ForgeFX Simulations
VERMEER HDD / VERIFIED SOURCE GALLERY

Real Simulator. Real Training.

Two photographs of the ForgeFX-developed Vermeer HDD simulator in use at State Technical College of Missouri, published by Vermeer in a November 2025 training story.

A seated trainee holds both physical joysticks while the monitor displays the HDD drill and bore-planning view.
PHOTO 01 / REAL TRAINING

Hands on the Controls

A seated trainee holds both physical joysticks while the monitor displays the HDD drill and bore-planning view.

Source published: November 11, 2025
Photo captured: date not supplied

Multiple trainees sit at simulator stations, with the HDD training environment visible on the monitors and an instructor standing nearby.
PHOTO 02 / REAL TRAINING

Classroom Training

Multiple trainees sit at simulator stations, with the HDD training environment visible on the monitors and an instructor standing nearby.

Source published: November 11, 2025
Photo captured: date not supplied

Why These Qualify

The original Vermeer article identifies the college, its partnership with Vermeer Midwest, and its operator-training program. Both photos visibly show people using physical simulator controls with the HDD software on screen. ForgeFX’s public follow-up identifies the simulator in this story as the system ForgeFX developed for Vermeer.

Date evidence: the article’s structured publication metadata states . Its current revision is dated April 16, 2026. The photos are hosted in the publisher’s November 2025 upload directory; that supports publication provenance, not a camera-capture date.

Other leads checked — not counted as in-use photos
  • April 2025 Southeast post: confirms deployment, but its preview is software-only; the linked page also contains a 2024-path photograph. Not used to establish post-2024 photography.
  • MidSouth’s 35-second mobile-training video is published July 18, 2025 according to YouTube metadata. Sampled publisher storyboard frames show the trailer, chair and running software, not a seated operator. Supplemental deployment evidence only; playback was not verified.
  • Production-channel results included development screenshots, alignment GIFs and hardware references, not additional verified public training photos. AI concepts and Rodeo prototypes were excluded.