Training and Workforce
U.S. Air Force Chooses Collins for Next-Gen Training System
The TCTS II training system allows large numbers of aircraft—with varying levels of security clearance—to exercise together in virtual environments.
The TCTS II pod first flew on Dec. 11, 2020, carried on the port wingtip of an F/A-18F Super Hornet of Air Test & Evaluation Squadron 23 at NAS Patuxent River in Maryland. (Photo: U.S. Navy)
The TCTS II pod first flew on Dec. 11, 2020, carried on the port wingtip of an F/A-18F Super Hornet of Air Test & Evaluation Squadron 23 at NAS Patuxent River in Maryland. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The U.S. Air Force has chosen Collins Aerospace’s Tactical Combat Training System-Increment II (TCTS II), developed in cooperation with Leonardo DRS, as the preferred solution for its P6 Combat Training System (P6CTS), which itself has been established as a program of record. TCTS II has already entered development for the U.S. Navy, and the selection by the Air Force reflects the service’s analysis of whether it had the growth capacity to meet all of its future air combat training needs while still retaining full interoperability with the U.S. Navy’s systems.


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