ORLANDO, Fla., 6 Feb. 2012. Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] won from the U.S. Air Force a five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, valued at up to $94 million, to provide technical support to the Distributed Mission Operations Center (DMOC) at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. Lockheed Martin staff will not only partner with the 705th Combat Training Squadron to link assets among the U.S. Air Force, Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, as well as coalition partner nations, but also assist the Air Force in developing tactics, techniques, and procedures for tactical and operational training events.

The DMOC--the U.S. Air Force's hub for distributed virtual combat training exercises, testing, and experimentation--boasts an architecture that integrates virtual and constructive simulations across various networks. It supports a synthetic battlespace that models weapons and command, control, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C2ISR) systems.

"Distributed exercises that allow warfighters to practice together and test software real time are becoming increasingly important as missions become more integrated across platforms, services and partner nations," says Lt. Col. Doug Horne, 705th Combat Training Squadron commander. "Linking assets and transporting relevant, accurate and timely simulation data is a key element for operating in today's environment."

"Integrating live, virtual, and constructive elements, the Distributed Mission Operations Center serves as the nucleus for advancing cost-effective training and operational testing," explains Jim Weitzel, vice president of training and engineering services at Lockheed Martin's Global Training and Logistics business.

The 705th Combat Training Squadron is part of the 505th Command and Control Wing whose mission is to improve warfighter capability through command-and-control testing, tactics development and training.