Information Technology for Training Systems

Abstract

This project funds information technology systems that support Army Training. The four systems under FM8 are described below. Of those, the Army Training Information System (ATIS) is an Army priority and the focus of the major investment in FM8. ATIS directly supports two of the four Army Unit Readiness Priorities - Training and Leader Development and serves as an enabler for Manning and Equipping. 1. Army Training Information System (ATIS). The Army currently lacks an enterprise level Common Operational Picture (COP) of the training environment. The ATIS is designated a Defense Business System (DBS) that will develop, integrate, test, deliver, operate, and maintain an enterprise capability for the Army training and education communities. Existing training information systems do not provide Commanders, leaders, Soldiers, and civilians a centralized COP of the training environment that enables persistent, consistent access to the Training and Education information and products necessary to support readiness to meet emerging threats. Annual costs to maintain current legacy systems is ~$75 million. Without ATIS, Army organizations will continue to develop and maintain a multitude of training information systems that are not part of an enterprise, thus inhibiting efficient use of training resources, (people, time, money, material) that directly impacts the ability for units to meet readiness objectives. Ultimately, ATIS is aligned to support Army enterprise data object as an authoritative source of data for Training and Readiness information. ATIS is currently operating under the Defense Business System (DBS) pathway under DoDI 5000.75. Going forward ATIS will continue to operate under DoDI 5000.75, as well as utilize aspects of the Software Acquisition pathway, DoDI 5000.87. This hybrid pathway is designed to provide rapid development and deployment of software running on commercial hardware, including modified hardware, and cloud computing platforms. Once fully-fielded, ATIS will sunset the functionality in 28 primary and 70 supporting information training systems with a single, integrated, user-friendly and technologically current system that will support management of the following training functions for 1.8 million users: - Training Development. Provides ability to develop and coordinate information, including training packages, training events, courses, and exercises. - Training Management. Provides centralized ability to access and manage information, including individual and collective/unit training that supports mission tasks and individual training records. - Enterprise Scheduling. Provides a single integrated set of applications to schedule training resources, including transportation, classrooms, ranges, supplies, and mandated legal/social individual and unit training. - Content Management. Provides centralized access to training information anytime, anywhere, including educational and professional instruction. - Resource Management. Provides ability to manage availability/sustainability of training enablers and resources. ***NOTE: The next three systems are not part of the ATIS Development program.*** 2. Defense Language Proficiency Test, version 5 (DLPT5) Content Analysis, Categorization & Modeling (CACM). The DLPT5 Content Analysis, Categorization, and Modeling (CACM) contract is in direct response to DLIFLC's DoD Instruction assigned responsibilities for DLPT item bank maintenance, psychometric analysis, and informed pool management, and closely support the DLPT Validity Framework. This project enhances the DLIFLCs ability to efficiently execute high quality DLPT development processes through the integration of benchmark automation capabilities. Accomplishments include: developed and delivered ordered similarity analysis capabilities; developed and delivered integrated audio quality analysis capabilities; developed and delivered unordered similarity analysis capabilities; developed and delivered integrated Auto-ILR capabilities in 15 languages; developed and delivered integrated machine transcription capabilities in 6 languages; developed and delivered advanced text analytics capabilities; developed and delivered integrated grade level lookup capabilities; developed and delivered annotator alignment analysis capabilities in 2 languages. 3. The Army Career Tracker is leader development tool that leverages Army's prior investments to integrate education, training, assignment, self-development and other systems by linking these valuable technologies and resources into a common user-friendly portal across 1.35 million users consisting of enlisted, officers, and civilians. Users can search multiple education and training resources, monitor career development, and receive advice from their leadership. ACT provides single-site, easy access, and offers a complete and personalized career picture not available until now. ACT allows users to manage career objectives and monitor progress towards career requirements and goals. ACT provides an integrated approach to supporting military and civilian personnel's personal and professional development which capitalizes on the mutual (personnel and Army) need for life-long learning. The unique inter-relationship between the user's personal growth and development, and the Army's need for Soldiers to be continuously developing, building and cultivating a culture of life-long learning is critical for the Soldier's and Army's success. Users manage their lifelong learning career objectives, monitor progress towards career development and goals, search multiple Army education and training resources, and receive personalized advice from their supervisor and Army leadership. Completed development will modernize the Army Career Tracker (ACT) system to render web pages correctly base on the size of the screen. Responsive Web Design (RWD) is an approach to web design that renders web pages based on the size of the device's display screen (e.g., computer, tablet, and phone). This allows the site to load quickly and ensures the display appears as if it were made expressly for the device being used. RWD improves user experience by displaying messages, links, and controls in a logical manner regardless of the device. The actual presentation may not look the same across different devices; rather the rendering will depend on the Operating System (OS), screen size, screen resolution, and other factors. Implementing RWD on ACT would be a step forward toward allowing ACT to render better on tablets and other mobile devices (e.g., mobile phones). 4. Enhancement of Army Training Models (ATM) will provide the resources to build and sustain readiness requirements in a standardized process for automated methodology development and resource allocation in support of the Army's training needs.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2024
• Source ID: FM8_0605013A_5_2040_PB_2024

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