What project 3093 buys
The Tactical Combat Training System Increment II (TCTS II) will provide an improved environment for air combat training utilizing a secure air-to-air and air-to-ground data link, and will provide range tethered and range less operation capability to CONUS ranges and Forward Deployed Naval Forces (FDNF). TCTS Increment II will provide encrypted instrumentation for multiple fixed and rotary wing platforms as well as an enhanced threat environment. In 2023, TCTS II started development of Synthetic Inject to Live (SITL) capability, which enables blue and red constructive (e.g. aircraft, air and surface threats) injects into aircraft displays and sensors to train aircrews for near-peer threats. The program is integrating into the Navy Continuous Training Environment (NCTE), allowing mission data from "Live" participants to be monitored at a control facility and disseminated across the LVC ecosystem. TCTS Increment II provides the foundational encrypted airborne network for implementation of Aviation Live Virtual Constructive (LVC) capabilities. TCTS II will continue software updates to address fleet requirements. Aviation LVC Live Aircraft Integration (ALLAI) Phase 1 funds the integration of live aircraft into the LVC, blended training environment to close the Great Powers Competition training capability gap for mission rehearsal. Aviation LVC will establish an integrated System of Systems (SoS) training environment bringing already-developed capabilities together with new developmental efforts to form a cohesive architecture that accurately emulates the high end fight for warfighter training. LVC takes a hybrid approach to aviation and Fleet-wide training where the training audience in the form of Live personnel operating Live equipment (to include aircraft and surface vessels) will be teamed with Live aircrew operating simulators to provide a Virtual complement in the "Blue Air" picture. The "Red" adversary for this training is made up of Live personnel operating Live aircraft complemented by computer generated "Red" Constructive Air and Surface threats that stimulate the "Blue" Air displays and sensors as if a "Red" Live adversary were present.
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Project 3093 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 64.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 90.3 |
| FY2027 | Request | 48.5 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 62.6 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 57.8 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 49.8 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 50.6 |
5 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit — the only level of the budget that describes work that has not happened yet. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only, no five-year plan. 3 of them describe FY2027 work in enough detail to have their own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
TCTS II will continue to develop, test and deliver software to include NGTS and Open Air Battle Shaping (OABS) incorporation with a path to complete threat replication, and NCTE compatibility. With the number of TCTS II systems being fielded, waveform modifications will occur for spectral efficiency and increasing event size and…
Read the FY2027 plan →Funds are allocated to the ALLAI program to continue the integration and developmental testing of Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) software capabilities on the F/A-18, including updated Next Generation Threat System (NGTS) simulations and waveform optimization. Resources will support required Cross Domain Solution (CDS) design…
Read the FY2027 plan →Develop and integrate government-owned standards and architecture for aviation performance data collection, supported by tactical subject matter experts (SMEs) and data scientists. The system includes multilevel security databases, network capabilities, and intelligent, semi-automated assessments, reporting, and visualization tools, all…
Read the FY2027 plan →FY2027 planned work This is a continuation of development and integration of Link Inject to Live (LITL). LITL will integrate Live, Virtual, Constructive (LVC) exercises for training purposes. LITL utilizes a synthetic scenario generation tool and integrates live game players into the synthetic environment by a message set communicated over Link-16. Synthetic entity information delivered over Link-16 will be injected into the existing platform training capability which will be modified to accommodate the LITL synthetic environment.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Link Inject to Live funding increased from FY26 to FY27 in the amount of $4.0M due to the realignment from the Tactical Combat Training Systems, Increment II (TCTS II) as the program has matured and been put on contract with the Joint Program Office.
FY2027 planned work E-2D Internal Mount will continue development and integration of a chassis mounted solution to provide encrypted Time, Space, Position Information (TSPI) in support of Tactical Training Range operations. Development will include pursuing National Security Agency (NSA) certification to an upgrade to the current TCTS II encryptor to be in compliance with Security Evaluation Requirements Document (SERD) 2.0 requirements. E-2D Internal Mount will be an enabler to Synthetic Inject to Live (SITL) for the platform and is required for future untethered (removed from Tactical Training Ranges) operations.
FY2026 to FY2027 change The increase from FY26 to FY27 in the amount of $1.4M is due to E-2D Internal Mount (IM) funds being realigned from Tactical Combat Training Systems, Increment II (TCTS II) as the IM program has matured and moved from requirements definition to development.
Named performers on project 3093
Performers named in the R-3 exhibit under this project. Share is of the project's whole FY2027 R-3 total — the same denominator the program-element split uses, so the two read on one scale and will not sum to 100% when unnamed or government work is in the mix. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.