Information Technology for Training Systems

This project funds information technology systems that support Army Training. The two systems under FM8 are described below. Of those, the Army Training Information System (ATIS) is an Army priority and the focus of the major investment in FM8. ATIS directly supports two of the four Army Unit Readiness Priorities - Training and Leader Development and serves as an enabler for Manning, Equipping, and Scheduling. 1. Army Training Information System (ATIS) Problem Statement: The Army's current collection of non-integrated training information systems provides limited utility with data that is unreliable, un-trusted, inaccessible, and not responsive to user needs. Sustaining these systems, with their various architectures, standards, and service providers results in higher operating and sustainment costs to the Army. Objective: Collapse 20 legacy systems into a single portal supporting 5 training capability areas. Solution: Utilizing Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) software ATIS will deliver a single portal enterprise training environment capability encompassing scheduling, training development, learning content management, training management, and resource management for all individual, as well as collective training and education. As ATIS is fielded, the Army will reduce the overall cost of the training environment by retiring the duplicative, stove piped systems and improve performance with a data-centric, governed, and architecturally compliant system. ATIS will sunset 20 antiquated information training systems costing over $75M annually. - Training Development: provides ability to develop and coordinate information, including training packages, training events, courses, and exercises. - Training Management: provides centralized ability to access and manage information, including individual and collective/unit training that supports mission tasks and individual training records. - Enterprise Scheduling: provides a single integrated set of applications to schedule training resources, including transportation, classrooms, ranges, supplies, and mandated legal/social individual and unit training. - Content Management: provides centralized access to training information anytime, anywhere, including educational and professional instruction. - Resource Management: provides ability to manage availability/sustainability of training enablers and resources.