The
Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and in
Source Support (BAAINBw) has awarded Thales with the modernisation of
the German Navy's tactical and procedural trainer (TVTM, The tactical
and procedural naval trainer prepares officers in administration, commanders
and command teams of warships for missions and exercises) at the naval
training centre (MOS) in Bremerhaven. After more than ten years of almost
unmodified operation, the IT infrastructure has become outdated and
is no longer sustainable. As a result, the regeneration of the simulators
is scheduled to be completed by August 2018. |
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"With this project we solve the deterioration
problemsof existing systems and increase the capabilities of the tactical
naval centre by participating in national and international simulated
training and mission preparations",
explained Brunhilde Henze, project manager at BAAINBw S6.3 in Wilhelmshaven.
In detail, the order covers the regeneration of the "VT - MOS"
(The procedural trainer predominantly prepares sergeants - with and
without tassel - and young officers for practical operational service),
"TVT" and "TacFloor" (On the TacFloor, situations,
for example during operational map games, can be projected in a large
format on the floor and/or a wall. This for m of representation is particularly
suited for larger course groups who need to
jointly evaluate a tactical situation) tactical trainers last used in
the TMZ (aktikzentrum der Marine / Navy Tactics Centre). A new reference
system and a new software development environment will additionally
be supplied for the simulators.
With the regenerated trainer systems, the tactical naval centre will
also have the future capability to maintain the training of navy operators
– covering a wide range of ranks – at a very high level.
In addition, the capability to participate in networked simulation exercises
on a national and international scale will be increased for the simulators.
To this end, the replacement of the simulated training environment based
on the HLA (High Level Architecture is an architecture for integrated
and distributed simulation defined by the US Ministry of Defence. This
concept became an international standard in the year 2000. It is based
on the idea of dividing a total simulation into several individual small
- scale simulations which exchange information with each other. Communication
is via a computer network) and DIS (Distributed Interactive Simulation
represents a data exchange standard for the control of simulation systems.
Using DIS, networked simulation systems can exchange simulated situation
information in real - time and there by enable the users of the networked
systems to observe an identical environmental representation in their
respective simulators) is essential. Within the modernised system, the
tactical data exchange between the simulated and real participants takes
place via Link 11, 16 and 22.
" With the current decision of Navy leaders concerning the
future design of mission training, the education and training of crews
and administrative officers using synthetic mission scenarios has become
more important. In future, the TMZ will play a central role in this
training network with the regenerated system", added Navy
Captain Norbert Schatz, Commander of the TMZ at the naval training centre.
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