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Navy Requires Open Architecture In New Air Combat Training System

Navy Requires Open Architecture In New Air Combat Training System
Japan Air Self-Defense Force Col. Kanae Tamakoshi, liaison officer to Pacific Air Forces, simulates flying an F-35 Lighting II fighter aircraft in the a cockpit demonstrator during the Pacific F-35 Symposium at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, March 14, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Stewart)

Written into the contract for the Navy’s newest combat aircraft training system is a requirement for industry bidders to use a government-established standard communication software architecture.The $142 million contract holds Rockwell Collins [COL] and Leonardo DRS to implementing the Software Communications Architecture (SCA) version 4.1 when building the Tactical Combat Training System Increment II (TCTS-II). Leonardo DRS is a U.S.-based unit of Italy's Leonardo.The new training system, managed by Naval Aviation Training Systems Program Office (PMA-205), will provide an advanced…

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