AMERICA’S ARMY WINNING IN A COMPLEX WORLD

ACAT III
Home Station Instrumentation Training
System (HITS)
PEO Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation | Orlando, FL
WARFIGHTING
FUNCTION
Mission Command
Movement and Maneuver
Intelligence
Fires
Sustainment
Maneuver Support
and Protection
Engagement
ACQUISITION
LIFECYCLE PHASE
Materiel Solution Analysis
Technology Maturation &
Risk Reduction
Engineering & Manufacturing
Development
Production & Deployment
Operations & Support
MILESTONE DECISION
AUTHORITY
Defense Acquisition Executive
Army Acquisition Executive
Program Executive Officer
DESCRIPTION
The Home Station Instrumentation Training System (HITS) is designed
to enhance training at home stations by instrumenting force-on-force live
training exercises for battalion-and-below units.
HITS includes automated tools to establish medium fidelity cause-andeffect
analysis of battalion-and-below collective training performance
in unified land operations. It is an integrated system of computer
software and hardware; workstations; databases; voice, video, and data
recording; production and presentation equipment; interface devices;
and communication networks. It provides the tools for the Observer-
Controller, Trainer and Operators to collect, analyze and present
training performance feedback in the After Action Review (AAR) and
a unit take-home package. HITS is a transportable system that can be
rapidly deployed to support field training exercises. It operates at Mission
Assurance Category III Sensitive, and produces Controlled Unclassified
Information. HITS provides the live domain for the Live, Virtual,
Constructive (LVC) Integrated Training Environment established by
the LVC-Integrating Architecture Program. HITS is part of the Live
Training Transformation – Family of Training Systems and is based on
the Common Training Instrumentation Architecture.
BENEFIT TO THE WARFIGHTER
HITS tracks Soldiers and vehicles while collecting their real-time casualty
assessment information during battalion level force-on-force collective
training exercises. This allows the HITS Exercise Control to monitor
and record the participant’s position and the results of who shot whom,
when, where and with what outcome.
SPECIFICATIONS
• Provides continuous support 24/7 during training
• Interoperates with up to 1,162 instrumented personnel and vehicles
outfitted with the Instrumentable – Multiple Integrated Laser
Engagement System
• HITS Battle Manager application allows operators to conduct fire
missions and employ minefields and improvised explosive devices,
allowing automatic adjudication of casualty and damage effects of
these attacks
• Allows the operator to monitor and record training unit voice
transmissions from up to four Single Channel Ground and Airborne
Radio System channels
• Captures video that can be edited and embedded to display in
an AAR
PROGRAM STATUS
• FY13-FY15: Fielded 12 systems to various home stations
PROJECTED ACTIVITIES
• 4QFY16: Complete Basis of Issue Fielding
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