Air/Ground Combat Training Range Systems:
Delphi Research, Inc. develops software for both Air and Ground Combat Training Systems. The Tactical Aircrew Combat Training System (TACTS) is a sophisticated computer-based instrumentation system used primarily to train U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps, and Foreign Military aircrews in air combat tactics and the recognition of weapons envelope boundaries. TACTS records and displays, in real time, virtually all of an aircraft's positional and kinetic properties. Based on the activity of the aircraft, TACTS both simulates and scores weapons firings from other participating aircraft and ground-based threats. Ground-based threats can be actual threat radar systems or threat simulators. All data, including voice communications, are recorded to allow the aircrews to conduct post-mission analyses or debriefs.
TACTS Training missions include:
Air Combat Maneuvering: Training in air-to-air maneuvers and weapons employment under realistic conditions for manned, high performance, fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft.
Electronic Warfare (EW): Training in threat recognition, evasion, and defeat in a dynamic, coordinated threat environment.
No-Drop Weapons Scoring: Training in conventional air-to-surface weapons delivery showing impact points on a variety of targets or target complexes.
Joint Munitions Effectiveness Manuals Scoring (JMEMS): Training which indicates damage delivered to a target (e.g., tank, truck, or building).
Anti-Radiation Missile (ARM): Training in ARM and High-Speed ARM (HARM) delivery with simulated missle fly-out and kill indications.
Multi-Radar Tracking System provides realistic training of squadron air controllers through a variety of user controls and 2D graphical displays similar to that of a Ground Control Intercept (GCI) scope. It receives Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) and radar data for aircraft in the various operating areas.
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Integrated Air Defense System (IADS) provides a realistic combat environment in which aircrews can acquire and perfect the proper responses and maneuvering tactics to counter hostile electronic warfare (EW) threats. The IADS consists of acquisition and threat radar systems linked by a communications system to a common control point manned by an overall IADS Commander. The IADS Commander uses gathered information to control the overall training scenario and assign threat radar systems for engagement, either directly or via one or more subordinates. Portions of this information are also used by TACTS to provide recording of the entire training scenario.
