Live, Virtual, and Constructive Asset Merge For Joint Red Flag

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Live, Virtual, and Constructive Asset MergeFor
Joint Red Flag

Joe Sorroche ASRCC Program Director/Engineer Pho
ne 505-853-0372 Email joe.sorroche
_at_kirtland.af.mil
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Outline

• Introduction
• JRF WAN/DMOC LAN Requirements
• Joint Red Flag Data Protocols
• Joint Red Flag LVC Merge Results
• Requirements
• Network Design
• LVC Results
• Conclusion

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Introduction

• Joint Red Flag (JRF) Multi-service Event
• Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine, SOF
• Virtual Flag, Red Flag, Air Warrior, Roving
  Sands, and JSTE
• Simulation Protocols
• DIS, HLA, TENA, DMON Portal, NATO EX
• Tactical Data Link Protocols
• Link 16, IBS I, BFT, Hook 112
• Complex Network design
• Joined several WANs and simulation sites

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JRF WAN Requirements
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WANs used for LVC Merge

• JTEN WAN connected to 505th EXS, 705th EXS
  (DMOC), Nellis CAOC, and JFCOM
• Divided into 4 VLANs
• Modeling and Simulation VLAN
• Collaboration VLAN
• C4I VLAN
• Brief/Debrief VLAN
• DMON connected to CAF DMO Sites and DMOC
• Robbins AFB (VSTARS MTC)
• Tinker AFB (AWACS MTC)
• Eglin AFB (F-15C MTC)

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DMOC Internal Network
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Red Flag LVC Description

• Joint STARS required for Red Flag training event
• Provide ground tactical awareness picture to CAOC
• Joint STARS unable to support due to scheduling
  issues
• Virtual JSTARS proposed to support Red Flag event
• Use Robbins AFB VSTARS MTC
• Provide Red Flag ground picture to VSTARS MTC
• VSTARS MTC provide ground tactical awareness
  picture to CAOC
• To meet requirement, different modeling and
  simulation/transmission protocols would need to
  interact
• Network design incorporated gateways for
  protocol/transmission conversion
• DIS Filter/TACCSF Software Router

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JRF LVC Network
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DFA Gnd2JTEN Configuration
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DFA JTEN2Gnd Configuration
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DFA JTEN2Voice Configuration
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DFA Voice2JTEN Configuration
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Software Router Capabilities Used

• Support for all UDP-based broadcast data
• DIS
• NATO-EX
• Video images
• Free text messages
• Voice over IP

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Software Router GUI
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JRF LVC Results

• TENA/HLA Gateway converted range tracks to HLA
  objects, then sent to DMOC over JTEN
• DIS/HLA Gateway converted HLA objects to DIS
  Entity State PDUs
• JCATS created additional ground clutter as Entity
  State PDUs
• DMON Portal converted DIS Entity State PDUs to
  DMON Protocol, then sent to Robbins AFB VSTARS
  over DMON
• VSTARS MTC read in ground tracks, sent NATO EX
  (MTI, FTI), using the TSR, and TADIL J to DMOC
  using Signal PDUs
• TSR at DMOC sent NATO EX and TADIL J data to
  Nellis CAOC over JTEN
• Nellis CAOC used simulated ground awareness for
  Red Flag training

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Conclusions

• JRF LVC merge successful
• All training audiences met objectives
• Live fly enhanced with Virtual and Constructive
  EGs
• JRF Technical challenges overcome
• Multiple simulation protocols used together
• Multiple transmission protocols used
• Multiple WANs joined together
• Technical and Operational issues solved by team
  effort

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QUESTIONS