Request for Information (RFI): Training & Simulation

Request for Information (RFI)

This RFI seeks industry feedback on developing a modern, integrated Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) training environment with a layered architecture to support multidomain operations, training, testing, and experimentation. The U.S. Army is looking for innovative approaches, best practices, and technical solutions.

Respondents should provide assessments and implementation approaches for the Characteristics of Need (CoN) described in the attached materials. Key areas of interest include:

• Architecture Framework: Describe an approach for a unified training and simulation development, interoperability, and adoption of commercial software, gaming, and simulation standards.

• Technology Capabilities: Detail technologies your company can provide now, in 3 years, and beyond 3 years.

• IR&D Efforts: Outline current and future Independent Research and Development (IR&D) efforts supporting the simulation architecture over the next 3 years.

• Open Standards: Describe your approach to leveraging open-source, non-proprietary standards for interfacing with capabilities.

• Leveraging Existing Assets: Identify opportunities to reuse operational hardware, software, and infrastructure.

• Cybersecurity: Outline your approach to implementing secure, connected, and accessible systems in a distributed (cloud) environment.

• Exportability: Describe your approach to ensuring exportability to Joint Services and Mission Partners.

• LVC Marketplace: Outline your approach to developing an LVC marketplace for training, including examples of relevant products demonstrated in recent Army or Joint events.

• CoN Feedback: Indicate any missing elements or recommendations for the taxonomy and architecture development.

• Format: MS Word or PDF.

• Submission: Email to david.s.cannon.civ@army.mil.

• Contact: Mr. David Cannon.

• Deadline: June 8, 2026.

• Page Limit: Maximum 16 pages (8.5 x 11).

• Confidentiality: Clearly state if information is proprietary. No responses requiring an NDA will be accepted.

This RFI is for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation or commitment to procure. Responses are not binding offers, and no contracts will be awarded based on submissions.

Other / Unclassified

This document is an Information Paper outlining the U.S. Army's need for a Characteristic of Need (CoN) for Training and Simulation to support Army readiness in 2040. It defines the structure, content, authorities, and employment of a draft Training and Simulation CoN. The CoN aims to provide an overarching structure for identifying training gaps and developing solutions, nesting with the Army Warfighting Concept, and defining the Global Training Environment. It will also inform how the Army will utilize the Army Training Information System (ATIS) for training data.

This paper serves as a strategic signal to industry partners, outlining the Army's long-term operational challenges and desired end-state for collective training. It is not a list of technical requirements but a "problem statement" intended to guide industry's internal research and development (IR&D) and the formulation of innovative solutions. The document details a framework executed through annexes (Live, Virtual, Constructive, and Common Services) and appendices, which identify critical gaps and direct solutions. The most detailed documents, "Tabs," will translate characteristics and capabilities into formal acquisition language, providing specific, measurable, and testable performance attributes for material solutions. This information helps potential bidders understand the Army's strategic direction and the types of solutions they may be expected to develop in the future.

Other / Unclassified

This document is an Information Paper from the FCOP-CTH dated 06 April 2026, outlining the "All Arms Maneuver Collective Training; Training and Simulation Characteristics of Need." It addresses the Army's requirement for realistic, large-scale combined arms training to prepare for peer adversaries in a Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) environment. The paper identifies the problem of current stove-piped Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) training systems and proposes the development of a "Global Training Environment" (GTE) to overcome this.

This document is relevant to potential bidders as it outlines the foundational characteristics and objectives for a future training and simulation capability. Key characteristics include:

• Live Training Integration: Evolving Live Training Systems (LTS) to connect with the synthetic environment.
• Virtual Training Modernization: Developing Reconfigurable Virtual Collective Trainers (RVCT) and Soldier Virtual Trainers (SVT) using common software and One World Terrain (OWT).
• Next-Generation Constructive Simulation: Creating a "Next Generation Constructive" (NGC) capability for large-scale MDO simulation with an intelligent opposing force.
• Foundational Common Software (STE-SW): Establishing a common software baseline with a layered architecture (Core Services, Transport, Interoperability/Application, Sensor/Instrumentation).

The document also notes that it is a living document subject to review and updates, indicating potential for evolving requirements. It highlights the collaborative development process involving Science & Technology, Capability Developers, Acquisition, and Industry.