STIG-Compliant Cisco Zero Trust & Security at Nellis Air Force Base, NV

The 99th Air Base Wing supports more than 10,000 personnel across Nellis and the Nevada Test and Training Range, an installation built around realistic combat training rather than a single weapon system. The 57th Wing houses the Weapons School, the Thunderbirds demonstration squadron, and the units that plan and execute Red Flag exercises bringing U.S. and allied aircrews together against simulated advanced threats — all of which depend on secure, high-bandwidth range instrumentation networks linking aircraft, ground threat simulators, and control facilities spread across the range.

Buyers at Nellis split between base-garrison IT needs and range-specific networking that has to move large volumes of exercise telemetry and simulation data securely across a huge, dispersed range. GPC covers routine purchases for squadrons and support units, while range instrumentation and secure exercise-network upgrades more often move through GSA Schedule or SEWP task orders. Given the classified and often multinational nature of Red Flag and Weapons School training, DoDIN APL-listed, STIG-compliant gear is a baseline requirement — Cisco Catalyst wireless and switching for range and garrison infrastructure, with Secure Firewall and ISE relevant wherever coalition partner networks need separation from U.S.-only systems.