Joint Simulation Environment
Joint Simulation Environment (JSE) is the Air Force's synthetic solution for High-End Advanced Training, Tactics, and Testing (HEAT3). JSE supports operational plan rehearsals, large force exercises, aircrew training events, and aircraft platform operational test campaigns. This capability directly supports United States Air Force Warfare Center (USAFWC), United States Air Force Weapons School, Air Force Test Center (AFTC), Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center (AFOTEC), and addresses platform training and test efforts that cannot be performed in open air. JSE encompasses, but is not limited to, lab facilities for development and experimentation, as well as multiple test and training locations, to include, but not limited to: Joint Integrated Test & Training Center Nellis AFB (JITTC-N), Digital Test & Training Range Nellis AFB (DTTR-N), Digital Test & Training Range Edwards AFB (DTTR-E), and future planned location JITTC-Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JITTC-E). JSE Platform-In-A-Box (PIAB) Operational Flight Program (OFP) Based Simulator Development: Entails the study, evaluation, early experimentation, and development for platforms beyond the current/existing F-35 capability. Activities include analysis of OFPs, to include high-fidelity aircraft mission system and sensor models, against JSE software and interface standards, as well as common hardware standards enabling remote monitoring, updates, and security management. JSE Digital Test and Training Ranges (DTTR): Maintains and upgrades existing test capabilities, to include the continuation of installation, integration, and verification/validation activities in support of fielded and future platforms and virtual air threats. Furthermore, the 445 Test Squadron at DTTR-E manages Developmental Test (DT) and Operational Test (OT) events, as well as cyber testing integration for the JSE Enterprise as part of their Executing Test Organization (ETO) role, delegated to the 445th TS by the 412th Test Wing as the JSE Enterprise's Lead Developmental Test Organization (LDTO). JSE Core Environment Development/Integration: Continues to develop JSE foundational capabilities enabling further test, integration, and training.
FY 2027 continues additional development, evaluations, and experimentation of system models and OFP-based simulators to assess OFP interoperability, to include but not limited to continued integration of E-7 PIAB, Command and Control capabilities, continued integration of F-22 PIAB, F-15EX PIAB development and associated integration, as…
Read the FY2027 plan →FY 2027 is a continuation of FY 2026 plans to include, but are not limited to, F-35, F-22, and Virtual Airborne Threat Solution (VATS) installation, integration, and verification and validation activities. Continued support for day-to-day digital test and training range operations (vision for JSE is to optimize test reality, capacity…
Read the FY2027 plan →FY 2027 is a continuation of FY 2026 efforts to include, but are not limited to, Global Reusable Interface Domain (GRID) development, Next Generation Threat System (NGTS) virtual entities expansion, Weapon Server Common Environment (WSCE) server integration, GRID core services (weather, Infrared, Electronic Warfare, Cyber, Space, data…
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