Aegis Training Improvement Program
Abstract
The AEGIS Training Improvement project provides enhancements and upgrades to the Total Ship Training Capability (TSTC) training components within the combat system to address needs for increased training capability and functionality in conjunction with AEGIS Capability Packages. These enhancements will address current and future training requirements by implementing new functionality to enable the individual warfighter through distributed battle group events to engage in more complex training requirements to support fleet required training certification events. Capability Development and integration are related to Integrated Air and Missile Defense, Underwater, Surface, and other warfare areas. Capability enhancements and upgrades include development of re-useable common components that can be leveraged by SSDS MK2 combat systems, and/or integration of re-usable common components developed by the TSTC Battle Force Tactical Trainer (BFTT) Program and Ship Self Defense System (SSDS) MK2 TSTC Training Improvement programs to meet AEGIS combat system training requirements. TSTC provides realistic joint warfare training across the spectrum of armed conflict, realistic unit level team training in all warfare areas (e.g. Naval Integrated Fire Control-Counter Air (NIFC-CA) and BMD missions to support IAMD). TSTC provides ships' Commanding Officers and Battle Group/Battle Force Commanders with the ability to conduct coordinated realistic, high stress, combat system level team training as an integral part of the Afloat Training Organization, the Tactical Training Groups and C2F/C3F Fleet Synthetic Trainers (FSTs). TSTC continues to integrate and update, as new tactical capabilities are being introduced, to enable crew operator proficiency training for basic and sustainment level training events, through distributed strike group certification fleet synthetic training (FST) events and including Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) Fleet Synthetic Training (FST) at Sea integration into Live, Virtual and Constructive (LVC) environment. Continued Development is required to integrate new capabilities and interfaces to provide training for AEGIS and SSDS combat system capability upgrades, and to address the Fleet's Live, Virtual and Constructive (LVC) Fleet Training Wholeness initiative. Additionally, modernization is needed to support the DoD Training Transformation Plan, the Chief of Naval Operations Fleet Response Plan and Commander United States Fleet Forces Command Fleet Readiness Training Plan. The Advanced Training Domain (ATD) is being developed to combine BFTT and the AEGIS Combat Training System (ACTS) into a common system that integrates with AEGIS BL 9.2.2AF, and SSDS BL 11.xAF. ATD is being hosted along with the AEGIS and SSDS combat system on TI-16AF common processing and display hardware. ATD is being designed to be the core of the Total Ship Training Capability, and is projected to be more reliable, simpler to use, and architecturally extensible to meet interoperability and capability enhancement challenges in the future. The BFTT is being updated to maintain integration and capability enhancements developed for the Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC), Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP), and the Carrier Tactical Support Center (CV-TSC), and SSDS Fire Control Loop Improvement Program. TSTC integrates ATD or BFTT with combat systems elements such as such as AWS, SQQ-89, Vehicle Control Domain via MH-60R Sim, Surface and Air Search Radars, Electronic Warfare Systems (BEWT/SEWTT), Identification Friend or Foe (IFF), CEC & Data Link Systems, and Missile/Weapon Systems to provide a multi-warfare integrated training capability used for training and certification of crews and strike groups. Integrate Navy Continuous Training Environment (NCTE) networking and cyber security upgrades to maintain authorization to participate in distributed shipboard training events. Design, develop, and test of Advanced Training Domain (ATD) (formerly Internal Training Domain (ITD)) modifications aligned to the ICS architecture to deliver LVC training in-stride with Combat System deliveries from the SW Factory.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2025
- Source ID
- 3357_0604307N_5_1319_PB_2025
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- Root: Surface Combatant Cmbt Sys Eng
- Child Accomplishment: AEGIS Training Improvement and Integration
- Child Accomplishment: Fleet Training Wholeness
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- Child Cost Item: 7aea14d93dfe4287ccdd420b678890cd
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