Army Faces New Challenge In Emerging Field

Army Faces New Challenge In Emerging Field

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The US Air Force has been putting a heavy emphasis on connectivity. For example, joint all-domain command and control, or JADC2, has been billed as a way to better link the armed forces’ sensors and shooters on the battlefield. The Air Force has taken the lead on the effort through the development of its Advanced Battle Management System.

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This new focus is currently required for training platforms. Military training systems such as simulators are often developed for specific programs with specific capabilities. Because of this, there’s often no way for the simulators to communicate. The US Air Force is looking for new ways to enhance interoperability between its training platforms. The Common Simulation Training Environment, or the CSTE, is an environment where training systems can better link together. It will enable the Air Force to more easily train large numbers of airmen at the level of fidelity that is required. The CSTE will be able to rapidly update similar to the way smartphone technology refreshes software on a continual basis through features such as operating system upgrades and new applications.

According to nationaldefensemagazine.org, before the Air Force can tackle connectivity, it needs the industry’s help to figure out how to avoid potential challenges with fidelity and latency in the simulators. The Air Force is looking for “potential business sources in transforming the data architecture and reducing infrastructure acquisition risks for a complex battlespace synthetic environment,” according to the RFI. Meanwhile, the service is working to standardize requirements for its training platforms, officials said. The Air Force created the simulator common architecture requirements and standards in 2016. 

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