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Training Devices
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Budget figures
FY2026 award data is a partial year — USAspending reports awards on a rolling basis, and this corpus runs through 2026-09-04. why partial FY2026 data? →
Budget trajectory
| Fiscal year | Amount |
|---|---|
| FY24 | $101.6M |
| FY25 | $97.6M |
| FY26 | $63.1M |
All series figures: P-1 TOA · PB2026
Decade view
P-1/R-1 workbook TOA basis, shown compact in $B/$M (the workbook records USD thousands); each figure cites its own President's Budget edition
The vertical scale does not start at zero: the baseline sits just below this program’s smallest year, so a low point on this line is not a small amount. Read the shape for direction and the grid below for the figures.
● actuals (line) · ○ enacted · ◇ request — gaps are editions the program is absent from, never interpolated.
| Series | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $21.5M | $59.5M | $101.6M | ||
| Enacted | – | $68.1M | $96.6M | $97.6M | |
| Request | – | – | $96.6M | $105.4M | $63.1M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2024 book requested $96.6M for FY2024; the PB2026 book reported $101.6M as actual total obligation authority — $5.00M above the request. 101.6 − 96.6 = 5.0 USD millions — the compact figures above are rounded for reading.
Program lineage
No predecessor/successor lineage was recorded for this program element — no FY-to-FY transfer into or out of this line was stated in the ingested J-books, and none was inferred from the program structure.
Description
Description — Training Devices
Training Simulation Support (TSS) - Procurement of GOTS/COTS capabilities that will accelerate LVC-TE modernization, better align with ongoing developments of the Joint Force, and reduce Marine Corps costs by adopting Joint Force solutions. TSS/LVC-TE has supported the continued procurement of constituent tools and applications into the Live, Virtual, and Constructive Training Environment (LVC-TE) and use of the Joint Live Virtual Constructive (JLVC), as well as the Joint Training Tool (JTT). LVC-TE concentrates on creating the synthetic environment which will support a comprehensive venue to train in all domains using state of the art and emerging systems and capabilities. It will enable readiness across all echelons of command and throughout the MAGTF and provide venues for training with new technologies and concepts. LVC-TE supports training from the individual Marines through the Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF). Funding will support the procurement of LVC-TE hardware and software that will be the tools that provide a persistent/consistent common operational training environment by which units can work together as though they are physically located in the same operational space with legacy and emerging training systems and to support Project Tripoli priorities. Range and Training Area Management (RTAM) - The Marine Corps' training resources play a critical role in the Services' ability to implement Force Design to prepare individuals and units to meet the demands of current and future operating environments. To meet its Title 10 responsibilities, the Marine Corps requires a portfolio of ranges and training areas (RTA) and associated training systems to maintain an advantage over pacing threats. RTAs support current, evolving, and future validated standards-based training requirements and are configured to support various levels of training from the individual to the Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) level, utilizing the weapons, munitions, platforms, and systems in the Marine Corps inventory. The Marine Corps RTA Management Program provides for a comprehensive and integrated program, which supports entry level training, formal schools, the execution of Service Level training exercises, and enables the Fleet Marine Forces (FMF) to achieve and sustain combat readiness. Two critical functional capability areas of the program are to provide training environments and range management and control. Training environments consist of modern, effective, and sustainable range training solutions to include threat representation (ground / air) target systems, battlefield effects, range instrumentation (feedback / scoring) systems, After Action Review (AAR) technologies, denied and degraded training environments, urban training capabilities, and other training resources. In addition, modernization of training systems is essential to preclude deterioration of fielded systems and to prevent decreased effectiveness and availability of RTAs for use by the FMF and formal schools. Major system components of modernization include Known Distance Automated Scoring (KDAS), Electromagnetic Warfare Ground Instrumented Range (EWGIR), Combat Training Environments (CTE), Tactical Video Capture System (TVCS), interactive targets, Range Training Aids Portfolio (RTAP), individual and vehicle tracking systems, aviation tracking systems, and the Live Fire Evaluation Tool (LFET). The integration and coordination amongst multiple organizations across the Force (e.g., Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC) Support Establishment, Installations, and the FMF) facilitates the prioritization of efforts to make informed and educated decisions that affect RTA resources. Range management and control systems enable range operations personnel to observe on-range event activities in real-time, provide directions to/from range personnel, and make the event-related data available to other observers. Range control provides the critical service of coordinating and/or de-conflicting training events thereby fostering a safe training environment while maximizing the use of RTAs. The procurement of Integrated Range Status System (IRSS) and Range Position Location Information (RPLI) supports Range Control Operations and range safety decision making by supplementing and covering gaps in current air picture systems. This collection of capabilities enhances a Commander's overall ability to assess and train to meet mission objectives and prepares the Nation's naval expeditionary force-in readiness. Force-on-Force Training Systems (FoFTS) program provides realistic, non-live fire capabilities, to perform Force-on-Force training using Personnel, Tactical Vehicle, Combat Vehicle, and Weapon Surrogates devices as part of a suite of tactical engagement capabilities that enhance training around the world and across the range of military operations. The program includes tactical training systems such as the Special Effects Small Arms Marking System (SESAMS) and advanced, instrumented, laser-based tactical engagement systems such as the Marine Corps Tactical Instrumentation System (MCTIS) that provide simulated realistic weapons effects, position locating, and enhanced After Action Review (AAR) capability to support Live-Virtual-Constructive (LVC) events in the MAGTF Training Program curriculum. Aligning with two of the priority focus areas of the Commandant's Planning Guidance (CPG): Force Design and Education and Training, this program is critical to enabling Marines to train in a realistic Force-on-Force environment in lieu of live-fire training and allows for training against a peer/near-peer threat in a more authentic, multi-sensory environment. Additionally, improvement of training realism through Force-on-Force training capabilities is a Line of Effort in the Marine Corps Range Training Area Management Campaign Plan, developed to address the specific challenges articulated in the CPG. FoFTS has fielded an entirely new realistic and immersive Force-on-Force training capability. Funding supports development of MCTIS-Personnel (P) and tactical vehicles, MCTIS-Combat Vehicle (CV), MCTIS-Weapon Surrogates (WS), and enhanced networking capability. Family of Combat Vehicle Training System (FCVTS) consists of the active duty Marine Corps' Combat Convoy Simulator (CCS) and the Combat Vehicle Training Systems (CVTS) which include the Advanced Gunnery Training System (AGTS) for the Light Armored Vehicle-25 (LAV-25) The CCS is an immersive training environment for vehicle convoy operations to include resupply, patrol, logistics support, high-value target extraction, medical evacuation, call for close air support, call for fire, and procedures for use of weapons in compliance with the Rules of Engagement, in a variety of simulated road, terrain, weather, visibility, and operational conditions. The CVTS provides training in precision gunnery and mission tactical skills to commanders, drivers, gunners, and auxiliary fire control systems without the need for fuel, ammunition, training areas, and ranges. The CVTS can be linked together allowing for section and platoon level training. Funding supports FCVTS technology refresh. Family of Egress Trainers (FET) is comprised of Underwater Egress Training (UET), Multi-Use Egress Trainer (MUET) and Dry Rollover Egress Training (DRET). UET consists of the Modular Amphibious Egress Trainer (MAET), a modular training device designed to train Marines to egress a downed aircraft; the Submerged Vehicle Egress Trainer (SVET), designed to train egress from ground tactical vehicles; and the Shallow Water Egress Trainer (SWET), a procedural trainer used prior to SVET and MAET. The trainers and associated training programs are contractor conducted. The program is directed toward non-air crew passengers aboard these vehicles. DRET is a legacy program comprised of the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) Egress Trainer (HEAT), Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Egress Trainer (MET), and Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) Egress Trainer (JET) all of which are in the process of being terminated. All of these devices have the ability to train egress principles that can be applied to increase survivability during a catastrophic event. This type of training can only be conducted by the use of these systems. Funding will be used for production and procurement of the Multi-Use Egress Trainer modules. Command and Control Training and Education Center of Excellence (C2 TECOE) supports the five (5) MAGTF Integrated Systems Training Centers (MISTCs). The MISTCs, under the operational control of the Command and Control (C2) Training and Education Center of Excellence (TECOE), are the primary C2 training venues for the Marine Corps operating forces for both individual and collective C2 systems sustainment training. A portion of the C2 computer system is replaced each year to provide current systems for classroom and combat operation training in battle staff training for commanders and unit personnel. Funding supports equipment refresh and procurement of new training systems. Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainer (ISMT) provides basic and advanced marksmanship, shoot/no-shoot judgment scenarios, combat marksmanship, and weapons employment tactics. The ISMT provides non-crew members with the ability to gain proficiency in multiple weapon platforms. Force Design will ensure small units, especially infantry squads, are led by the most well-trained and capable infantry Marines. The ISMT provides infantry squad members with the ability to gain proficiency in multiple weapon platforms while simulating live weapons training without the expenditure of expensive live ammunition. The system has five (5) firing positions and is capable of operating simulated weapons such as: rifles, pistols, machine guns, shotguns, mortars, and anti-tank weapons. ISMT also provides multiple courses of fire to include the Annual Rifle Qualification (ARQ) which is used to score Marines proficiency with service rifles. ISMT provides direct impact on the lethality of our infantry units. Funding supports the procurement of the hardware refresh and simulated weapons to reflect concurrency of operational weapons to include: M224 60mm Mortar, M252 81mm Mortar, Mortar optics, M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle (IAR), Squad Common Optic (SCO), M320 Grenade Launcher, and M3A1 Multi-Role Anti-Armor Anti-Personnel Weapons System (MAAWS). United States Marine Corps Operator Driver Simulator (USMC ODS) is a computer-based operator driving simulator used to provide entry and sustainment level driver training for Protected Mobility, Enhanced Maneuver, Close Combat Lethality, and to modernize in the Land Domain. In keeping with modernizing the Land Domain, funding supports the procurement of capabilities to meet driver trainer simulator requirements. ODS requires standard technology refresh that benefits simulator training with increased performance reliability and maintainability to mitigate obsolescence, as well as the inherit benefits associated with updated technology for concurrency with fielded tactical wheeled vehicle variants. This effort affects approximately 6,600 Marines that use the ODS annually and their ability to achieve annual mandated driving time during their instruction. Additionally, this affects more than 60,000 incidental and professional drivers throughout the USMC. Deployable Virtual Training Environment (DVTE) is being renamed to Marine Common Virtual Platform (MCVP) which is a laptop computer-based simulation system, capable of emulating organic and supporting Infantry Battalion weapons systems and training scenarios to facilitate Training and Readiness (T&R), currently being fielded at the Battalion level. Its portable configuration allows Marines to train when they otherwise could not; aboard ship, at remote reserve locations, and deployed. MCVP conducts multiple types of training such as language and culture training, platoon and squad level tactics, employment of supporting arms, and various Recognition of Combatants packages. MCVP is part of a Commander's 'training toolkit' contributing to the building block approach to standards-based training focusing on achieving an improved level of combat readiness. Pending updated requirements for MCVP platform, funding supports hardware procurement and supporting fielding activities. Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Tactical Warfare Simulation (MTWS) - In FY 2024, MTWS transitioned legacy battle staff capabilities to the Maritime Constructive Simulation (MCS) within LVC-TE. MTWS was historically the Marine Corps only constructive, aggregate-level simulation system used to support the training of Marine commanders and their battle staffs in MAGTF war-fighting principles, concepts, and associated command and control procedures. Using complex computer-simulated behavior models, MCS will provide an interactive, decision-based, real-time, war game representing the six war-fighting functional areas of fires, command and control, force protection, logistics, maneuver, and intelligence. The system supports all levels of command throughout the Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) and Joint Task Force. As part of the transition to MCS under LVC-TE, the MTWS Modification to Re-engineer Key Improvements (MRKI) abbreviated acquisition program (AAP) was terminated May of 2024. MTWS letter of suspension, suspending acquisition activities was received in April 2023 citing MTWS exit date in 2026. No further procurement related efforts are being considered during FY 2026. Immersive Training Range Support (ITRS) will provide future Computer Generated Forces (CGF), Mobile Immersive Training Environment (MITE), and mobile Infantry Immersive Trainers (IIT) that will consist of augmented reality with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) capabilities. IIT provides the capability for small-unit rehearsal training and squad leader decision making for assessment and measurement. The immersive training environment seeks to suspend disbelief by closely replicating the actual operating environment, including realistic friendly and enemy battlefield effects to the level of fidelity that the perceived difference between the actual operational environment and immersive training environment is nearly indistinguishable to the training audience. Funding supports the procurement of realistic, AI/ML, high-level battlefield capabilities that provide training exposure to operational complexities, mental and physical stressors, and tactical and ethical decision-making in a culturally accurate, threat accurate, interactive environment. This line item includes funding specified for Defense Policy Review Initiative (DPRI) within the details above.
Justification
Justification — Training Devices
FY 2026 Base Appropriation Request: $63.133M Ranges and Training Area Management (RTAM): $21.838M will procure training systems and devices that support all Marine Corps ranges. RTAM has over 385 globally dispersed range training areas that require modern, effective, and sustainable range training solutions to enable FMF readiness. RTAM procures training systems and devices such as interactive targets, live and non-live fire urban training systems, battlefield effects simulators, individual and vehicle tracking systems, enhanced After Action Review (AAR), multi-domain operational capability, and aviation tracking systems for live fire and non-live fire training ranges. RTAM funding also supports the Range Position Location Information System and Integrated Range Status System. These training capabilities enable Marines to maintain both technical and tactical advantages over adversary threats, increasing lethality and ultimately reducing loss of life of the operation forces. Force on Force Training System (FOFTS): $14.108M continues to fund MCTIS-P equipment tailored to each CONUS and OCONUS Marine Corps Installation (MCI). Funding begins MCTIS-CV and continues MCTIS-P Training Systems procurements. Each MCI will receive a portion of their approved acquisition objective until fully fielded. The decrease from FY 2025 to FY 2026 is due to the reduction of funding in the Defense Policy Review Initiative area of responsibility. Family of Combat Vehicle Training Systems (FCVTS): The $12.834M of procurement funding will support technical refreshes as part of the FCVTS plan. The increase from FY 2025 to FY 2026 is attributed to the technical refreshes' five-year life cycle requirements. Family of Egress Trainers (FET): $8.164M Funding will be used to continue production efforts of the Multi-Use Egress Trainer (MUET) modules. The MUET currently replicates vehicles that are no longer in service in the USMC and must be redesigned to replicate vehicles that are currently in use. The FMF requires a total of six (6) trainers (four current and two planned). The increase from FY 2025 to FY 2026 reflects the increased procurement of MUET from two (2) in 2025 to three (3) in 2026 for the Third Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF) in Okinawa, Japan. Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainer (ISMT): $5.187M will procure the hardware refresh and simulated weapons to reflect concurrency of operational weapons to include: M224 60mm Mortar, M252 81mm Mortar, Mortar optics, M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle (IAR), Squad Common Optic (SCO), M320 Grenade Launcher, and M3A1 Multi-Role Anti-Armor Anti-Personnel Weapons System (MAAWS) and aircraft and aerial vehicle training systems. The decrease from FY 2025 to FY 2026 is due to the procurement required to maintain concurrency of simulated weapons training with operational fielded weapons. United States Marine Corps Operator Driver Simulator (USMC ODS): $0.619M in funding will be used for ground-based tactical wheeled vehicle trainers. The decrease from FY 2025 to FY 2026 is due to a completion of the Modification kit procurement. Command and Control Training and Education Center of Excellence (C2 TECOE): $0.383M will provide the procurement funding support for equipment refresh and procurement of new training systems at the C2 TECOE and its five Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Integrated Systems Training Centers.
Budget line items(workbook-cited)
P-1/R-1 workbook Total Obligation Authority basis (USD thousands) · PB2026.
Exhibit P-1
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Procurement, Marine Corps | N | FY24 Actuals | $101.6M |
| Procurement, Marine Corps | N | FY25 Enacted | $97.6M |
| Procurement, Marine Corps | N | FY26 Disc. Request | $63.1M |
| Procurement, Marine Corps | N | FY26 Total | $63.1M |
Budget Details(R-2/P-40 facts)
J-book detail basis (R-2/P-40, USD millions) · PB2026 — a different accounting basis from the P-1/R-1 workbook TOA above; where the two disagree, the reconciliation strip under Budget figures shows both.
Wider than this screen — swipe the table sideways for the remaining fiscal-year columns.
| Project | All Prior Years | FY24 Actuals | FY25 Total | FY26 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $985.7M | $101.6M | $97.6M | $63.1M | $63.1M |
Follow the dollar
Appropriation → program element → top high-confidence awards → recipient families → congressional districts.
Follow-the-dollar covers 312 of 1,938 programs — only high-confidence budget→award links are shown. why coverage is partial? →
The diagram illustrates the cited table below — amounts shown in the diagram are transaction sums per award (no citation chips); the per-district obligations in the table cite USAspending queries.
| District | Program obligations |
|---|---|
| MI-06 | $27.6M |
Related awards
Award linkage is shown for 32 of 200 profiled companies — high- and medium-confidence USAspending matches, each row labeled; medium is the weaker evidence. why partial award coverage? →
| Recipient | PIID | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| FAAC INCORPORATED | M6785418C7846 | high |
| INVERIS TRAINING SOLUTIONS, INC | M6785415D7801 | high |
Contractor concentration
No concentration index is published for this line. This line's high-confidence links do not clear the floor for a published concentration index — at least 3 awards across 2 contractor families holding positive obligations, with positive net linked dollars. An index below that floor is a fact about the sample, not about the market. Whatever further links this line carries are medium-confidence, and what each medium evidence path does and does not establish is set out in the methodology. Both bases are in the downloadable warehouse.
Lobbying mentions
No Senate LDA lobbying filing in the tracked data mentions this program element by code or alias.
Oversight
Department-level designation (not specific to this program)
GAO lists 5 high-risk areas for DOD as a whole. That designation covers the department, not Training Devices. No program-specific GAO finding for this line is in the ingested data. See the DOD oversight record.
Program dossier
No research dossier for this program — dossiers cover 50 of 1,938 programs, the largest fully J-book-detailed lines by FY2026 requested dollars. why no dossier here? →
Primary sources
Open any budget figure for its exact receipt. Verified line items lead with the highlighted government PDF; original spreadsheets download with their budget edition and exhibit in the filename.
Budget totals · TOA sources
FY2026 Department of Defense Budget: Procurement Programs (P-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit P-1 · O828
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2026_DoD_P-1_Procurement.xlsx.
FY2024 Department of Defense Budget: Procurement Programs (P-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit P-1 · O802
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2024_DoD_P-1_Procurement.xlsx.
FY2025 Department of Defense Budget: Procurement Programs (P-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit P-1 · O845
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2025_DoD_P-1_Procurement.xlsx.
Detailed budget justification
The related TOA spreadsheets above use a different accounting basis from R-2/P-40 detail. Their amounts are not assumed to match these detailed sources.