TACTS/LATR Replacement

Abstract

The Tactical Combat Training System Increment II (TCTS II) will provide an improved environment for air combat training utilizing a secure air-to-air and air-to-ground data link, and will provide rangeless operation capability to Forward Deployed Naval Forces (FDNF). TCTS Increment II will provide encryption and an enhanced threat environment, as well as airborne participant instrumentation for multiple fixed and rotary wing platforms. In 2024, TCTS II started development of Synthetic Inject to Live (SITL) capability, which enables blue and red constructive (e.g. aircraft, air and surface threats) injects into aircraft displays and sensors to train aircrews for near-peer threats. The program is integrating into the Navy Continuous Training Environment (NCTE), allowing mission data from "Live" participants to be monitored at a control facility and disseminated across the LVC ecosystem. TCTS Increment II provides the foundational encrypted airborne network for implementation of Aviation Live Virtual Constructive (LVC) capabilities. TCTS II will continue software updates to address fleet requirements. Engineering Development Model (EDM) units in multiple form factors are being developed in FY19 through FY26 and will support Engineering and Developmental Testing events through FY27. The EDMs will be specifically utilized for testing in the following areas: Environmental Qualification, Software, High Accelerated Lifecycle, Ground System Integration, Airborne Subsystem Air Worthiness and Performance, Shipboard Ground Station, and Internal Mount (IM). Aviation LVC Live Aircraft Integration (ALLAI) Phase 1 funds the integration of live aircraft into the LVC, blended training environment to close the Great Powers Competition training capability gap for mission rehearsal. Aviation LVC will establish an integrated System of Systems (SoS) training environment bringing already-developed capabilities together with new developmental efforts to form a cohesive architecture that accurately emulates the high end fight for warfighter training. LVC takes a hybrid approach to aviation and Fleet-wide training where the training audience in the form of Live personnel operating Live equipment (to include aircraft and surface vessels) will be teamed with Live aircrew operating simulators to provide a Virtual complement in the "Blue Air" picture. The "Red" adversary for this training is made up of Live personnel operating Live aircraft complemented by computer generated "Red" Constructive Air and Surface threats that stimulate the "Blue" Air displays and sensors as if a "Red" Live adversary were present. Aviation Performance/Proficiency Analytics (APPA) will deliver scalable, common data collection, storage, analysis, and reporting capability to provide quantitative, high-fidelity feedback and proficiency assessments to meet real-world threats. APPA addresses current Training Analysis Project (TAP) constraints to include scalability, site limitations, and tactical SME manpower requirements. APPA will develop government-owned standards and architecture for aviation performance data collection, deliver an AI-augmented debrief tool for data processing and analysis supported by tactical SMEs and data scientists; multilevel security databases; network capability; and intelligent, semi-automated assessments, reporting and visualization. An open systems architecture enables multi-domain integration. The system will enable rigorous and repeatable post-flight assessment of high-end Great Power Competition (GPC) warfighting scenarios to produce individual performance "baseball cards", squadron reports, detailed strengths and weaknesses and CVW reports measured against What-It-Takes-To-Win (WITTW) performance standards.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2025
• Source ID: 3093_0204571N_7_1319_PB_2025

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Technology Areas

• Space