Case Study: Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) achieves secure, realistic cross-domain live/virtual/constructive training with Forcepoint SimShield

Ranges Program Manager - Customer Case Study

Forcepoint worked with Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) and the 353d Combat Training Squadron to secure RED FLAG‑Alaska exercises at the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex (JPARC) and extend training via the mobile JDEWR platform. The challenge was to allow live, virtual, and constructive (LVC) assets from multinational participants and dissimilarly classified systems to operate together across a vast, instrumented battlespace (up to 90 aircraft and 2,000 personnel) without leaking sensitive information — requiring a near‑real‑time, TENA‑compatible cross‑domain solution that could obtain SABI authority to connect.

The solution was Forcepoint SimShield, a TENA‑compliant cross‑domain guard that was certified and accredited for SABI and placed on the UCDMO Baseline. SimShield enabled secure, bi‑directional interoperability with granular filtering of classified data, producing a fully integrated, realistic battlespace where diverse clearance levels train together, preserving classified capabilities for debriefs, reducing costs and logistical barriers, and positioning PACAF as a leader in weapons‑range security and cross‑domain training.

Pacific Air Forces

Billy Smith

Ranges Program Manager