CEDAR
RAPIDS, Iowa, May 25, 2023
/PRNewswire/ -- Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies business
(NYSE: RTX) announced today it will deliver on the full rate
production contract awarded by the U.S. Navy for Tactical Combat
Training System – Increment II (TCTS II), Air Combat Training
System (ACMI) for the U.S. Navy. The contract includes both
airborne and ground subsystems and will support fielding
requirements at various U.S. Navy training ranges.
"TCTS II addresses today's peer threat, enabling aircrews to
train and improve joint tactics, techniques and procedures in
an NSA-certified secure environment," said John Sapp, vice president and general manager,
Integrated Solutions for Collins.
Validated flight tests on F/A-18 and EA-18G aircrafts,
TCTS II's long-range, air-to-air and air-to-ground networking
capability supported real time data exchanges. The system
features an open architecture design, highly encryption capability,
computing power, and robust datalink. TCTS II will be the
foundation for next-generation training scenarios that will use a
combination of live, virtual and constructive entities.
"In our testing, we were able to demonstrate key discriminators
of our TCTS II solution including integration into existing
infrastructure, tactical intercepts and real-time mission
completion notifications," said Sapp.
TCTS II is planned to replace the U.S. Navy's legacy ACMI
tracking systems with a single system to support training, from
tactical aircrew unit level training events to force exercise
events, including mobile and fixed locations worldwide.
Developed and built by Collins Aerospace and teammate Leonardo
DRS, TCTS II is a scalable and flexible open architecture system
that enables highly secure air combat training among 4th and 5th
Generation U.S. aircraft, and international aircraft.
About Raytheon Technologies
Raytheon
Technologies (NYSE: RTX) is the world's largest aerospace and
defense company. Our global team of 180,000 employees pushes the
limits of known science and redefines how we connect and protect
our world. We are advancing aviation, building smarter defense
systems and creating innovations to take us deeper into space. The
company, with 2022 sales of $67
billion, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
About Collins Aerospace
Collins Aerospace is a
business of Raytheon Technologies, the largest aerospace and
defense company in the world. Our global team of 73,000 employees
dreams, designs and delivers smarter, more connected solutions for
passenger safety and comfort, mission success, space exploration,
and operational efficiency and sustainability. We make the most
powerful concepts in aerospace a reality. For more information,
visit CollinsAerospace.com.
Media contact: Liz Maddy
Email: elizabeth.maddy@collins.com
Phone: 720-948-9005
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