Cyber Training Environment

PCTE will: • Incorporate infrastructure and services to support AI-software capabilities for on-prem and cloud environments. • Enhance CMF Capabilities & Readiness: Prioritize funding for critical components (licenses, SMEs, cybersecurity) and deliver features improving capability, functionality, and user experience – including…

FY2027 planned work PCTE will: • Enhance training realism by expanding the use of technologies and services from Supporting Cyber Training Ranges and physical cyber test beds to deliver more accurate operational network representations. • Integrate emerging cyber tools and sensors to enable realistic support for offensive cyber operations within the training environment and ensure alignment with current operational toolsets. • Expand high‑fidelity Gray Space by incorporating additional node types—such as internet‑based cloud services and threat‑representative environments—to increase scenario depth and operational relevance. • Refine emulation capabilities by improving attack and user emulation to better…

FY2026 to FY2027 change The $0.272 million reduction reflects cost avoidances achieved through the Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture (JCWA) common‑foundation approach, which consolidates shared services and eliminates duplicative capabilities across the portfolio. Additional savings result from decommissioning remaining legacy PCTE platforms and transitioning to a single, standardized architecture, reducing redundant operations, maintenance, and infrastructure expenditures.

FY2026 plans — current year PCTE will: • Improve realistic training environments by leveraging technologies and services from designated Supporting Cyber Training Ranges, physical cyber test beds, tools, and sensors. • Support the Cyber Resiliency and Training (CRT) product office in advancing integration across the Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture (JCWA)—including Joint Cyber Command and Control (JCC2), Joint Common Access Platform (JCAP), Unified Platform (UP), and Joint Development Environment (JDE). • Increase mission relevant content sharing, computational integration, and data exchange across JCWA systems in alignment with USCYBERCOM identified priorities.

FY2025 accomplishments Funding focuses on integrating the capability as part of the JCWA data fabric in collaboration with all component stakeholders. To enhance CMF operations and support mission readiness, PCTE focuses on JCWA mission objectives through continuing execution of USCYBERCOM prioritized mission threads focused on integration with Joint Cyber Command and Control (JCC2), Joint Common Access Platform (JCAP), Unified Platform (UP), and Joint Development Environment (JDE) that increase mission relevant content sharing, integration computation and data exchange related to USCYBERCOM identified priorities.

With $40.155M PCTE will: • Maintain PCTE enterprise support through continued use of a hybrid-cloud infrastructure - leveraging both commercial and government data centers - to ensure seamless operational support across all enclaves. • Ensure platform readiness by delivering infrastructure and operational support services, while applying…

FY2027 planned work $2.833M in PCTE funding will support: • Continued IV&V testing of scalable enterprise solutions aligned with Commander, USCYBERCOM priorities. • Rigorous integrated testing, employing the path‑finding approach to combine DT and OT for comprehensive capability verification. • Ongoing user feedback collection to validate effectiveness and suitability throughout the test lifecycle. • Further automation of test processes to streamline developmental and operational testing. • Cybersecurity resilience testing, including purple‑team assessments and Persistent Cyber Operations testing conducted by an NSA‑certified red team. • Continued JCWA integration testing to ensure interoperability across the…

FY2026 to FY2027 change The $0.097 million reduction reflects a planned transition from manual‑intensive Developmental Testing to a more automated and efficient testing framework. This decrease is enabled by automation scripts and test harnesses developed in FY 2026, which reduce recurring costs associated with validation and verification cycles. Additional savings result from the stabilization of JCWA common‑services integration, allowing the program to optimize resources toward Persistent Cyber Operations testing without increasing overall funding requirements.

FY2026 plans — current year $2.930M in PCTE funding supports: • Integration, verification and validation (IV&V) testing of scalable enterprise solutions aligned with Commander, USCYBERCOM priorities. • Executing PCTE’s path‑finding test approach, integrating Developmental Testing (DT) and Operational Testing (OT) to verify capability features are operational. • Collecting user feedback to assess effectiveness, suitability, and operational relevance. • Increasing automation across developmental and operational test activities to improve efficiency and reduce manual workload. • Conducting cybersecurity purple‑team assessments and Persistent Cyber Operations testing led by an NSA‑certified red team to ensure platform…

FY2025 accomplishments Testing continues with integration and V&V testing of the integration activities focused on the PCTE scalable enterprise solutions supporting the Commander USCYBERCOM (CDRUSCYBERCOM) priorities. PCTE conducts integrated and targeted Developmental Testing and Operational Testing to verify capability features that are operational and gather user feedback to assess effectiveness and suitability. An increase in scalability testing efforts assessed capacity improvements. PCTE conducts a series of cybersecurity purple teaming test as well as Persistent Cyber Operations test conducted by an NSA certified red team to ensure a resilient PCTE capability. Operational Test efforts in FY 2025 included…