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example, a 5th generation fighters can training, securely, across all Navy running both current and envisioned
operate at the highest level, RAAF squadrons and fleet forces. The future training waveforms. All of the
F-18s can fly at AUS Secret, and US TCTS II upgrade offers significant hardware demonstrated was from
F-18s at US Secret. MILS allows all increased processing capacity for the 3rd production run for the CRIIS
participants to exchange information onboard simulation enabling enhanced program. JSAS is secure, mature, and
and not just the one with the highest LVC training capability without adding available now.
security classification level; in other requirements to upgrade the over-
words, it overcomes the limitations of burdened aircraft processing hardware. What benefits does JSAS bring
the “big shed” concept. Collins recently demonstrated to your training ecosystem?
In the first version of JSAS, Collins for the US Air Force an integrated Fifth- to Fourth-Generation
supported the U.S. Department of training exercise using JSAS with fully- Interoperability: Today you can add
Defense’s Common Range Integrated connected training elements. During depth to exercises by securely enabling
Instrumentation System for upgrading the exercise, four live, LVC-enabled 5th generation, legacy and coalition
U.S. Air Force, Navy and Army test aircraft were networked with a variety forces to train together, accurately
ranges. This allows aircraft of different of synthetic forces to demonstrate an reflecting real-world environments.
security levels to share information integrated, joint, multi-dimensional Scalable systems support participants
safely and to do so using a high mission training environment. The from the small squadron to the large
performance network with very little exercise demonstrated JSAS’s open force and integrate with current training
latency with the ability to scale the system software architecture enabling assets such as electronic warfare
number of participants to over 100. incorporation of solutions from a threat emitters and ground-based
As part of the US Navy Tactical wide range of third party weapon and participants. Additionally, open systems
Combat Training System Increment II sensor simulation providers. The architecture enables integration of
(TCTS Inc II), JSAS replaces the current demonstration highlighted MILS and third-party applications. User-controlled
Navy range training infrastructure. The utilized JSAS’s waveform agnostic, security rule-sets manage information
upgrade advances aircrew proficiency software defined radios capable of sharing between participants of different

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