{"id":29779,"date":"2019-12-04T02:18:49","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T02:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2019\/12\/04\/coming-in-2020-a-new-technology-that-will-link-f-35-simulators-across-the-globe\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:44:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:44:01","slug":"coming-in-2020-a-new-technology-that-will-link-f-35-simulators-across-the-globe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks-battlefield-tech\/2019\/12\/04\/coming-in-2020-a-new-technology-that-will-link-f-35-simulators-across-the-globe\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming in 2020: A new technology to link F-35 simulators across the globe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 Next year, U.S. Air Force F-35 pilots<\/a> will be able to hop into a simulator and practice large-scale coordinated attacks with other F-35A users <\/a>in simulators around the globe, Lockheed Martin\u2019s head of F-35 training said Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The capability, called Distributed Mission Training, will allow an unlimited number of F-35 simulators to be networked, enabling high-end training, said Chauncey McIntosh, Lockheed\u2019s vice president for F-35 training and logistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been testing to ensure that it\u2019s ready to go with our first customer at Nellis Air Force Base <\/a>[in Nevada]. We\u2019ve got hardware that\u2019s going up there this month and we\u2019re starting our test connections, and everything is looking very well [regarding] this product,\u201d he said during a briefing at the Interservice\/Industry, Training, Simulation and Education Conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cEssentially we\u2019re waiting just to get the accreditation from the government. We\u2019ll connect that [hardware] and then we\u2019ll start running tests on site with software. And then we\u2019ll go to our final delivery in spring of 2020,” he told Defense News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently, F-35 bases can only link as many simulators as they have on site \u2014 usually as many as four. However, the Distributed Mission Training capability, or DMT, will allow every U.S. Air Force base to connect up to four of its F-35 simulators with those of every other air base, McIntosh said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At some point, F-35A simulators may also be able to regularly connect with any other aircraft simulator that can be supported on the same network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHere at Orlando, in our labs, we\u2019ve already connected to the F-22, the F-16, as well as to [E-3] AWACS [airborne early warning and control aircraft],\u201d McIntosh said. \u201cAlmost every week we are writing test scenarios with additional platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t