IT 2 EC 2020 Train, Reflect, Learn, and Train again Chris Duncalfe 1 - PDF document

IT 2 EC 2020 IT 2 EC Extended Abstract Template Presentation/Panel IT 2 EC 2020 – Train, Reflect, Learn, and Train again Chris Duncalfe 1 , and John Gardner 2 1 SO2 Training Capability Systems, Training Capability Branch, Army Headquarters, United Kingdom 2 SO2 Training Measurement & Evaluation, Training Capability Branch, Army Headquarters, United Kingdom Abstract — The British Army has embarked on an ambitious programme to transform collective training. The Future Collective Training System will prepare soldiers for complex future operations, both above and below the threshold of conflict. The system will exploit data and information to empower individuals and commanders, and to maximise effectiveness. This paper focuses on providing insight into ongoing research identifying technologies which offer novel ways of capturing objective data to support analysis of individual and team performance, increasing the potential for the training audience to reflect and learn before they train again. optimise outputs.” There are six projects which will 1 Introduction deliver the capabilities the FCTS will required. Pj Synthetics will provide the capabilities which generate the In response to the 2017 Collective Training Review, the synthetic operating environment. Pj Training Executive Committee of the Army Board approved the Measurement & Evaluation (TME) will deliver capability Collective Training Transformation Programme (CTTP) to capture and evaluate data to develop the training Mandate. The CTTP was directed to design, develop and audiences , enhance the training system and support Force deliver a Future Collective Training System (FCTS) that Development. Both projects are currently in the concept will, through a continuous evolution, transform collective phase. They have been supported by a study into the training by 2025. A significant component of the FCTS is knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for effective team enhanced use of synthetic, and training measurement and performance, and the Virtual Reality in Land Training evaluation capabilities. These will provide the synthetic (VRLT) Pilot which is investigating technology which operating environment with the stressors, cues, and might aid capture of data to support TME. stimulus required to train skills, and capture and analyse objective data to support evaluation of team and task 3 Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes performance. To support this ambition, the CTTP has commissioned research into team skills and technologies This research looked to identify the knowledge, skills, and that capture objective data to support evaluation of team attitudes (KSA) necessary for effective teamwork. It performance. suggested a teamwork taxonomy of five components: leadership, situational awareness, decision making, 2 Background communication, and co-operation. The study identified the need to understand how technology could assist with automated capture of objective data which could support The CTTP vision is: “From now to 2025, Collective measurement and evaluation of the five component areas. Training will be transformed to prepare the Army The Army HQ Training Capability Branch are working (critically, through delivering trained force elements at with the Collective Training Group to exploit the data readiness, but also through contributing to maintenance of capture potential of in-service capabilities in support of a depth of institutional capability and capacity) for the this. These efforts will be enhanced when the FCTS dynamic and complex future operating environments faced delivers new technology focused on measuring the KSA of in an era of constant confrontation. Collective Training individuals within teams and their interactions. For will become surrogate for warfare; driving adaptation, example, there already exists the capability to capture generating combat ethos, empowering commanders, and voice communications. However, analysis of this delivering tactical innovation. In order so to do, it will be communication is mandraulic, ad-hoc and generally measurable, enabled by simulation and technology, and subjective. The future vision is to provide technology form part of an assured and responsive lessons loop and which automates such processes, providing both the wider Warfare Development process. In terms of delivery, training audience and training delivery agent with the British Army will train in regions of the world that consistent capture and analysis of objective data . This will cement our Joint and International partnerships and be integrated with subjective evaluation to create a more reassure our friends and deter potential adversaries. comprehensive understanding of team performance, which Underpinning all of this, an alliance with the best of will, in turn help us to diagnose task performance industry will deliver technological innovation and