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JWX25 enabled allies to operate in a digital wargaming environment hosted by Lockheed Martin at multiple locations, a continuous series of events in validating shared data links and enhancing joint mission thread integration. JWX25 enabled U.S. and ally teams to explore new concepts and options. AI tools like Genesis, LM Navigator, and data-analysis tools accelerated course of action generation and data synthesis. The teams utilized Joint Battle Orchestration, Non-Kinetic Effects, and Post Battle Summary tools to run multiple iterations on employment of unmanned systems capabilities.
“Providing allies with real-time access to critical data ensures coalition forces can respond quickly and effectively to emerging threats or opportunities,” said Joseph Root, USINDOPACOM J8 Technical Director. “This achievement underscores the importance of seamless collaboration in modern coalition warfare.”
Representatives from USINDOPACOM J7’s Pacific Multi-Domain Training and Experimentation Capability (PMTEC), which fosters collaboration with industry innovators, observed JWX25 to assess the progress and promise of integrating advanced commercial tools and putting pioneering technologies directly into warfighter hands.
"JWX25 exemplifies PMTEC’s mission to bridge the gap between warfighters and commercial partners," said Brent Parker, PMTEC commercial industry engagement lead. "Deploying state-of-the-art tools like Lockheed Martin’s Joint Battle Orchestration and AI-driven logistics suites in a realistic, combined environment allows us to test, learn, and adapt at a pace that traditional acquisition cycles cannot match."
USINDOPACOM conducted the experiment as a distributive digital wargame, with participants located at Suffolk, Virginia, Camp Smith, Hawaii, and other operational locations.
May Ann Swendsen, PMTEC Experimentation Integrator, highlighted the significance of the wargame’s design. "Our goal with PMTEC is to create a persistent, mission-focused environment where we can rigorously assess new capabilities and concepts," said Swendsen. "JWX25's distributed format provided a robust rehearsal for multi-domain planning and allowed us to capture the qualitative data needed to advance operational readiness with key allies.”
By digitally replicating emerging systems such as unmanned swarms and long-range hypersonic fires, JWX25 generated essential data to evaluate lethality, mass, and survivability. These insights will inform USINDOPACOM's future capability mix, force design initiatives, and investment priorities, aligning with PMTEC's mission to deliver data-driven analysis for critical resourcing decisions.
The technical challenges encountered during JWX25 provided valuable lessons for future improvements. Plans are underway to leverage distributed facilities like the Wayfinder Digital Engagement Center in Honolulu for upcoming JWX iterations. Additionally, the integration of Top Secret-level tools is expected to enhance fidelity in experiments scheduled for 2026.
About PMTEC: Established in 2022, the Pacific Multi-Domain Training and Experimentation Capability is a transformative enterprise funded and resourced by the United States Indo-Pacific Command to enhance joint, combined, and coalition warfighting readiness, posture, and lethality in the Indo-Pacific. It has created and is constantly enhancing the largest coalition range system in the world, linking geographically distributed ranges and training areas across the Indo-Pacific theater and beyond. PMTEC is a key component of the Pacific Deterrence Initiative, reinforcing the U.S. commitment to homeland defense and a free and open Indo-Pacific. PMTEC’s integration of advanced training technologies and its alignment with U.S. National Security Strategy make it a cornerstone of U.S. efforts to maintain regional stability and counter adversarial aggression.
Military personnel from Australia, Japan, India and the United States worked together within the facility to plan, brief, and build relationships needed to enhance interoperability and interchangeability among the participating navies. Before the sea phase of Malabar 2025 commenced, watch standers, operations planners, ship captains, and flight crews from the four nations worked side by side, leveraging the facility’s resources, designed to enable continuous rehearsal, experimentation and mission planning across all domains. The facility also served the hub for Malabar 2025’s Guam-based exercise control group. “We can manage real-time changes in the schedule of events, flex tactical muscles, and introduce changes in real time,” said U.S. Navy Lt. Sharat Nemani assigned to Destroyer Squadron 15. “Having liaisons from different countries here allows us to coordinate and implement changes securely and efficiently." The progression and development of the facility redefines the landscape of joint and coalition training, enabling advanced mission rehearsal and planning for multinational forces in the Indo-Pacific region. The facility’s operational readiness marks a significant milestone in PMTEC’s mission to implement an all-domain warfare environment across the Indo-Pacific region to support integrated deterrence and joint and partner warfighting dominance. Since hosting a November 2023 site visit for Valiant Shield 24 planning, PMTEC Forward Guam has supported dozens of planning conferences, meetings and exercise executions. During Pacific Vangaurd 25, PMTEC Forward Guam was both home to the exercise and DESRON 15’s Continuity of Operations. Imminent plans for PMTEC Forward Guam include Mission Partner Environment and training network installations to enable hosting Valiant Shield 26 and future joint, coalition partner exercises and experiments. About PMTEC: Established in 2022, the Pacific Multi-Domain Training and Experimentation Capability is a transformative enterprise funded and resourced by the United States Indo-Pacific Command to enhance joint, combined, and coalition warfighting readiness and lethality in the Indo-Pacific. PMTEC is a key component of the Pacific Deterrence Initiative, reinforcing the U.S. commitment to homeland defense and a free and open Indo-Pacific. PMTEC’s integration of advanced training technologies and its alignment with strategic priorities make it a cornerstone of U.S. efforts to maintain regional stability and counter adversarial aggression.