Army looks to Cole Engineering for combined-arms training and simulation for aviation and ground forces
ORLANDO, Fla. – U.S. Army simulation and training experts needed transportable connected simulators to help aviation and ground units train together in combined arms air-ground missions. They found their solution from Cole Engineering Services Inc. in Orlando, Fla.
Officials of the Army Contracting Command in Orlando, Fla., announced a $500 million three-year contract to Cole Engineering on Thursday for the Reconfigurable Virtual Collective Trainer (RCVT) program.
The RCVT seeks to enable unit collective and combined-arms air-ground training for aviation and ground units using a synthetic training environment.
It is to support the training of non-rated crew members in crew coordination, flight, aerial gunnery, hoist, and sling-load related tasks via simulation and training devices.
Related: Deployable simulation and training
The RVCT includes aviation platforms (RVCT-A), ground platforms (RVCT-G), dismounted infantry collective maneuver training, collective gunnery training, and mission rehearsal capability.
It is a mobile, transportable, modular, and scalable training capability with the minimum hardware necessary to represent form, fit, and function for the user to carry out collective tasks.
The RVCT will use the Common Synthetic Environment (CSE) platform enabler with three foundational capabilities: one world terrain (OWT), training management tool (TMT), and training simulation software (TSS).
On this contract Cole Engineering will do the work in Orlando, Fla., and should be finished by April 2026. For more information contact Cole Engineering Services online at https://coleengineering.com, or the Army Contracting Command-Orlando at https://acc.army.mil/contractingcenters/acc-orl.
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