Aegis supports USMC trainer

Aegis Technologies will continue supporting Riptide Software’s work on the United States Marine Corps’ (USMC’s) Combined Arms Command and Control Trainer Upgrade System (CACCTUS) programme, the company announced on 12 November.

CACCTUS is designed to immerse trainees in a realistic, scenario-driven environment enabling commanders to rehearse tactics prior to any physical engagement across live, virtual and constructive training networks.   

Riptide Software has been supporting CACCTUS since 2011, and has recently received a $47 million contract to continue this work for five years.

Riptide leads a team comprised of Leidos, General Dynamics Mission Systems, Aegis Technologies, AVT Simulation and Phoenix Logistics, that will continue to provide Post Deployment Software Support (PDSS) for CACCTUS sites, while continuing to improve CACCTUS to ensure the system reaches Full Operational Capability (FOC).  

Aegis currently provides the Modus three-dimensional (3D) stealth view to CACCTUS, and will be responsible on the new contract for providing and integrating next-generation visual solutions that will meet the FOC requirements. 

Brian Holmes, vice president of Orlando operations, Aegis, said: ‘This award reaffirms Aegis’ leadership role in developing and fielding Battlestaff Training Systems for the US military, as Aegis also serves as the prime on the Air Force Modeling & Simulation Training Toolkit (AFMSTT) for the US Air Force as well as serving as key subcontractor on the Constructive Training Systems (CTS) contract for the US Army.’