On-the-Move, Combined-Arms Training Available to Soliders.

• Jurisdiction: United States
• Date: 01 November 2000
• Author: Erwin, Sandra I.

Seeking to expand soldiers' access to simulation-based trainers, the U.S. Army is making investments in transportable training systems. Examples include a trailer-contained, combined-arms simulator and a deployable training device for helicopter pilots.

An interactive simulation for Army combined-arms training that has, for many years, been installed only at fixed sites now is becoming available to soldiers at their home bases, saving them the time and expense involved in traveling to permanent training facilities, industry officials said.

The close combat tactical trainer (CCTT) is part of a family of virtual, distributed interactive simulations for collective training--including armor, mechanized infantry, and cavalry units from platoon through battalion and squadron echelon. The goal is to teach the members of a platoon or a company how to fight together. The system also has a dismounted infantry capability.

The prime contractor is Lockheed Martin Information Systems, in Orlando, Fla. Last January, the company received a $34.6 million contract from the U.S. Army Simulation, Training and Instrumentation Command (STRICOM), for...