NAVAIR

Tactical Training Ranges

Tactical Combat Training System (TCTS)

The Tactical Training Ranges IPT manages the Navy’s airborne training systems. These systems provide realistic, cost-effective environments and capabilities in support of individual, unit level, and team training. Missions are conducted in air-to-air and air-to-surface combat, and electronic combat environments.

• Fixed range and untethered tracking, monitoring and debrief of exercise participants:
  - Reduces or eliminates costly range infrastructure
• Airborne and Ground components
  - Live monitor and post-mission debrief
• Installed at all Navy and Marine Corps training ranges
  - Tracking demonstrated out to 180 nautical miles
  - System availability consistently 97 percent
• Deployable to remote locations in support of training exercises

Large Area Tracking Range (LATR)

• Tracking of fixed and rotary wing aircraft, ships, and amphibious assault vehicles.
• Tracks up to 124 participants out to 500 nautical miles in range and up to 50,000 feet in altitude.
• Data collection and display and debrief at multiple locations both in real-time and post exercise.
• Supports multiple warfare areas and interfaces with existing host range infrastructure and sensors.

Electronic Warfare (EW)

Presents training event participants with an Opposing Force electronic warfare operating environment.

• Ground-based emitter simulations
  - Foreign Military Equipment
  - Emitter Simulators
• Airborne emitter simulators
• Realistic ground target shapes