OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT (OE) EMULATION
TAILORED SOLUTIONS FOR
EFFECTIVE TRAINING
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that
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Threat Emulation
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FE AT U R E D PA S T PE R FO R M AN CE
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Distributive Learning
U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC)
OE Analysis
U.S. Army Operational Test Command (OTC)
Exercise Support
Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)
Visualizations and Multimedia
Army Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC)
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Mobile Applications
Brigade Modernization Command (BMC)
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Synthetic Training Environments
Maneuver Center of Excellence (MCoE)
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OpEx: Battlefield Exercise Tool
Fires Center for Excellence (FCoE)
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EQ U I PM E N T
Cyber Center of Excellence (CyberCoE)
Battlefield Effects
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CO N T R AC T V E H I CLE S
Simulated Weapons
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O U R E XPE R T I S E Warfighting Functions Operational Environment 7
Wargaming Experimentation, Testing and Evaluation Support
Tactical Vehicles
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THRE AT TEC , LLC Reality Matters.
he client’s mission success is our top priority. Our specialized teams develop and implement innovative solutions that achieve success in a dynamic environment. Our specialized pool of Subject Matter
Experts
technology
(SMEs),
Threat
engineers,instructional
Emulators designers,
(TEs), and
threat analysts, rapidly design, develop and deploy tailored solutions that enhance battlefield realism and competitively challenge the training/testing audience. With mission success as our focus, we dependably deliver effective solutions at a cost-efficient rate for the greatest return on investment.
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FE ATURED PAST PERFORMANCE
U.S. ARMY SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND (USASOC)
critical Army Capability Development events held at
Provided certified Red Team Subject Matter Experts
Fort Bliss, TX. Specifically, delivered OPFOR Academy
(SMEs) for the Exercise DYNAMIC LIGHT assisting with
training and SME advisors to support live OPFOR
ATHENA modeling and analysis.
execution; while providing the OPFOR leadership to fight in the simulation wrap-around for the “blended”
U. S . AR MY O PE R AT I O NAL T E S T CO M M AN D (OTC ) Provided instructors
certified and
SMEs
OPFOR
as
advisors
OPFOR
(integrated) training environment.
Academy
during
mission
execution in support of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle
M AN EU V E R CE N T E R O F E XCE LLE N CE (M Co E) Provided support to MCoE and TRADOC G-2 by providing Red Team SMEs, Threat Emulators, battlefield
Limited User Test (JLTV LUT) at Fort Stewart, GA.
effects, threat weapons, and props to support Army
T R AI N I N G & D O C T R I N E CO M M AN D ( T R AD O C )
Expeditionary
Provided certified Threat Emulators (TE), Red Team
Warfighting
Experiment
event
and
Advanced Situational Awareness course.
Cadre, planners, and SMEs to support Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Intelligence Support
FI R E S CE N T E R FO R E XCE LLE N CE (FCo E)
Test
Provided Red Team SMEs to FiresCoE and TRADOC
Directorate, as well as the development of TRADOC G-2
G-2 supporting MFIX and IAMD SIMEX events. Our SMEs
Opposing Force (OPFOR) Task instructional videos.
developed the threat schemes of maneuver as well as
Activity’s
Wargame,
Experimentation
and
operated
ARMY CAPABILITIES INTEGRATION CENTER (ARCIC)
the
threat
workstations
during
the
constructive simulation.
Provided Red Team and threat force support to Army Concept Development in the UNIFIED QUEST Wargames
C Y B E R CE N T E R O F E XCE LLE N CE (Cy b e r Co E)
These
Provided Red Team SMEs to support CyberCoE and
experiments
TRADOC G-2 by providing relevant threat briefs
informed Army 2020 organizational designs and now
supporting a cyber wargame seminar as well as expert
drive the Army’s current development of Force 2025.
advice depicting the threat counter actions within
and
UNIFIED
wargames,
CHALLENGE
table-top
experiments.
exercises,
and
discussion group
B R I G AD E M O D E R N IZ AT I O N CO M M AN D (B M C ) Provided certified Red Team Cadre and SME support to the Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) – a series of
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CONTR AC T VEHICLES
SO CO M W i d e M issi o n Su p p o r t- B (S WM S - B) I D I Q T R AD O C Co r e G2 War fi g hte r Fo cu s S e a Po r t- e (Pe n d i n g) GSA M o b is (Pe n d i n g) M CO E I D I Q
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OUR E XPER TISE
WAR FI G H T I N G FU N C T I O N S • Mission Command
O PE R AT I O NAL E N V I R O N M E N T Threat Tec’s Operational Environment training
• Movement and Maneuver
solutions’ primary goal is to portray comprehensive,
• Intelligence
capable, and realistic hybrid threats and environments.
• Fires
Our pool of experienced Subject Matter Experts (SMEs),
• Sustainment
Threat
• Protection
analysts support and deliver realistic adversary or
• Engagement
Opposing Force (OPFOR) actions during the planning
Emulators
(TEs),
Weapon
Specialists
and
and execution of mission rehearsal exercises, training, table top exercises, wargaming and experiments. Maintaining a thorough understanding of the target operational environment, they ensure relevant threat actions are replicated to a high degree of fidelity to meet mission, training, or experiment objectives.
O PP OS I N G FO RCE (O PFO R) Threat
Tec’s
cornerstone
capability
is
regionally-specific threat emulation via high-fidelity roleplayer support to live, virtual and/or constructive training. With a professional and experienced cadre of senior military leaders, law-enforcement officers and culture experts, we provide a realistic challenge for mission
rehearsal
exercises
and
pre-deployment
training, as well as force development activities that inform future organizational designs and capabilities.
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WAR G A M I N G E XPE R I M E N TAT I O N ,
SU B J EC T M AT T E R E XPE R T S (SM E S) Threat Tec’s strategic, operational, and tactical Red
T E S T I N G AN D E VALUAT I O N SU PP O R T
Team Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) are the best in the
Threat
Tec’s
field and represent all Army Warfighting functions. With
replicating
25-30+ years of Joint and Army operational experience
simulation-based concept and capability development
in their respective disciplines, they offer a professional
venues. Whether the scope is multi-echelon or single
and free-thinking Red Team to trial new concepts and
echelon,
tactics.
wargames, tabletop exercises, and simulation-based
COACH I N G /ADV I S I N G
valid
Threat
experiments.
cadre
of
threat
Tec
The
can
SMEs
are
conditions
support
capable in
and
inter-disciplinary
live
of or
facilitate cadre
of
professionals provide a robust and valid threat team
Threat Tec’s interdisciplinary cadre of senior
that can credible challenge US capabilities.
professionals with senior service college, operations, interagency, and multinational credentials provides expert coaching and advising to unit commanders and staffs during planning, prep and execution of readiness and training exercises. Our extensive base of expertise includes current tactical and operational doctrine, collective unit training, exercise design and support planning. During execution, our Red Team expertise combined with multi-echelon, command experience enables us to provide unique and valuable insights for division, brigade, and battalion commanders. Threat Tec is able to match the right coach/advise with each unit’s needs.
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T H R E AT E M U L AT I O N O U R T H R E AT E M U L ATO R CR I T E R IA
Threat Tec provides high-fidelity and validated replication of threat activities. To ensure consistent quality, Threat Tec Threat Emulators (TEs) are highly trained and have a full understanding of the Political, Military, Economic, Social, Infrastructure, Information, Physical Environment, and Time (PMESII-PT) of the target Operational Environment (OE) – enabling them to provide a much more realistic portrayal of their characters. Through our efforts to produce a realistic OE, threat emulation is fully compliant with Department of
• Achieve U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) G-2 Certification • Demonstrate proficiency in at least two PMESII-PT variable-specific skills for a given OE • Demonstrate continuing improvement in cultural knowledge and understanding • Demonstrate the ability to act out nonverbal cues to a high degree of authenticity
Defense guidelines, ensuring the requirements of the capability development and training communities are met in accordance with Army Regulation 350-2 and Threat Doctrine.
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RED TEAMING Threat Tec Red Teams are comprised of specialized SMEs whose primary goal is to portray comprehensive, capable and realistic hybrid threats. This group serves as the adversary or opposing force during the planning and execution of mission rehearsal exercises, training, table top exercises, wargames and experiments. Maintaining a thorough understanding of the target operational environment, they ensure threat actions are delivered to a high degree of ďŹ delity to meet mission, training, or experiment objectives.
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D I S T R I BU T I V E LE AR N I N G
V I SUALIZ AT I O N S AN D M U LT I M E D IA
Threat Tec possesses the expertise and capability to
In today’s ever-changing threat environment, the
create and deliver education and training programs for
visualization and understanding of data is critical to
the military. Our cadre of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs),
mission success. Leveraging the latest technologies,
trainers, and instructional developers work together to
our team of multimedia specialists design compelling
build interactive courses that feature Combined Arms
and understandable ways to interact with relevant OE
Products and are designed, or tailored, to meet the
data.
specific education and training needs of the client. Threat
Tec’s
distributive
Threat Tec’s visualization and multimedia solutions
capability
are supported by our cadre of SMEs, who possess
supports a variety of learning and educational needs.
extensive operational and command experience. This
Currently, the TEFOR Red Team Cadre are certified on TC
experience base provides insight and understanding of
7-100 series Hybrid Threat doctrine via distributed
various
learning methods. The TRADOC G-2 OPFOR Leaders’
dynamic
Smartbook is maintained as reusable training content.
awareness, and improve contextual decision making
Additionally,
capabilities.
Threat
Tec
learning
produces
OPFOR
task
multi-media presentations in support of the TRADOC G-2 Virtual OPFOR Academy. Finally, Threat Tec is developing OpEx, a multi-platform, game-based tool that facilitates combined arms tactics instruction and unit professional development via the classroom and distributed venues.
O E ANALYS I S Threat Tec provides TRADOC G-27 Operational Environment Training Support Center (OE TSC) with highly skilled Analysts to support the development of OE products. Our analysts have significant experience in the current hot spots of the world and contribute first hand knowledge of the populations, cultures and regional issues. Our analysts also have mastery of the techniques for conducting analysis to determine the linkages and relationships between the threat, and PMESII variables.
E XE RCI S E SU PP O R T To remain dominant in the world, our nation’s military deserves first class planning and execution support for training and exercise. Threat Tec offers Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and OE Flex ® packages to support regional training environments, operational training exercises, and mission rehearsal. A realistic training environment is the best way to prepare units for deployment and mission essential tasks.
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Operational learning,
Environments enhance
that
troop
support
situational
M O B I LE APPLI C AT I O N S Threat Tec possesses the expertise to create and deliver mobile learning applications for the military. Utilizing state-of-the-art training automation tools and advanced Instructional System Design, we produce solutions in alignment with goals and objectives of professional development and education. Because each application is built on flexible and adaptive architectures, applications can be fully integrated into existing secure DoD systems. Threat Tec’s professional team of software engineers understand the nuances and complexities associated with mobile platform development. They constantly strive to improve the efficiencies in design and development. As a result, our mobile applications deliver relevant, rich and compelling learning content for our modern and diverse military.
VEZI Specifically built to improve how information is communicated and visualized, VEZI enables users to access and interact with 3D instructional guides. By combining
state-of-the-art
3D
modeling/animation
technologies with sophisticated instructional designs, VEZI helps users access and use information in a whole new way.
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S Y N T H E T I C T R AI N I N G E N V I R O N M E N T S Utilizing the latest approaches in virtual and constructive simulation, Threat Tec software and design
engineers
implement
immersive
training
solutions. Drawing on our Operational Environment expertise,
these
simulation-enhanced
training
solutions produce realistic representations of the mission space and support combined arms training. Threat Tec not only develops user interface tools within DoD simulation programs of record, but can also rapidly build tailored simulation solutions to meet emerging needs. Overall, our goal is to develop simulation tools that are accessible, with the best ďŹ delity possible, within a reasonable price point. Balancing
these
factors
is
key
simulation environments.
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O U R E XPE R T I S E
to
cost-effective
OpEx OpEx is a multi-platform exercise support tool for assessing tactical effectiveness with instant feedback. Find out more on page 14
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O p E x : BAT T LE FI E LD E XE RCI S E TO O L T H E CHALLE N G E The US military has evolved to be the greatest fighting force in history. However, the amount of time and effort required to learn the art and science of warfighting, across the full range of military operations in volatile and dynamic environments, has increased significantly. While U.S. Army classrooms have improved the availability of education technologies, several inefficiencies in the
delivery
of
virtual
training
exercises remain. These inefficiencies are
limiting
students’
ability
to
visualize multiple perspectives, realize knowledge gaps, and apply relevant feedback. Our team set out to overcome these challenges by designing a distributed learning technology solution for virtual battlefield needs and comply with military doctrine and standards.
classroom training.
In the end, OpEx is a revolutionary solution that not only performs well, but is adaptable enough to meet the
T H E PR O CE SS E S We began the project by working closely with military instructors and students, listening to their
diverse needs of both schoolhouse instruction and unit professional development.
needs first-hand. We then incorporated that feedback into various prototypes and usability testing cycles. With
each
iteration,
Threat
M U LT I PLE L AY E R S AN D PE R S PEC T I V E S As leaders prepare their battle plan, they are able to
Tec’s
switch between customized perspectives. This
technology team moved closer
allows students to learn by experiencing
to a solution that met the
needs
of
the multiple perspectives.
the
end-users.
T H E R E SU LT OpEx is that solution. It is a virtual battlefield exercise training software, designed to adapt to various
technological
environments
and
produce real time results for our nation’s military. Each feature has been designed to address specific end-user
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FLE XI B LE ARCH I T EC T U R E Because of the pace of technological development, it is essential to anticipate and accommodate variable software environments. OpEx’s custom, lightweight architecture allows for swift integration into existing exercise simulation systems used by the US Army.
S Y N C M AT R IX PL AN N I N G During execution, students can plan and trigger sequential
actions
on
the
fly,
building
a
synchronization matrix. This built-in adaptability and smart-graphic integration mimics how plans are built in the field, giving trainees a realistic training platform.
I N S TAN T PL AY BACK AN D R E V I E W The
collaborative
After
Action
Review
(AAR)
capability allows for small groups to review the mission executed, and adjust plans for the next run. The instant playback feature allows the student to review mission execution in real-time from multiple perspectives. Thus, AARs are particularly useful in communicating key learning objectives and facilitating discussion.
E A S I LY E XP O R T OpEx is designed to give teams the opportunity to easily export the learning points and results of the exercise. The screen capture and export capability enables trainers to capture key situations in the mission for later analysis and discussion. To learn more about OpEx, please visit
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EQUIPMENT
o ensure realistic representations of the hybrid
S I M U L AT E D W E AP O N S
threat in an operational environment, Threat
Our armory is well-stocked with a broad selection of
Tec possesses a fabrication capability and a
foreign weapons and equipment. These specialized
robust inventory of opposing force systems. Our stock of
systems, common to many threat organizations and
weapons, equipment, clothing, vehicles, training aids
military forces, are used by our Threat Emulators and
and devices ensure every exercise, experiment, and
Red Teams to realistically replicate the sights and
learning event is fully supported to the required level of
sounds in live training venues. Additionally, we can
detail.
rapidly fabricate and custom-build weapons to suit any operational environment.
TAC T I C AL V E H I CLE S A true to life opposing force requires the appropriate vehicles and transportation. Threat Tec possesses a variety of fully-operational vehicles that, like our other equipment, are common on real battlefields. These geographically-representative vehicles are critical to accurately environment.
BAT T LE FI E LD E FFEC T S Our large inventory of battlefield effects produce realistic simulation of explosions, gunfire, smoke, etc., in a safe and realistic manner. Such effects add lifelike tactical cues to the operational environment and enhance experiential learning for both individuals and teams.
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replicating
a
specific
operational
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T H E CHALLE N G E Develop a realistic threat anti-armor capability to
systems. Collecting images, measurements, and details
Ambush
from the TRADOC G-2 Worldwide Equipment Guide
Protected (MRAP) vehicle variants. As the MRAP was
(WEG) and open-source material. We then created
being developed, the prevalence of anti-armor systems
detailed
operationally
test
the
Mine-Resistant
R P G -2 9
digitized
on the battlefield was a central concern. The Israeli
drawings
and
followed
experience fighting in Lebanon served as the primary
with a rapid prototype, MILES-capable, AT-14 KORNET
example for threat conditions. Thus, operational testing
and RPG-29 simulators.
required surrogate threat anti-armor systems that replicated visual and audible signatures and were Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES)
T H E R E SU LT The
Threat
Tec
AT-14
KORNET
and
RPG-29
simulators were iteratively developed and employed in
capable.
support of MRAP and, more recently, Joint Light Tactical Vehicle operational tests. Achieving MILES kills at
T H E PR O CE SS We began by analyzing the Second Lebanese War to identify threat systems to model. The AT-14 KORNET
realistic engagement ranges, these systems were critical to the realistic operational test environments.
and RPG-29 were both identified as likely threat weapon
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