FTD Serves as a Platform to Accelerate Training through Science & Technology and Capability Development
The FTD narrows an existing set of capability gaps informed by analysis, experimentation, and technical demonstrations to rapidly transition leader-approved capability requirements to the Defense Acquisition System. The FTD informs technology transitions, research and development, and user assessments, and then rapidly transitions operational requirements into the Defense Acquisition System. The FTD integrates and synchronizes DevOps activities across the Army to improve speed, capability, delivery, and cost-effective materiel solutions to meet the Chief of Staff of the Army’s (CSA’s) first-order principles, characteristics, and warfighting requirements. The FTD will enable the Army to achieve overmatch through monitoring threat capabilities, researching advanced technologies, and developing and implementing preprogrammed product improvements to maintain resiliency against current and emerging threats.
THE MISSION
FTD provides requirement determination, rapidly develops requirements for the Army’s training environment, and conducts tech recon of industry and academia to narrow capability gaps informed by user experimentation and technical demonstrations to rapidly transition capability on behalf of CAC into the Army acquisition system.
FTD Future Concept and Battle Lab Mission:
The FTD Future Concepts and TIF identify future warfighting concepts through industry, military and academia integration, assess future effort Battle Lab experimentation to optimize Soldier, Leader and Team decision-making and provide future tech options for FTD and CAC-T Leadership
MOVING FORWARD
CURRENT FTD PRIORITIES:
Constructive:
- STE SW (BN & below, NGC) shifts to JLVC Integration
Live:
- Live Training Systems shifts to LTS and CTC IS Modernization & Global Training Environment
Virtual:
- RVCT to Embedded Training on Legacy and Future Vehicles
FTD Serves as a Platform to Accelerate Training through Science & Technology and Capability Development
The FTD narrows an existing set of capability gaps informed by analysis, experimentation, and technical demonstrations to rapidly transition leader-approved capability requirements to the Defense Acquisition System. The FTD informs technology transitions, research and development, and user assessments, and then rapidly transitions operational requirements into the Defense Acquisition System. The FTD integrates and synchronizes DevOps activities across the Army to improve speed, capability, delivery, and cost-effective materiel solutions to meet the Chief of Staff of the Army’s (CSA’s) first-order principles, characteristics, and warfighting requirements. The FTD will enable the Army to achieve overmatch through monitoring threat capabilities, researching advanced technologies, and developing and implementing preprogrammed product improvements to maintain resiliency against current and emerging threats.
THE MISSION
FTD provides requirement determination, rapidly develops requirements for the Army’s training environment, and conducts tech recon of industry and academia to narrow capability gaps informed by user experimentation and technical demonstrations to rapidly transition capability on behalf of CAC into the Army acquisition system.
FTD Future Concept and Battle Lab Mission:
The FTD Future Concepts and TIF identify future warfighting concepts through industry, military and academia integration, assess future effort Battle Lab experimentation to optimize Soldier, Leader and Team decision-making and provide future tech options for FTD and CAC-T Leadership
MOVING FORWARD
CURRENT FTD PRIORITIES:
Constructive:
- STE SW (BN & below, NGC) shifts to JLVC Integration
Live:
- Live Training Systems shifts to LTS and CTC IS Modernization & Global Training Environment
Virtual:
- RVCT to Embedded Training on Legacy and Future Vehicles
