Battle Force Tactical Training

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Battle Force Tactical Training (BFTT), pronounced bee-fit, is a flexible US Navy training system that surrounds a ship’s combat system to provide realistic, interactive drills for a single ship, a group, or an entire force. It aims to improve naval combat readiness by training operators on modern shipboard systems such as Aegis and SSDS. The system includes the Battle Force Tactical Training Operator Processing Console (BOPC), which lets instructors build scenarios with different locations, weather, contacts, and operations using a monitor, keyboard, and trackball. BFTT uses the Defense Department's DIS standard and is moving toward the High-Level Architecture (HLA). It can link with other ships and forces through the Navy Continuous Training Environment (NCTE) for large exercises. BFTT was formalized in 1992 by Admiral Frank Kelso and led to related tools like BEWT and TSSS. More than 100 Navy ships have BFTT installed. A follow-up effort, the Total Ship Training System (TSTS), was cancelled, and a partial upgrade program called “BFTT mod” began.