Multi-National and Joint Forces Live, Virtual, and Constructive Demonstration

摘要

The requirement for multi-domain coalition military operations requires robust and adaptive training environments. Through the blending of Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) entities in training scenarios with a common operating picture no matter what their weapon system, we can create environments for Warfighters to train like they fight. The Air Force Research Laboratory Warfighter Readiness Research Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base recently hosted a multi-national Joint services large-scale LVC demonstration. "Cleared Hot! LVC Coming to a Range Near You" that took place at the 2016 Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) in Orlando, Florida. Cleared Hot brought together a variety of training capabilities in various postures across a seamless environment supported by operational Warfighters in a set of realistic Close Air Support (CAS) scenarios. International partners from the Swedish Air Force Simulation Centre in Stockholm, Sweden, virtual players from five exhibitor locations on the show floor, and one long-haul connection from Arlington, TX along with live participants at Muscatatuck and Jefferson Proving Ground in Indiana, showcased real-time, LVC entity interoperability, while defending against constructive entities in a contested environment. Cleared Hot participants included: (a) live A-10s, live Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTAC), (b) virtual A-10, (c) virtual Joint Theater Air Ground Simulation System (Air Support Operations Center), (d) virtual Distributed Ground Station (DGS) Weapons System Trainer (WST), (e) virtual deployable JTAC Training Rehearsal System (TRS), (f) virtual Predator Reaper Integrated Network Combat Environment (MQ-9), (g) virtual F-16 cockpits, (h) virtual JAS-39 Gripen cockpits, (i) virtual Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS), (j) virtual F-35 Lighting II cockpit, and (k) multiple constructive entities. This paper highlights key activities and challenges; describes lessons learned; and illustrates the substantial foundation the demonstration provides for future multi-domain, multinational, and Joint LVC training exercises.