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The U.S. Army Program Executive Office Simulation, Training and Instrumentation awarded an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for the design, development, and delivery of the Communications Upgrade to the OT-TES. The contractor, San Diego Research Center, Inc., will serve as the Lead System Integrator on this effort and will perform system and software analysis, system and software design and development, system integration and test, and system installation.
This program is a mobile, high fidelity tactical engagement simulation and field instrumentation system that collects and reports real-time casualty assessment and other required data. OT-TES is capable of supporting operational testing and evaluation of Army weapon systems, doctrine and tactics. Data is collected while monitoring, controlling, and recording the force on force engagements that occur in a battlefield environment.
There are three networks within the OT-TES Communications subsystem.
The infrastructure network will provide a high bandwidth, standardized communications backbone to the range that allows for the use of Commercial Off-The-Shelf networking products. The Internet Protocol (IP) will be used for transport, which is a broadly accepted and widely implemented networking protocol. The use of IP and other standards-based protocols will enable both multi-vendor hardware compatibility and inter-range simulation and engagement capability.
The access network will provide wireless access for Player Units (PUs) to connect to the infrastructure network. This will allow connectivity among PUs and between PUs and the Command, Control and Communications center. An Infrastructure Node, a physical subsystem, will be responsible for managing the access network and implements the interface between the access and infrastructure networks.
The peer-to-peer network will provide connectivity between PUs without reliance on the access or infrastructure networks.
When most of the Army test ranges and training centers were established, they were set in relatively remote areas. As Army systems became more complex, the complexity of the evaluation systems increased as well. Consequently, today we have requirements for systems performing precise functions such as Time Space Position Information /Global Positioning System, telemetry, vehicle status, situational awareness, audio, video, flight control, flight termination, scoring, meteorology, range safety, test control and coordination. Colonel Stephen Rust, Project Manager for Instrumentation, Targets and Threat Simulators at PEO STRI says, "OT-TES is rapidly evolving to support the ever-changing environment we find ourselves in. We must continue to work solutions that cut across developmental test/operational test and training, to provide a synergistic solution to support our soldiers in the field."
PEO STRI is headquartered in Central Florida's Research Park in East Orlando, Florida. In addition to research, development and program management, the PEO provides Life-Cycle support and operations for most of the Army's training systems around the world. PEO STRI is dedicated to putting the power of simulation into the hands of our warfighters.
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