Aviation Command & Control (Ac2) Combat Operations Simulation Services

Marine Air Control Squadron 4 (MACS-4) participates in Fleet Synthetic Training-Joint (FST-J) and Keen Sword (KS) exercises. Accordingly, they require a real-time interactive simulation tool that easily manages the entire battlespace from single ship Close Air Support (CAS) missions to multi-axis, multi-ship Special Operations. Multiple systems can be networked together at a single site, or at multiple sites around the world for dynamic large-scale joint and coalition exercises. Further, MACS-4 also requires the creation of a realistic virtual battle-space by using real-world data and models, allowing Instructors and Exercise Directors the ability to control exercise tempo and dynamically direct the exercise focus to meet training needs. By creating radar tracks that can then be utilized by the different agencies of the Marine Air Command Control System (MACCS), MACS-4 needs a system that allows the MACCS to simulate actual radar operations without having to have live flights. Moreover, the needed system must have required specifications to interconnect with MACCS equipment into the pre-built and approved backbone provided by Tactical Training Group, Pacific (TTGP). Finally, MACS-4 requires the ability to simulate the tactical level, allowing the USMC Tactical Air Operations Center to be able to perform tactical level functions and generate the simulated scenario by injecting it into CAC2S through simulation of the Multi-Source Correlator Tracker/Tactical Display Framework (MSCT-TDF)