VTXTS is the totally integrated training system designed to satisfy the U.S. Navy's Undergraduate Jet Flight Training requirements for the 1990s and beyond. The acquisition of the VTXTS to replace the current Intermediate and Advanced Strike Flight Training programs of the Naval Air Training Command will climax several years of intense effort on the part of the Naval Air Systems Commands, McDonnell Douglas Corporation and the ultimate user, the Naval Air Training Command. VTXTS is one of the first major defense acquisitions wherein the entire training system is being designed, developed and produced by a single contractor. This process is affording the Navy the opportunity to explore innovative ideas and advances in technology in all areas of the training system.

In this paper we will demonstrate, how the operational and instructional inputs by the Chief of Naval Education and Training (CNET) and its major functional command, the Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA), have been and will continue to be significant factors in ensuring that VTXTS will be responsive to the needs of the Navy for a state-of-the-art jet training system through the next twenty years.