STE Reconfigurable Virtual Trainer (RVCT)

Abstract

The STE-IS and RVCT requirements, which are codified in abbreviated Capabilities Development Documents (A-CDD) version 2 approved 2 June 2020, directly support the Army Collective Training Environment - Initial Capabilities Document (ACTE-ICD) as the Army's cornerstone for replicating the Operational Environment (OE) during training events enabling the Army to train as it fights. Separate, but interoperable, RVCT systems are required for both air and ground collective training. The Air RVCT will represent the U.S. Army, Army National Guard, and Army Reserves fleet of rotary wing aircraft, and specified U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) aircraft. The Ground RVCT will represent ground/amphibious track and wheeled vehicles from the U.S. Army, Army National Guard, Special Operations Units and the USMC. The Reconfigurable Virtual Collective Trainer (RVCT) is the Army's next generation Virtual Training System for conducting collective maneuver training, collective gunnery training, mission rehearsal, and pre-deployment training; that will prepare units for multi-domain operations (MDO). The RVCT includes aviation platforms (RVCT-A), ground platforms (RVCT-G), and dismounted infantry (RVCT-S) devices. The RVCT is transportable to the point of need allowing units to train anywhere in the world. The RVCT will be enabled using the Synthetic Training Environment-Information Systems (STE-IS) software, which provides a fully interactive, real time simulated battlefield. The RVCT hardware is modular in design and will accommodate the integration of new technologies and future weapon systems, will interoperate with current Constructive and Live Training Environments via the Live, Virtual, Constructive Integrating Architecture (LVC-IA); and will support interoperability with the future Next Generation Constructive (NGC) and Live Training Environments, and other STE and operational capabilities. FY2022 Base RDTE dollars in the amount of $25.216 million for RVCT is to finalize the technical development and demonstration of prototype designs to conduct a prototype Limited User Test (LUT) at Ft. Hood, TX that will inform a 4QFY2022 Milestone C and Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) decision.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2022
• Source ID: CR5_0604121A_4_2040_PB_2022

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