITE has since been adapted for various other applications, including law enforcement training.

SABOT-X provides Gunnery Skills and Conduct of fire training for stabilized vehicle crews anywhere at any time on any device with government owned software to increase Army readiness. Platforms currently available for training are the BFV and ABRAMS. Future Platforms will include the STRYKER, M10 Booker and CROWS. SABOT-X has three training modules. Gunnery Skills module is focused on removing resource barriers, increasing repetition, and decreasing the wear and damage to unit equipment during Gunnery Table (GT) I/Gunnery Skills Test. By utilizing Mixed Reality and Virtual Reality Soldiers can manipulate virtual weapon systems anywhere at any time supplementing current physical training aids. Conduct of Fire module creates more challenging chair drills that enable crews to identify and address problems before Gunnery Tables II & III. By placing Soldiers in a low fidelity virtual turret, they can engage in dynamic and varied engagements while refining crew communication. maximizing the usefulness of Precision Gunnery Trainers. Advanced Gunnery Skills module increases the complexity of crew drills by simulating faults during the Conduct of Fire module. By inducing weapon and fire control faults during chair drills the crew builds the cognitive framework and required crew communication. This increases training rigor and complexity by inducing weapon system and fire control failures.