Nstd Combined Arms

Abstract

The Common Training Instrumentation Architecture (CTIA) program is the foundation architecture of the Live Training Transformation Family of Training Systems (LT2-FTS). The program contains critical core product-line architecture which provides commonality across training instrumentation systems and interoperability across Live, Virtual, Constructive Integrated Training Environment (LVC-ITE) and joint training systems. CTIA includes Army owned software components, architecture services, standards, protocols and governance used by domain-specific Live Training Transformation (LT2) and Live Training Systems (LTS) to include instrumented Force-On-Force (FOF) and Force-On-Target (FOT) training requirements. The CTIA also provides Post Deployment Software Support (PDSS) and technology refresh for the LT2 family of LTS supporting over 22 live instrumented training products which are fielded at over 200 CONUS and OCONUS sites across the Army. Combat Training Center Instrumentation System (CTC-IS) funds the continued development of the existing Instrumentation Systems (IS) at the National Training Center (NTC), Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) and Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC). CTC-IS funds the continued development of the Range Communication System at the NTC and JRTC, to provide high-fidelity live, virtual, and constructive brigade training rotations which prepare Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs), Joint partners, and supporting units to deploy in support of the Army Sustainable Readiness Model (SRM). The CTCs primary goal is to develop agile and adaptive leaders at the tactical, operational and strategic levels while providing BCTs the core training necessary to conduct decisive action in a dynamic operating environment. The Instrumentable-Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (I-MILES) program provides realistic, real-time casualty effects for force-on-force tactical engagement training scenarios. Its ability to integrate into training instrumentation systems provides for high fidelity combined arms combat exercises supporting the Chief of the Staff of the Army's priority of "Readiness" and closely aligns with the Modernization priority of Soldier Lethality. I-MILES is required for use at Home Stations, the Combat Training Centers (CTCs) and in theater of operations to meet force-on-force training requirements. I-MILES program funding provides for the Development and Integration of new vehicle and dismount weapon systems meeting the Common Operating Environment (COE) requirements, as well as embedded Tactical Engagement Simulation (TES) development. This includes development efforts of the Live Training Engagement Composition (LTEC), increasing simulation by updating the Probability of Kill (Pk) tables for increased training realism and improved integration on new weapon platforms (i.e. Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV), Next Generation Combat vehicle, and Stryker Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) with 30mm Gun). The Home Station Instrumentation Training System (HITS) currently provides a high-fidelity deployable instrumented training capability to support platoon thru battalion ground based Soldiers and vehicles in Force-on-Force Training. HITS tracks location of soldiers and vehicles and simulates weapons' effects and engagements, allowing units to "Train as they Fight" against live opponents. HITS provides accurate feedback to training units. HITS consists of light deployable components that can be rapidly assembled/disassembled and transported to support deployed training. HITS is a member of the Live Training Transformation (LT2) product line of training systems implementing hardware and software reuse with other Instrumentation Systems (IS). HITS provides the only Live training component for the large scale Live-Virtual-Constructive (LVC) military training exercises. HITS begins US Army aviation vehicle integration with Home Station instrumentation to cover comprehensive training engagements between ground and air forces. The Medical Simulation Training Center (MSTC) provides realistic medical training to both medical and non-medical Soldiers in the Active, Reserve, and National Guard. MSTCs provide hands-on instruction on the latest battlefield trauma and critical care techniques based on Army Medical Center of Excellence (MEDCoE) approved performance oriented Program of Instruction (POI). Medical treatment validation exercises simulate the high stress of performing medical interventions in combat. MSTC supports Unit Medical Readiness by validating Combat Medic (68W) Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) biennial recertification requirements and provides Combat Lifesaver (CLS) training to non-medical Soldiers. The Tactical Combat Casualty Care Exportable (TC3X) Soldier System provides an exportable capability to train Soldiers on medical Warrior skills at the individual, leader, and collective levels. The TC3X system will consist of Training Aides, Devices, Simulators, and/or Simulations (TADSS); utilized by Soldier medics to provide realistic, hands-on training in a "train the trainer" fashion to all Soldiers at home stations, initial training centers, and combat training centers. The Basic Electronics Maintenance Trainer (BEMT) provides the essential modernized electronic system maintenance training capability for the Army, Army National Guard, and the Army Reserve to achieve Military Occupational Specialty-Qualification (MOS-Q) for 40 Military Occupational Specialties (MOS) at 24 Active, National Guard, and Army Reserve camps, posts, and stations. Soldiers utilizing the BEMT system receive highly realistic training using scenarios which require performing basic electronic tasks in a virtual environment including tests, diagnosis, and repair while saving institutions significant expenses over live training alternatives. The BEMT consists of an Instructor Operator Station (IOS), Student Training Station(s) (STS), associated test equipment, COTS computer, electronics console(s), supporting experiment cards, soldering station, and content server as applicable. The Live, Virtual, Constructive Integrating Architecture (LVC-IA) provides a net-centric linkage that collects, retrieves and exchanges data among LVC Training Aids, Devices, Simulations, and Simulators (TADSS) to include: Aviation Combined Arms Tactical Trainer (AVCATT), Close Combat Tactical Trainer (CCTT), Games For Training (GFT), Home Station Instrumentation Training System (HITS), Joint Land Component Constructive Training Capability (JLCCTC) and Synthetic Environment Core (SE Core) and Mission Command Systems. The LVC-IA defines "how" information is exchanged among the different LVC domains and the Mission Command Systems. The LVC-IA provides enterprise level tools for exercise control, after action review, and system information assurance. It develops hardware and software to interface the different Live, Virtual, Constructive and Gaming communication protocols and to provide a correlated common operating picture for the training audience on their organic Mission Command equipment. The integration of the LVC TADSS with the Mission Command equipment will enable larger and more robust training events, to better prepare U.S. Soldiers for their missions at an overall reduced cost. The end-state goal is to enable an LVC Integrated Training Environment that can replicate Operational Environments in a cost effective manner to provide a high level of value-added training and mission rehearsal opportunities to Army Commanders and their Soldiers. In FY 2019, the LVC-IA program commence design and developmental activities for Version 4, which allowed for Web-based optimization; inclusion of new simulations to the architecture; and concurrency with core system TADSS and Army Mission Command Information Systems through FY 2022. FY 2022 request will complete Version 4 developmental and integration activities (Web-based optimization and Synthetic Training Environment (STE) compatibility), and continues concurrency with Mission Command Information Systems. The Army identified an operational gap in the training strategy for the OPFOR Integrated Air Defense System (IADS). It is a collection of enemy weapons systems that engages Army aviation assets. Training Aircraft Survivability Equipment (ASE) Simulation Suite (TASS) is a live training system consisting of aircraft components and ground emitters that replicates current and emerging enemy Air Defense systems. Its fidelity supports individual pilot training as well as the collective training requirements of the Brigade Combat Team to fully plan, prepare, execute and react against an enemy air defense weapons at the Combat Training Centers (CTC). FASIT provides Live Fire training systems and software capable of supporting all Army automated ranges and it's Installations around the world. The FASIT training systems include: A single, universal target control software for all automated ranges (ground and aviation) identified in TC 25-8, providing users a controller with a common look and feel; downrange stationary and moving infantry and armor Presentation Devices (PDs) that interact with the control software to present targets and provide scoring feedback; battlefield/weapons effects devices that simulate combat situations, visuals, and sounds; and targets that provide visual, I2 and thermal representations of friendly/threat engagements. The FASIT systems enable trainers to develop scenarios to simulate wartime mission tasks in a stressful battlefield environment. The Digital Range Training System (DRTS) provides modern digital technology ranges capable of training, evaluating and stressing today's Soldiers and their equipment. DRTS systems score various weapons and records data and video for utilization in an After Action Review (AAR). DRTS supports qualification gunnery tables for Armor (Abrams), Infantry (Bradley & Stryker mounted & dismounted), and Aviation platforms. The five standard training ranges identified utilize all available combat systems capabilities and digitally integrate them to manage all forces undergoing individual and collective live-fire training and qualification: Digital Multi-Purpose Range Complex (DMPRC) supports all gunnery tables and Combined Arms Live fire Exercise (CALFEX) for Abrams, Bradley, and limited Aviation; Digital Multi-Purpose Training Range (DMPTR) supports crew and section qualification for Armor and Infantry; Battle Area Complex (BAX) supports Stryker gunnery tables plus infantry centric Platoon / Company CALFEX; Digital Air Ground Integration Range (DAGIR) supports all gunnery tables and CALFEX for Abrams, Bradley, and Aviation platforms (including diving fire); and Aerial Gunnery Range (AGR) supports training/test manned/unmanned aviation platforms and convoy live fire crew/platoon/company. OPFOR Surrogate Wheeled Vehicles (OSWV) provides a collection of wheeled vehicles, used as training aids to portray threat vehicles including tactical vehicles, technical vehicles, and Civilian on the Battlefield vehicles (COB-V). The program supports the CTC OPFOR/COE Pillar capability through technical vehicles, unique VISMODs, and COB-Vs. This capability provides for an accurate replication of OPFOR and COB-Vs environment that rotational units must train against. Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Swarm provides integrated, multi-domain threat representative UAS platforms through custom UAS components and payloads that challenge training communities' execution of UAS Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs), use of current and evolving UAS technologies (i.e., Drone buster), and gives feedback on their vulnerabilities to UAS-enabled Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance, Cyber, Electronic Warfare, Dynamic Targeting and Swarm operations. FY 2022 Project 241 funds significant development efforts in support of U.S. Army Training and Readiness on the Combat Training Center Instrumentation Systems (CTC-IS), Instrumentable-Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (I-MILES), Home Station Instrumentation Training System (HITS), Common Training Instrumentation Architecture (CTIA), OPFOR Integrated Air Defense System (IADS), Digital Range Training System (DRTS), the Future Army System of Integrated Targets (FASIT), Medical Simulation Training Center (MSTC), Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Swarm new start, and the Live, Virtual, Constructive Integrating Architecture (LVC-IA). FY 2020 funding for Suicide Prevention was realigned to PE 0605013A project FL9. FY 2020 funding for Soldier/Squad Virtual Trainer Program (S/SVT) was realigned to PE 0604121A, Project SV1. On 21 April 2019, the Future Army System of Integrated Targets (FASIT) Capability Production Document was approved. The FASIT program is not a new start program, but is the continuation of requirements and formal update to the New Generation Army Targetry System (NGATS) Operational Requirements Document (ORD) that was approved 11 Jun 96. FASIT will subsume the following programs: Combat Training Center Live Fire Modernization (CTC Live Fire Mod), Target Modernization, and Army Targetry Systems (ATS) into one ACAT II program of record.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2022
• Source ID: 241_0604715A_5_2040_PB_2022

Tags

Readers

• Military Training and Readiness Simulation
• Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

• Autonomy
• Autonomy - UAVs
• Cyber
• Directed Energy
• Microelectronics