ARCTICS II Virtual Industry Day - Briefing Slides.pdf

Deploy – Train – Project

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October 2026

ARCTICS II Industry Day

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Overview

◼ Introductions

◼ Rules of Engagement

◼ Requirements Overview

◼ Mission

◼ Capabilities

◼ Airspace

◼ Threats

◼ Scheduling

◼ Exercises

◼ Weapons employment

◼ Targets/scoring

◼ C3

◼ Way Forward

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ARCTICS II Team

◼ 766 ESS Contracting Officer: Trevor King

◼ 766 ESS Contracting Specialist: 2Lt Turner

◼ 766 ESS Program Manager (PM): TBD

◼ 354 RANS COR: Capt Arthurs and Capt Powley (PM)

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Disclaimer

◼ Information provided on subsequent slides is the

Government’s current intent for ARCTICS II

◼ Draft requirement documents are subject to change

◼ This is not a commitment by the Government to purchase any of the services described in this brief

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Rules Of Engagement

◼ Slides will be posted after the virtual industry day

◼ No Classified information will be shared during this briefing

◼ Questions will be asked, recorded, and answers will be available to the group

◼ Please submit all questions through the chat

◼ Government has the right to table questions

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Virtual Industry Day Objectives

◼ Provide ARCTICS II Program Overview

◼ Provide Government Expectations

◼ Answer questions of a contractual and technical nature to include the unclassified PWS

◼ Help Industry better understand and better define the requirement

◼ Provide Industry an avenue to ask questions related to the

JPARC Requirements

Mission

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JPARC Mission

“Build, Operate, and Maintain the JPARC as an OCA Center of Excellence, Providing Realistic IADS Replication for the

Joint Warfighter”

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Leadership Guidance

◼ The President in the NSS stated:

◼ The most pressing strategic challenge facing our vision is from powers that layer authoritarian governance with a revisionist foreign policy. It is their behavior that poses a challenge to international peace and stability—especially waging or preparing for wars of aggression…leveraging technology…

◼ Secretary of the Air Force stated:

◼ “JPARC…is critical to readiness and national defense.”

◼ Chief of Staff of the Air Force testified:

◼ “We need to…ensure that we can replicate the higher end threat at

JPARC.”

◼ Chief of Staff of the Air Force directed:

◼ JPARC develop Threat Matrix Framework (TMF) Level-4 capability

◼ Commander of Air Combat Command approved:

◼ “JPARC is the largest instrumented air, ground and electronic warfare training range in the world.”

◼ “Significant investment is required in infrastructure, emerging technology, organizational structure and training aids to develop JPARC to TMF level-4 status.”

◼ Commander of Pacific Air Forces directed:

◼ Reorganize

Create 354 Range Squadron

◼ Modernize Threat emitters, IADS/C2 infrastructure, aggressor aircraft

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JPARC Vision

“Be the DoW’s Premier OCA Training

Location”

◼ Provide Integration & Training for Joint 4th / 5th / 6th Gen Airpower

◼ Local training for Alaska’s 5th gen fighter force (F-22, F-35)

◼ INDOPACOM / PACAF exercises (RF-A / NORTHERN EDGE)

◼ Build Partnership Capacity (BPC)

◼ PACAF exercises (RF-A)

◼ Realistic training for INDOPACOM partner nation F-35s

◼ RAAF, JASDF, ROKAF, RDAF, RSAF, RCAF, etc.

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JPARC – Alaska’s National Treasure

◼ Size

◼ JPARC = 120,000 nm2

◼ Home to Alaska’s 5th Gen fighters

◼ Eielson (F-35)

◼ JBER (F-22)

◼ Premier training environment PACAF

Exercises

◼ Joint

◼ USAF/USSF/USA

◼ USN/USMC

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JPARC Challenges

◼ Keeping pace with adversary threat systems

◼ Access to Special Use Airspace, restricted areas, and Non-Government

Owned land

◼ Securing funds to modernize the operational training infrastructure

◼ Long periods of severe winter weather

◼ Remote access to threat sites

◼ Limited infrastructure

Requirements Overview

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Requirements Overview

◼ Threat Equipment Operations, Maintenance, and Integration

◼ Threat radars

◼ Radar Simulators

◼ EW Simulators

◼ Operational Support

◼ Red Flag Alaska exercises

◼ Daily Training

◼ C2 Capabilities

◼ Live, Virtual and Constructive entity Management

◼ Adversary Replication

◼ Weapons Scoring

◼ Video System Management

◼ Engineering Support

◼ Studies and analysis

◼ Modifications and/or replacement of systems and infrastructure

◼ Configuration management

◼ Frequency management

◼ Range Maintenance

◼ Range Builds

◼ Site Development

See the most recently published version of the PWS

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◼ Eielson AFB (Includes Ft Wainwright range property)

◼ Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson

◼ Various remote and road accessible sites across Alaska

Primary Operating Locations

JBER Facilities

Not all inclusive; see most recent PWS

Airspace

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JPARC Airspace Comparison

Joint Readiness Training Center

Ranges ~250 sq mi

Gulf of Alaska –

Temporary Marine

Activities Area

43,000 sq mi

JPARC MOAs & RAs = 77,000 sq mi (a/o Jan 2023)

Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation (ACMI)

Non-Instrumented MOAs/ATCAAs

Temporary Instrumentation

Nellis Test and

Training Range

12,000 sq mi

FAI

ANC

ATCAA only (no MOA underneath)

Red Flag-Alaska Airspace

45,000 sq miUtah Test and

Training Range

19,000 sq mi

Fallon Range

Training Complex

13,000 sq mi

National Training

Center Ranges

1,000 sq mi

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Current JPARC Structure

MOA+ATCAA

ATCAA

Airspace Bridge

Existing MOA+ATCAA

◼ 350 x 100 NM of continual airspace

◼ Live/Inert A/G Employment ◼ Multiple Impact Areas w/ scoring capabilities

◼ Conventional Strafe Complex

◼ Enhanced Threat Emitter Structure

◼ Ability to train to strategic pacing threats

◼ Negligible Competition

◼ Limited Encroachment

◼ Historically strong FAA relationship

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Versatile Exercise Airspace Constructs

◼ RED FLAG ALASKA AIRPSACE ◼ NORTHERN EDGE AIRSPACE

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Low Levels / MTRs

◼ 10 MTRs available through mountainous terrain

◼ Schedule MTRs through Wing

Scheduling offices at 354 FW & 3 WG

◼ MTR status and survey information available on 11AF Airspace

Sharepoint

◼ CODK - Home (dps.mil) https://usaf.dps.mil/sites/jber/11AF/AOC/CODK/SitePages/Home.aspx https://usaf.dps.mil/sites/jber/11AF/AOC/CODK/SitePages/Home.aspx https://usaf.dps.mil/sites/jber/11AF/AOC/CODK/SitePages/Home.aspx https://usaf.dps.mil/sites/jber/11AF/AOC/CODK/SitePages/Home.aspx

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Future JPARC Expansion MOA+ATCAA

ATCAA

Airspace Bridge

Existing

MOA+ATCAA

Existing ATCAA

MOA + ATCAA

ATCAA

Airspace Bridge

ATCAA

200 nm

◼ Pre-Decisional

◼ Proposed Future JPARC

◼ Largest Air Force airspace expansion proposal in history

◼ Addresses need to optimize and modernize

JPARC in relation to potential threats

◼ Establishes vertical + horizontal continuity throughout JPARC in additional to

Northern/Southern/Western expansion to the of the current structure

◼ Establishes 520 x 260 NM overwater airspace

◼ Better enhances replication of peer geographic environments

Future JPARC Expansion

Threats

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Threat Capability Comparison

150 NM

LR SAM

• X Band

• C Band

• S Band

PRC (Rapid Development)

• New SAMs in last 10 years covering different bands EM

• Integrated Air Defense System w/ passive, multi-band cueing

• LR SAM threats are diverse, dense, & displaced

150 NM

• 1x reprogrammable digital array

• Federated, open loop IADS

• Lacked threat diversity & density

• C Band

• S Band

• U/VHF

• X Band

• C Band

150 NM

• C Band

• S Band

• U/VHF

• X Band

• L Band

LR SAM

• C Band

• S Band

• U/VHF

• X Band

• L Band

JPARC (2030)

• 14x reprogrammable digital arrays

• Closed loop IADS with JROC

• Realistic diversity, density, & displacement

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Non-SAM Threat Systems

◼ AN/TPS-77 Radar

◼ Provides an ASV picture to JPARC range control as well as ATC facilities

◼ Covers all Yukon MOA and Ft Greeley

Missile Field

◼ Feeds NORAD and FAA systems

◼ Covered by a RADOME, not pictured

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Non-SAM Threat Systems

◼ VERA-NG

◼ Passive sensor intended for detection, identification and tracking of airborne and ground (including naval) targets

◼ Detects, processes and evaluates pulse signals transmitted with board radiolocation

◼ Identifies non-cooperating targets

◼ In 3+1 configuration the system provides also a measured (geometric) height of targets

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Non-SAM Threat Systems

◼ Mallina

◼ Replicates UV signature of a surface-to-air missile

◼ Provides the stimulation required to produce threat-declaration in various

UV Missile Warning Systems (MWS)

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Non-SAM Threat Systems

◼ HiJAAX

◼ X-Band Ground Based SAR Jammer

◼ Complicates the ability to target A-A and A-G targets with an airborne X-band Radar

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Non-SAM Threat Systems

◼ LAZARUS

◼ MWIR Laser

◼ Passive EO/IR sensors and active laser devices

◼ Enables safe engagement of aircrew eyes, night vision devices, and aircraft mounted EO/IR sensors during flight for both test and training operations

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Yukon Enhanced Training Initiative (YETI)

◼ Overview

◼ Long Range C/S Band Emitter

◼ Think LRSAM replication

◼ Uses shore power

◼ Operated w/ 4 TELs

◼ Limitations

◼ FVEY restrictions

◼ Closed loop

◼ C Band currently in R2205

◼ S Band currently in R2202

◼ X Band currently in R2202

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Unmanned Threat Emitter (UMTE)

◼ Generates waveforms that represent different SAM frequencies

◼ Great for use in austere locations that cannot be easily accessible for daily training operations

◼ Remotely started and operated

◼ Labeled as TK-# in JESTR

◼ Paired with TMOs to replicate real life

SAM sites

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XM-11/15

◼ Medium range SAM replication

◼ OEM Vehicle, upgraded hardware and software

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T-1

◼ The AN-MPS-T1 Radar Systems are threat representative manned radars.

They provide realistic training and man in the loop operation

◼ Currently being divested, but still operating without SPO support

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Digital Spoon Rest

◼ Target acquisition, early warning

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NINER

◼ Low-cost Threat Emitter

◼ Frequency Band: X

◼ Frequency Range: 7.9 GHz to 11.0 GHz

◼ The NINER is programmable to a specific frequency, pulse width and pulse repetition frequency

◼ We have set profiles to replicate specific threats

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Elite

◼ Low-cost X-band emitter (Boat RADAR)

◼ Unmanned and remotely started

◼ *Security issue does not allow for remote operations currently

◼ Currently placed on the impact area range to allow for full scale weapons delivery on an emitting target area

◼ *On the No strike List currently

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MAST

◼ Man-Portable Aircraft Survivability

Trainer

◼ Simulates MANPADS, including SA-7 and SA-14

◼ Includes recording capability and missile flyout vs low/slow aircraft

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Smokey SAMS

◼ DGTR-18A rockets

◼ When launched, the DGTR-18’s rocket produces a distinctive white plume providing a realistic launch of a surface-to-air missile

◼ Provides a 1.5 second boost period, followed by a lower-thrust sustainer burn and burnout occurring 5 seconds after launch

◼ Burns out at 2,000 ft AGL

◼ $176 per Smokey SAM

Inflatable Decoys

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Threat Metal Objects (TMOs)

• TMOs resemble actual

SAM TER, TELAR, TEL

• There are Low and High fidelity TMOs on the

JPARC

• Typically paired with an emitter such as UMTE, YETI, or NINER to resemble a realistic

SAM site

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Future YETI Emitters

◼ Future

◼ Additional L/2xUHF/1xVHF/C/S/X

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Advanced Radar Threat System (ARTS)

◼ Advanced Radar Threat System

◼ Simulator of a Modern Threat System

◼ Target Engagement Radar

◼ Closed-Loop, Man-in-the-Loop System

◼ Full EIRP (Open-Air System)

◼ Missile Fly-Out Simulation

◼ JPARC to receive 2 versions (V1/V3)

◼ FY27 ETA for V1

◼ FY30 ETA for V3

Sites

System Delivery/Site Prep

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Site Location

Site Name Lat/Long Allen Army Airfield 64.0012, -145.7237 Birch Lake 64.3255, -146.7757 Blair Lake 64.3854, -147.6954 Bravo Battery 64.6745, -146.7519 Bravo Maintenance 64.6653, -146.7413 Bravo North 64.6745, -146.7517 Bridge to Terabithia 64.5444, -147.0852 Buffalo MOA 63.7602, -144.7004 Cam1 64.6863, -146.4609 Cam2 64.6734, -146.5242 Charlie Battery 64.5877, -146.7267 Deltana Farm 63.9432, -145.3654 Donnelly LZ 63.8219, -145.7444 Donnely Dome 63.7869, -145.8633 Dry Creek 63.6561, -144.6031 DTA Maintenance 64.0181, -145.6842 DTA North 64.0125, -145.6681 DTA South 64.0080, -145.6686 DTA West 64.0102, -145.6889 Engineer Hill 64.7352, -147.0112 Far Mountain 64.7228, -145.7778 Flag Hill 64.4095, -146.9558 Fox Relay 62.9741, -146.8150 Gerstle River 63.7885, -145.0234

Site Name Lat/Long Gerstle River 63.7885, -145.0234

HAARP 62.3953, -145.1722

Hill 3265 64.6734, -145.7444

NR6 64.7228, -146.3835

Oscar 64.6399, -146.6733 Paxson 62.9783, -145.4701 Pogo Mines 64.4065, -145.0888 Poker Flats 65.1181, -147.4330 Pole Hill 64.6431, -146.7105 Porcupine Ridge 63.4241, -146.7105 Quarry Hill 64.6530, -146.9588 Quartz Lake 64.2357, -145.6785 Rocky Top 64.6399, -146.5487 South Pole Hill 64.6348, -146.7252 Talkeetna Airport 62.3275, -150.0919 Taylor Mountain 64.0259, -142.3156 Tok 63.2421, -143.1157

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DTA

◼ 3 pads, power/fiber

◼ Maintenance shelter

◼ YETI S/TMOs

◼ Future – C/S/Judges

◼ Planned 4th pad

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Gerstle River

◼ Construction in progress

◼ Usable as of Nov 2025

◼ Full up Jul 2026

◼ 2 pads, power/fiber

◼ Yeti C/S/TMOs

◼ Future gravel work planned for additional TMO pads/MX shelter

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Additional 2027 Projects

◼ Blair Lakes

◼ YETI UHF/VHF/L

◼ Bridge to Terabithia (B2T)

◼ ARTS-V3C

◼ Tok Hill

◼ Second YETI UHF/VHF

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2030+ Goal

◼ 2 Lane fight

◼ 60NM wide north/south lanes

◼ Complex lowdowns with

170 nm threat azimuth

◼ Closed loop systems

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JPARC Exercise OPS Tempo

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

P la n n in g C o n fe re n ce s

C O P E N O R

TH

Planning Conferences

D is ta n t Fr o n ti er

R F- A -2

D is ta n t Fr o n ti er

R F- A -3

D is ta n t Fr o n ti er

Strategic Planning / Planning Conferences

P la n n in g C o n fe re n ce s

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◼ Alaska Highway System (Military Installation)

◼ Road accessible sites can be accessed by vehicle

◼ Must abide by Army range rules/regulations

◼ No personally owned vehicles supporting official business only commercial, leased, or GOV vehicles authorized

◼ 210 RQS

◼ Can support on an as needed non-interference basis

◼ 354 RANS Commercial Helicopter Contract

◼ Prime method for reaching remote sites

◼ Supports majority of remote site refueling/maintenance/inspections

Site Access

Weapons Employment

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Oklahoma Impact Area

R-2202

Army Fort (22XX)

Industrial Park (23XX)

Oklahoma Live (29XX)

Racsan Airfield (21XX)

SAM Support Facility (23XX)

Railyard (26XX)

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Stuart Creek Impact Area

R-2205 Yukon ADEF (53XX)

Yukon Airfield (51XX)

Marshalling Area (52XX)

Tanks On Ridge (566X)

Stuart Creek Live

(559X)

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R-2211

Nuke Circle (1165)

Hight Angle Strafe Pit (1163)

North Con (1161)

South Con (1160)

Moving Strafe (1170)

Low Angle Strafe Pits (1163)

Blair Lakes Impact Area

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◼ Blair Lakes Bombing Range

◼ Army owned; Air Force Leased (5-year interval) conventional bombing range

◼ Capable of Class A / B support

◼ ~$20M Facility built in 2005, occupied 24/7, ◼ Only accessible via helicopter or light fixed wing during summer months

◼ Accessible via ice road constructed annually

◼ Targets available

◼ 5 static strafe targets (LRS/LAS/HAS)

◼ 1 moving target

◼ 3 bombing targets

Blair Lakes Impact Area

Blair Lakes Targets

Stuart Creek Targets

Oklahoma Targets

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Cycle of Operations

OK Winter Trail Build (Jan-Mar)

Programs/Leave (Apr-May)

Summer Build Prep (May-Jun)

Summer Build (Jun-Aug)

Programs/Leave (Aug-Sep)

Blair Lakes Winter Trail Build (Oct-Jan)

RANS Range Build Cycle

C3

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◼ Command and control for JPARC operations

◼ Ground control intercept

◼ Blue, Red, and White force stations

◼ Multi-Source Correlator Tracker

◼ Comms: UHF/VHFLink-16

◼ BC3 and ANGEL displays

◼ Radar/IFF/ACMI/Link-16

◼ Live Mission Operations Center (LMOC)

◼ Virtual workstations

◼ Automated functions

◼ Digital Integrated Air Defense Systems (DIADS)

◼ Software representation of IADS

◼ Scalable number of workstations

◼ Configurable for use with Red and Blue forces

Operations Center

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◼ Examples:

◼ ICADS

◼ ANGEL

◼ BC3 Display

◼ TACVIEW

Displays

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JPARC Communications

RF

A1

12 13

25 2627

◼ 68 miles of power and fiber from Eielson to the Yukon

Training Area

◼ Sites located from JBER (Anchorage Area) to the Northern

Coast of Alaska

JPARC Sites

Way Forward

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JPARC Range Operations Center (JROC)

SAF / CSAF / COMACC / COMPACAF directed TMF-Level-4 modernization for JPARC

In response, PACAF / INDOPACOM / DOT&E have programmed and/or obligated $966M toward:

◼ O&M (Operations & Maintenance) support contracts

◼ Threat systems (digital array radars) ◼ Construction of threat sites & targets ◼ Environmental impact surveys/assessments ◼ IT systems, infrastructure, & instrumentation ◼ Secure ground-to-air radios

PROBLEM: $0 MILCON (Military Construction) funding is currently committed for JPARC modernization.

In contrast: Nellis AFB has constructed 2x MILCON facilities (SHoC-N, ROC) in the last 5 years toward achievement of TMF Level-4 capability.

JROC will be a SCIF-SAPF accredited facility to enable multi-domain operations at the TS-SCI//SAP level, as required for TMF-Level-4 operations in the JPARC.

When DoD’s most advanced air, space, and cyber capabilities train realistically on the JPARC against advanced threat radar systems, applicable security classification guides dictate those operations be protected at the TS-SCI//SAP level.

Accurate threat replication requires SAP-accredited IT systems operated by personnel with appropriate SAP access.

Existing JPARC Ops Center (Secret-Collateral Only) Built in 1994 as Secret-Collateral only, the current facility fails to meet ICD 705 SCIF- SAPF security standards. This deficiency has a severe operational impact, forcing advanced air, space, and cyber capabilities to be simulated on paper ("white carded") rather than trained realistically. Because retrofitting the existing structure is economically and operationally impractical, a new MILCON-funded facility is required to support modern DoD missions.

PACAF/A3T's "JPARC Modernization Plan" originally called for JROC construction beginning in FY23. The requirement for JROC to provide TMF-Level-4 training already exists today to support.

Operational Impact of Funding Delays

• Until MILCON funding is secured for the JROC, all

JPARC operations can only be protected at the Secret-Collateral level.

• Consequently, critical TMF-Level-4 training requirements cannot be met.

Date Phase / Milestone

Apr 2018 PACAF/A3T creates "JPARC 2025"

Apr 2019 PACAF/A3T advocates for JROC

Jan 2020 JROC Planning Charrette (PCR)

Dec 2020 #14 on PACAF MILCON IPL

Dec 2021 #6 on PACAF MILCON IPL

Apr 2022 AFIMSC Design Instruction #1

Jun 2022 AFIMSC Design Instruction #2

Nov 2022 #8 on PACAF MILCON IPL

Dec 2022 EA New Cost (Reduced from $133M to $74M)

Aug 2023 JROC 35% Design Charrette

Jan 2024 35% design complete

Jan 2024 Insert required for FY27

May 2027 Begin construction

Sep 2029 JROC IOC (Initial Operational Capability)

WHY? WHAT? WHEN?

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Way Forward

◼ Airspace expansion

◼ Facilitate realistic, long-range training over land and sea

◼ Largest Air Force airspace expansion proposal in history

◼ Threat modernization

◼ Closed loop, high fidelity threats

◼ Provide realistic rep for pacing threats

◼ 10x Radar Signal Emulators (YETI)

◼ 4x ARTSv1/3

◼ Improved training facilities (JROC)

◼ TS//SCI//SAP facility

◼ Modern C2 infrastructure

◼ Daily and exercise use

◼ MILCON funding