Joint Service Partnership: Extending the Live Training Transformation Product Line
In concert with the Marine Corps Training Modeling and Simulation Master Plan and as part of the Range
Modernization and Transformation (RM/T) programs, there exists a requirement to support the Live, Virtual, and
Constructive (LVC) Training Environment within the synthetic battlefield that combines LVC training tools through
collaborative interoperability techniques. RM/T is a live training Family of Systems which supports Planning,
Situational Awareness, Exercise Control, and After Action Review capabilities. However, in order to support the
live training domain, an integrated method to collect, analyze, and distribute live exercise data needs to be
developed.
An architectural analysis was conducted to determine the feasibility of implementing a developmental solution verses
reuse of other service capabilities. The analysis determined that the Marine Corps should leverage the Army’s Live
Training Transformation (LT2) product line based on the Common Training Instrumentation Architecture. As a
result, the Army’s Project Manager Training Device and Marine Corps Program Manager Training Systems - Live
Training Systems formally signed a Program Level Agreement to establish a LT2 product line partnership to support
synergistic development of the Marine Corps RM/T programs. The goal of this partnership is to promote joint
interoperability, architectural standardization, and maximize reusability and commonality of existing LT2 product
line components, and subsequently promote cost savings across the Marine Corps RM/T and Army LT2 programs
and service acquisition total life cycle.
This paper will address the details of the architectural analysis, and the factors that guided the development of the
Marine Corps Instrumentation Training System (MC-ITS) program as the first Marine Corps LT2 product integrated
use case. The MC-ITS program will provide the basis for extending LT2 reuse to other Marine Corps live training
programs, and expanding the current Army LT2 capabilities to further enhance the LT2 Consolidated Product Line
Management strategy.
