Joint Simulation Environment is revolutionizing how the Air Force trains
Mission Technologies is featured in the February edition of Air & Space Forces Magazine as a “key contractor in the software development, integration and support” of the Joint Simulation Environment.
The story noted that F-35 pilots at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada will begin training this year in the JSE, which it described as “the U.S. Air Force’s most hyper-realistic battlespace simulator ever.”
“[JSE] sets the benchmark,” said Mike Aldinger, vice president of business development in Mission Technologies’ Global Security group. “This is a totally new approach. It’s revolutionizing how they train. I think it’s going to take some years to get to a steady state as we start to bring in the other participants, including other services. As an example, the Space Force in the past year has become more ingrained in the Air Force-Navy focused effort to work together [on JSE]. They’re aligned and focused on the strategic objective.”
The article also quotes John Bell, Mission Technologies’ chief technology officer, who said the JSE will improve team- and joint-training capabilities.
“What JSE is really for is that graduate-level exercise,” Bell said. “‘OK, now we know how to fly the aircraft. How do we work as a team? How do we use the advanced tactics that we’re learning about in the classroom, where we have to share information between the aircraft and have a greater shared understanding of the operational environment? How do we learn how to work together in that very complex environment?’ That’s what JSE is really all about.”
Read the full story at airandspaceforces.com. The link also includes a 20-minute video interview with Aldinger and Bell.
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