The Air Force recently awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a five-year competitive contract worth a ceiling value of $94 million to provide technical support of the Distributed Mission Operations Center (DMOC), according to a company statement.
The contract was issued Jan. 18. The bid was competitive, according to Lockheed Martin spokeswoman Sharon Parsley.
The DMOC will serve as the Air Force’s hub for distributed virtual combat training exercises, testing and experimentation. According to Parsley, major exercises facilitated through DMOC include: Virtual Flag, a quarterly Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored and large force exercise designed to increase combat capability across the Theater Air Control System and its elements; Coalition Virtual Flag, “usually the last” quarterly Virtual Flag exercise of the year for coalition forces from Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom; and Northern Edge, a biennial, U.S.-only, Air Force-led tactical live fly exercise.
The DMOC architecture integrates virtual and constructive simulations across various networks to support a synthetic battlefield that models weapons and command, control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems, the statement said.
“Integrating live, virtual and constructive elements, the Distributed Mission Operations Center serves as the nucleus for advancing cost-effective training and operational testing,” said Jim Wetzel, Lockheed Martin vice president of training and engineering services at the company’s global training and logistics business.