Boeing Apache Pilots Will Train With Augmented Reality for First Time

Red 6’s Advanced Tactical Augmented Reality Systems (ATARS) can simulate real-world scenarios for military pilot training.

Jack Daleo

Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 01:08 PM ET

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Travis Tingle

Pilots of Boeing’s AH-64E Apache Crewstation Advanced Technology Testbed (CATT) will train using augmented reality. [Credit: Boeing]

Key Takeaways:

U.S. military helicopter pilots will train with augmented reality (AR) for the first time, following Red 6's integration of its ATARS system onto a Boeing AH64E Apache helicopter, marking the first such application on a U.S. Army rotorcraft.
The ATARS system enables pilots to safely simulate complex, "near-peer level" combat and logistics scenarios, overcoming the high costs, risks, and logistical bottlenecks of traditional live exercises.
Utilizing a helmet visor lens and adaptable software that generates visible digital entities, Red 6 is actively integrating ATARS across various U.S. military and allied platforms to modernize and enhance pilot training capacity and readiness.

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For the first time, U.S. military helicopter pilots will train using augmented reality (AR) technology that can recreate real-world scenarios within a digital space.

On Monday, augmented reality flight training systems developer Red 6 said it has integrated its Advanced Tactical Augmented Reality Systems (ATARS) on Boeing’s AH64E Apache Crewstation Advanced Technology Testbed (CATT). That marks the company’s first integration with a U.S. Army platform and the first-ever integration of such a system on a rotorcraft platform, Red 6 said.