Innovative JTF-HQ Staff Training System

Today's dynamic, often uncertain, combined or joint operating environment drives a requirement for a better training capability targeted at ground combat decision makers in operational leadership positions within the Joint Task Force Headquarters (JTF-HQ), specifically the Combined / Joint Forces Land Component Commander (CFLCC) and other joint team members on a Combined / Joint Task Force (CJTF) staff. The military needs, as a key component of a new instructional strategy, a realistic, interactive training simulation that can mimic the strategic / operational level of war while creating decision-making opportunities for these senior leaders to gain experience prior to, and in conjunction with, on-the-job training. To solve this problem, MÄK Technologies will work with the customer, the joint military community and our supporting subcontractor, Klein Associates, to design (Phase I) and develop (Phase II) a prototype training system that will provide simulation-based experiential learning opportunities addressing mission essential competencies such as cooperative planning and skilled liaison along with an understanding of technology used in joint environments. We propose to leverage our separate, ongoing Phase II SBIR effort to create a similar Air Component Commander training system to design and build an effective, engaging, PC-based training simulation to support improved cognitive readiness training for JTF-HQ ground combat senior leaders.