By integrating fourth and fifth-generation platforms, DMON Argonne 23 marks a new milestone in advanced military training.

Northrop Grumman Corporation has shown its Distributed Mission Operations Network (DMON) in a virtual training event hosted at the Combat Air Force (CAF) Distributed Training Center (DTC) at the Langley Air Force Base in Virginia last week. By using networked aircraft simulators, DMON Argonne 23 provided training against peer adversaries in a complex, multi-domain threat scenario, marking a new milestone in advanced military training.

DMON is designed to offer secure connectivity and interoperability among different simulator platforms worldwide, allowing aircrews to train together in a high-fidelity virtual environment.

During this exercise, DMON connected fourth- and fifth-generation fighters from different bases “to train as they would in live combat operations, allowing aircrews to prepare for the realistic tactical problems they may face,” said Rebecca Torzone, Vice President and General Manager, Combat Systems and Mission Readiness, Northrop Grumman. “DMON Argonne 23 successfully demonstrated how our immersive environments deliver on our commitment to prime warfighters for future Joint All-Domain Command and Control operations.”

DMON Argonne 23 successfully connected multiple F-22 and F-35 aircraft in a distributed virtual training environment for the first time. The Northrop Grumman-staffed CAF DTC also developed a robust virtual battlespace environment, mission planning and execution materials and supported the scheduling, briefing, execution and debriefing. Operators could make changes in real-time and adapt scenarios to mission training requirements.

Over four days, the event hosted 44 sites and 97 cockpits and trained 196 personnel operating F-22, F-35, F-16, A-10, MQ-9, E-3G, RC-135, CRC, JTAC and the Navy’s EA-18G platform simulators.