JTLS-GO – One Constructive Training Enabler
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As military forces strengthen the live-virtual-constructive (LVC) training framework, there is an unheralded but important amount of activity to advance the constructive part of the domain. And while the LVC construct is typically focused on the tactical levels of operations, especially in the US, there is still a need to have capable simulations that can represent Multi-domain Operations (MDO) to prepare operational staffs to manage the fight or campaign – large-scale operations across a theatre - without the complex infrastructure required to support LVC federations.
This November 14, Ty Cook, Operations Manager, Valkyrie Enterprises LLC (Valkyrie), provided the author with important insights on one constructive simulation effort gaining attention and popularity around the globe –Joint Theater Level Simulation – Global Operations (JTLS-GO), a civil-military simulation and analysis tool that supports multidimensional joint and combined operations planning, training, and exercises. Rolands and Associates, a Valkyrie subsidiary, developed JTLS-GO.
Valkyrie’s Cook first observed JTLS-GO supports higher-echelons – during NATO’s JWC (Joint Warfare Centre) annual operational-level exercises (the Duel and Daggerseries), for instance. “This continues to be a successful partnership, from our perspective, on what the simulation offers to the NATO JWC to achieve their missions, to train their operational staffs.”
There has been additional discovery work on how JTLS-GO may support wargaming efforts – beyond operational exercises. “This is a common theme these days. We have a lot of interest in the US DoD side, both the Navy and Marine Corps about using JTLS-GO to perform those analytical wargaming functions.”
Beyond Europe/NATO, Valkyrie is bringing JTLS-GO to customers in the Indo-Pacific region. “Our largest customer there is US Indo-Pacific Command. We support several US-bilateral training events – computer-aided training exercises – every year with various US partners – Japan, Taiwan, Malaysia and Thailand,” Cook explained.
The company executive emphasized that while many other simulations may be classified and not available for export to the international
community JTLS-GO is unclassified but ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations)-controlled. With an export license Valkyrie can selectively export JTLS-GO around the globe, to allow the US to better train with its mission partners.
Near-term Constructive Sector Forecast
And there should be little surprise with how the community expert expects the constructive simulation sector to evolve in the next 12-24 months. “The big thrust in all of those simulations is to bring in some type of AI/ML technology – to make the simulation run faster, maybe run with less human intervention because that is always an issue, how do you reduce the amount of operators it takes to run these types of environments because of the cost factor.” There is an AI/ML linkage to another training enabler on MS&T’s watch list – data. “Can you use AI/ML to process, get and review, in real time, the vast amounts of data that is being output from the simulation, that tells and informs the training audience how well or poorly things are going. These are areas we are actively investigating from the JTLS-GO perspective because we know what our users want and those are the areas they say they need help with.” Also on Valkyrie’s action list, are their prospective and current customers’ interests in containerized simulation products to enable the simulation to run in a cloud environment.
On MS&T’s Watch List
We look forward to following and commenting on evolving activities in the fast-moving constructive simulation sector – to complete our coverage of the broad LVC domain.
