Lockheed ties digital C2 into Joint Fires Network at Valiant Shield

Lockheed Martin said it demonstrated it can integrate digital command and control capabilities into the Pentagon’s Joint Fires Network during Valiant Shield, an exercise in Hawaii this month.

The Joint Fires Network is a U.S. Indo-Pacific Command initiative to improve coordination between commanders and network any sensor from any platform to feed targeting guidance to any weapon system. Valiant Shield is focused on integrating forces across domains with thousands of U.S. military personnel participating along with 200 ships, aircraft and ground vehicles.

The JFN demonstration during Valiant Shield “integrated technologies with third-party capabilities as part of an enterprise architecture,” Lockheed said in a June 20 statement.

“The exercise showcased the seamless integration of Lockheed Martin’s advanced command and control functions, employing Operational Planning to coordinate real-time decision-making across the theater of operations, with all the Services and operational domains,” it said. “This approach enhanced the agility and responsiveness of joint operations, using live real-time data, and producing joint tasking orders in an operationally relevant environment.”

Lockheed’s digital C2 system combines its fielded battle management, command and control software with other technologies from industry, the company notes.

To participate in Valiant Shield, the company said it made improvements to its C2 Planning Software that included “streamlining operator workflows by making machine interactions intuitive, enabling real-time monitoring, and facilitating seamless integration with other technologies.”

The company also trained operators on high-fidelity mission simulators prior to the exercise to learn how to use the C2 planning system.

Lockheed has now participated in seven exercises to continue to work on refining its digital C2 capabilities, it said.

For example, the company participated in Northern Edge , an experiment in the Indo-Pacific theater that demonstrated synchronization of technology that could feed into the Pentagon’s connect-everything-everywhere campaign called Joint All-Domain Command and Control, or JADC2.

The company plans to continue to bring technology to exercises and demonstrations in the Indo-Pacific to help build joint, networked capability.

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洛克希德·马丁公司表示，在本月于夏威夷举行的“勇敢之盾”演习中，该公司展示了其能够将数字指挥和控制能力集成到五角大楼的联合火力网络中。

联合火力网络是美国印太司令部的一项倡议，旨在加强指挥官之间的协调，并将任何平台上的任何传感器联网，为任何武器系统提供目标制导信息。“英勇之盾”演习的重点是跨领域整合部队，数千名美军人员以及200艘舰艇、飞机和地面车辆参与其中。

洛克希德公司在 6 月 20 日的一份声明中表示，在“勇敢之盾”演习期间进行的 JFN 演示“将技术与第三方功能集成到企业架构中”。

声明称：“此次演习展现了洛克希德·马丁公司先进指挥控制功能的无缝集成，运用作战规划协调整个战区内所有军种和作战领域的实时决策。这种方法利用实时数据，在与作战相关的环境中生成联合任务指令，从而增强了联合行动的敏捷性和响应能力。”

洛克希德公司指出，其数字 C2 系统结合了该公司已部署的作战管理、指挥和控制软件以及来自业界的其他技术。

为了参与 Valiant Shield 项目，该公司表示对其 C2 规划软件进行了改进，其中包括“通过使机器交互更直观、实现实时监控以及促进与其他技术的无缝集成来简化操作员的工作流程”。

在演习之前，该公司还使用高保真任务模拟器对操作人员进行了培训，以学习如何使用 C2 规划系统。

洛克希德公司表示，该公司目前已参与七次演习，以继续改进其数字化指挥控制能力。

例如，该公司参与了“北方边缘”行动，这是一项在印太地区进行的实验，旨在展示技术同步，以支持五角大楼名为“联合全域指挥与控制”（JADC2）的“连接一切、无处不在”的行动。

该公司计划继续将技术应用于印太地区的演习和演示，以帮助建立联合网络能力。

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