What project CR3 buys
The Synthetic Training Environment (STE) Live program develops live training systems in concert with the STE Abbreviated Capabilities Development Document (A-CDD). The STE Live program converges live training with the STE, providing units the necessary training components to accelerate and sustain combined arms maneuver proficiency in support of Multi-Domain Operations (MDO). The STE Live program focuses on the development of a next generation live training architecture that leverages innovative technologies and standards to enable the realistic exercise of unit combat weapons up to brigade level in Multi Domain Operation Environments. The challenge today is the Army cannot train as it fights since 40% of Brigade Combat Team (BCT) platforms weapons effects are currently not simulated by today's live training system, Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES). STE Live next generation systems will replicate the following new engagement types, improve sensory feedback, increase realism of direct fire engagement, increase realism of battle damage assessments, improve after action reviews and improve instrumentation at the Combat Training Centers and Home Stations: Indirect Fire, Counter-Defilade (M320, MK-19), Place Object (Mines), Thrown Objects (Grenades), Dropped Objects (Bombs), Guided Weapon (Missiles), Autonomous Weapon (Missiles, Smart Munitions), Direct Energy (laser), Radiant Energy (Sonic, Microwave), Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE) Plumes and Cyber. FY 2027 RDTE funds will continue to revolutionize Soldier Simulation and Training systems to include a Synthetic Training Environment focused on the Rifle Platoon Training System. Additionally, FY 2027 funding will advance the Combat Vehicle Training System products. The total cost of the STE-LTS MTA Rapid Prototyping (RP) effort is $232.0 million RDT&E from FY 2022 to FY 2026.
- Product Development
- Support
- Test and Evaluation
Project CR3 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 32.9 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 14.5 |
| FY2027 | Request | 29.2 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 13.9 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 15.6 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 15.8 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 15.9 |
1 accomplishment / planned program
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. Each describes FY2027 work in enough detail to have its own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
FY 2027 funds in the amount of $29.175 million will continue development for direct fire, automated casualty, shoulder launched munitions, indirect fire, counter defilade, and network products. FY 2027 funds will also continue the combat vehicle, sUAS, C-sUAS development.
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