Joint Terminal
Controller Training and Rehearsal System (JTC TRS)
The
centerpiece of the JTAC training system is the Joint Terminal
Controller Training and Rehearsal System (JTC TRS), providing
a high-fidelity, fully immersive, realistic training and rehearsal
environment for controllers, establishing real-time and persistent
total air-ground virtual training environment for networked
air/ground training and mission rehearsals. In the new simulator
JTACs will also be able to practice calls for fire training
(CFFT) artillery missions. This system will be used to train
both JTAC and combat air crews assigned to accomplish complex
missions in close proximity to ground forces. The JTC TRS will
connect to distributed mission operations networks to enable
geographically separated high-fidelity close air support platforms
and JTAC and CCT teams to train together. (more...)
The prototype JTAC Virtual Trainer Dome,
built by Lockheed Martin, uses 19 META VR VRSG channels, 14
of which are for the dome itself. Mersive Technologies' camera-based
auto-calibration software is used for warping and blending the
multi-projector display. The projectors for the JTAC dome are
provided by Electric Picture Display Systems. The prototype
JTAC Virtual Trainer Dome, built by Lockheed Martin, uses 19
VRSG channels, 14 of which are for the dome itself. There are
7 VRSG channels for 360-degrees around the bottom half of the
dome, and another 7 channels for the top half of the dome. The
remaining VRSG channels are used for various emulated hand-held
command and control (C2) devices inside the dome (binoculars,
laser range finders, and so on), a sound channel, and a single
AAR/stealth channel. The system comes with models of the Mark
VII laser ranger finder, M22 binoculars and Ground Laser Target
Designator (GLTD) II, built by Minerva Engineering.
The
centerpiece of the JTAC training system is the Joint Terminal
Controller Training and Rehearsal System (JTC TRS), providing
a high-fidelity, fully immersive, realistic training and rehearsal
environment for controllers, establishing real-time and persistent
total air-ground virtual training environment for networked
air/ground training and mission rehearsals. In the new simulator
JTACs will also be able to practice calls for fire training
(CFFT) artillery missions. This system will be used to train
both JTAC and combat air crews assigned to accomplish complex
missions in close proximity to ground forces. The JTC TRS will
connect to distributed mission operations networks to enable
geographically separated high-fidelity close air support platforms
and JTAC and CCT teams to train together. (