NSC provides the training systems, courses and associated support services to deploying forces at their home locations in the UK and Germany. An in-theatre capability is also being provided to give troops the facility to conduct refresher training and mission specific training in their deployed locations.
The use of virtual simulation allows soldiers to practise Tactics, Techniques and Procedures that cannot be carried out in a live environment, moreover the virtual environment may represent equipments, threats and terrains that the troops are unfamiliar with.

A typical training session starts with a brief system familiarisation followed by varying levels of collective training with the complexity of the scenario increasing each time. The training system can record exactly what happens during each scenario so it can be replayed for an After Action Review (AAR).

Op JCOVE uses the Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) first person virtual environment VBS2 from Bohemia Interactive Australia.  As such, this is the first major UK MoD procurement using commercial games technology and signals a way forward reusing cost effective commercial technology rather than bespoke developments.

NSC has also linked Op JCOVE with the CONTACT range of constructive training systems to provide a comprehensive synthetic wrap capability.