FBI opens 22,000-sq-ft cyber training town in Alabama

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has unveiled a large-scale, hyper-realistic training facility designed to prepare law enforcement for the complexities of modern cybercrime investigations. The 22,000-square-foot facility, known as the Kinetic Cyber Range, is located on the FBI's campus in Huntsville, Alabama, and opened in February 2025. Designed as a replica small town, it includes fully furnished houses, a hotel, a gas station and grocery store, a courthouse, a hospital, and a power company, all connected by roads and working traffic lights.

Every building is wired with functioning devices and systems that behave as they would in a real community, creating a secure environment where simulated cyberattacks can be conducted without risk of escaping the facility. The range also features a data center housing more than 200 physical servers running both Windows and Linux operating systems, reflecting the corporate environments investigators routinely encounter.

Since its opening, the facility has trained more than 1,400 students, including FBI personnel and partners from other federal and local agencies. The training moves beyond traditional classroom instruction to provide...