# Project CR2 — STE Information Systems (TSS, TMT)

**Program element:** 0604121A — Synthetic Training Environment Refinement & Prototyping  
**Project:** CR2  
**Component:** U.S. Army  
**Appropriation:** 2040 — RDT&E, Army  
**Budget Activity:** 4 — Advanced Component Development & Prototypes  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604121A/CR2  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604121A

## Summary

Project CR2 — STE Information Systems (TSS, TMT) requests $164.4M in FY2027, 75% of the $219.1M requested for program element 0604121A, up 21% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request. Palantir is the largest named R-3 performer at $53.9M, 33% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 60.3 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 136.3 |
| FY2027 | Request | 164.4 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 156.8 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 142.5 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 131.9 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 123.1 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0604121A; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project CR2 buys

STE-Software (STE-SW) was previously referred to as STE-lnformation System (STE-IS). The Training Simulation Software/Training Management Tools (TSS/TMT) provides two of the three core functions for the Synthetic Training Environment - Software (STE-SW). TSS/TMT converges our current live, virtual, gaming and constructive environments to provide a single, unified training & management environment from Soldier/Squad to Army Service Component Command (ASCC). TSS/TMT provides the ability to train in a single or multiple live, virtual, gaming and constructive environment simultaneously. The Training Simulation Software (TSS), the core STE simulation engine, provides the physical and behavior models necessary to replicate the operational environment to enable collective training from Soldier/Squad through ASCC. The TSS provides entity, aggregate, and common services, as well as adjudicates interactions at the entity level (e.g., Computer-Generated Forces (CGF), and synthetic equipment). The Training Management Tool (TMT) enables units to quickly plan, prepare, execute, monitor, and assess collective training events for readiness. TMT provides an easy-to-use interface, combined with an Intelligent tutor to reduce help-desk support, time, and manpower currently required. TMT leverages training management (data) services and authoritative data sources to enable training on demand regardless of geographic location. In FY 2021, TSS/TMT entered the execution phase of the Software Acquisition Pathway. TSS/TMT facilitates rapid and iterative delivery of its capabilities through a Development, Security, and Operations (DevSecOps) process to support Soldier/Squad (Sq) to Brigade (BDE) level training which began fielding 3QFY2024. The STE-SW ICD was validated 1QFY2025 identifying the Army's guidance to accelerate the NGC capability requirement beginning in FY 2026 that TSS/TMT will support. Next Generation Constructive (NGC) provides the constructive training environment to sufficiently train large scale combat operations (LSCO) in multi-domain operations, to include, joint, land, air cyber, space, and maritime. NGC enables collective training to be conducted for Army Service Component Command (ASCC) and below, while increasing efficiency in planning, preparing, and executing training events.

**R-3 lines of work:** Management Services; Product Development; Test and Evaluation.

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| Palantir | 53.9 | 33% |
| Cole Engineering Services | 40.3 | 25% |
| Battle Road | 14.2 | 8.6% |
| Phoenix Defense | 12.3 | 7.4% |

> Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations. Shares need not reach 100% — unnamed and government work is in the denominator.

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering, Support, Test & Evaluation for STE-SW | 60.3 | 136.3 | 164.4 | +21% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604121A/CR2/a0) |

> Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. In the request year they partition this project exactly; in earlier years they can under-cover it.

### Engineering, Support, Test & Evaluation for STE-SW

FY 2027 STE-SW (TSS/TMT and NGC) funding will continue to focus on the Army's priorities for acceleration of NGC Corps capability to include continuous improvements and development of virtual and constructive capability in FY 2027 per Army directive. Funding supports STE-SW development of iterative incremental capability, testing and…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604121A/CR2/a0

## What is NOT on this page

Congressional marks, the R-2 mission description and acquisition strategy, the industry vs government split of the whole request, and related program elements are recorded at **program-element** grain — an NDAA mark lands on a PE, never on a project. They are at https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604121A.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0604121A project CR2 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604121A")`.

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