Solutions

Modeling & Simulation

Live Training
These training solutions are defined as those solutions in which real people are operating real systems.

Live Training In support of the US Army Program Executive Office, Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI), Riptide's core program lineage centers around this training environment. Dating back to the late 1990's, Riptide's understanding of enterprise architecture coupled with the state of the art use of Java software and techniques enabled the Army to meet its training needs such as instrumentation systems to support home station training, Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT), and digital ranges. Our software involvement is pervasive across this training environment and upon successful delivery of the TRACR program, Riptide's software will be on every US Army training range that uses targetry.

Programs:

MAIS
CTIA C# Object Model
CTIA Services “Lite”
DRTS
DMPRC, DMPTR, BAX
ISBC, IPBC
TRACR
LT2 Architecture
SDT
MOUT/UO
CRIS
CTC OIS AAR
Common GUI Framework
LT2 Portal

Virtual Environment Training Solutions
These solutions involve real people operating simulated systems. Virtual simulations inject human-in-the-loop in a central role by exercising motor control skills (e.g., flying an airplane), decision skills (e.g., committing fire control resources to action), or communication skills (e.g., as members of a Command, Control, Communications, and Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) team).

Virtual Environment Training Riptide's expertise here lies twofold. First, Riptide has integrated virtual training systems with live training systems as part of the larger instrumented range fielding. Additionally, a number of Riptide employees have both ground and air simulator/simulation experience. This includes CCTT, FCS, and both rotary and fixed wing flight simulators. Riptide also has used DIS and HLA in its integration of virtual simulators.

Programs:

FCS MGV Support
AVCATT Support

Constructive Environment Training Solutions
These solutions are models and simulations that involve simulated people operating simulated systems. Real people stimulate (make inputs) to such simulations, but are not involved in determining the outcomes.

Although not our primary area of expertise, Riptide has multiple employees who have experience with CCTT SAF and OneSAF Test Bed (OTB).

Live, Virtual, Constructive (LVC) Interoperability
Defined as the ability for assets, models, and effects from one training environment to be seen, affect, and be affected within the rest of the training environments. This also includes the use of a common synthetic environment (SE).

Live, Virtual, Constructive (LVC) Interoperability The need exists for all three training environments to interoperate and not be developed within each separate stovepipe. There are nuances involved with the interfaces, standards, and training methodologies across all three environments. Riptide has investigated and developed many of these interfaces. Collaterally, Riptide's experience in the common components development at US Army PEO STRI enables them to bring this broad perspective to LVC-centric programs.

Joint Training Environment
Defined as a training environment to better prepare combatant command staffs, joint task forces and the individual services (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard) to fight as a collaborative team, or a “joint force.”

Joint Training Riptide has provided software development services and support to three of the Department of Defense Services: the Army, the Marine Corps, and the Navy. Additionally, in support of both the US Army PEO STRI and the US Joint Forces Command, Riptide provided analysis related to the multiple software architectures (Test and Training Enabling Architecture (TENA) and Common Training Instrumentation Architecture (CTIA)) involved with the first Joint National Training Capability (JNTC) exercise. Latencies existed in the data flow between the two architectures, centered predominantly out at the National Training Center (NTC). Riptide's expertise in both the Live training environment and with software architectures as a whole enabled us to provide keen insight to the US Government to improve the interfaces between the architectures and, in turn, improve future training benefit to the Warfighter.

Programs:

TENA-CTIA Analysis

Army After Action Review
An After Action Review (AAR) is defined by the US Army as a professional discussion of an event, focused on performance standards, that enables soldiers to discover what happened, why it happened, and how to sustain strengths and improve on weaknesses. The objective is to improve individual and collective task performance by providing immediate feedback about how the training or tasks could have been done better.

Riptide Software has developed AAR products as part of entire live range control systems for the US Army in the domains of Soldier training and operational testing.

An effective AAR makes use of graphical visual tools like 2D maps, graphs and charts; as well as replay or playback of exercise data. A seamless coordination of powerpoint, video, audio, and tactical screens provide the instructors the tools to successfully present a training package. Depending on the range and the mission, scoresheets and take home packages (THP) are provided to the unit at completion.

PM TRADE is currently working to create a standardized set of software and hardware interfaces to provide a consistent AAR tool for all live training programs under the Live Training Transformation (LT2) product line. Riptide Software, Inc. is at the center in helping PEO STRI achieve this goal.

A common approach to AAR at the LT2 level provides the following benefits:

Provide a consistent look & feel and operation to AAR activities across the LT2 product line
- Reduces training o Reduces software development and testing costs
- Reduces maintenance and support costs
- Allows products to leverage resources
Ability to reuse common AAR software components
Ability to reuse common AAR hardware specifications and designs conforming to established LT2 AAR ICDs
Solve the problem once and transfer that solution to multiple programs
Allows a migration path for ranges that are upgraded in the future to more complex systems.

Below are short descriptions of programs where Riptide Software has developed AAR solutions for the US Army.

Mobile Army Instrumentation Suite (MAIS) - Created for assessing new Army vehicles in field conditions. The MAIS AAR incorporated a 2D Map, the ability to perform replay of all operational status screens in lock step with the map, and a series of very detailed reports presenting vehicle instrumentation for the exercise. The testing community is very concerned with accurately recording any and all instrumentation from all vehicles at all times. This presents unique challenges in delivering an AAR this is readily understandable, yet can be further analyzed to provide all necessary data.
Digital Ranges Training System (DRTS) - Provides live fire DMPRC / DMPTR / BAX support for Soldier training for tank, Bradley, and Stryker vehicles and dismounted troops. The AAR for DRTS is performed within 20 minutes after the completion of an exercise and is conducted in a small theater type setting. Integration of field video, in-vehicle video, audio, 2D map display, playback of tactical screens, and powerpoint slides showing doctrinal, objective, and general data are shown on two large screen displays. The AAR itself is captured on video and audio and becomes part of the THP. Scoresheets that were automatically created by the software system are displayed and discussed with the troops as well. The DRTS AAR is setting the new standard for AAR presentations for the instrumented ranges community.
Combat Training Centers (CTC-OIS) - The CTCs represent the largest of the live training AAR systems. AAR for CTCs occur in one of three locations and types:
- Mobile - from a HMMWV in the field
- Portable - from a trailer that can be positioned where needed to support Army training goals
- Fixed - from a theater

Riptide software is part of the team that has won the AAR Technology Capability Group (TCG) for CTC-OIS. The AAR solution incorporates video editing control similar to what is being used currently at television stations, 2D map display, playback, tactical screens, audio, doctrinal slides, general slides, etc. The CTC AAR has a dedicated staff of technicians who specialize in the creation of the AAR and THPs. Riptide is proud to be a team member providing this state of the art technology for the training the US Army Soldier.

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