Simulation Interoperability and Reuse in The Netherlands

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Simulation Interoperabilityand Re-use in The
Netherlands
Command Control and Simulation Division The
Hague, Netherlands
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Overview

• RNL Army simulation policy
• National activities
• International activities

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RNL Army MS policy highlights

• Standard MS architecture based on HLA and
  associated standards (e.g., SEDRIS)
• Standing up of a RNLA Simulation Expert Center
• Explicit role and responsibility for TNO Defence
  Research,RNLA MS Research program coordinated
  by TNO

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RNL Army MS policy implementation
Acquisition, Training Operations
Fielding
Simulation Expert Centre
C2 Support Centre
Development
TNO-FEL Electronic Battlespace Facility, C2
Testbed, ...
Research
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National activities

• ULT-JOIND DMT for Combined Air operations
• Volkel AFB (ULTs)
• National Aerospace Laboratory NLR
• TNO Physics and Electronics Laboratory
• C2-Simulation Interoperability
• BMS-Tactis (Team training)
• C2WS-Kibowi (Staff training)
• FAC Simulator
• Operational at RNLA training center
• Upgrades planned (e.g. Nightvision)

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Forward Air Controller (FAC)
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International activities

• NATO MS Group Technical Activities
• MSG001 DMT for Combined Air operations First
  WAVE
• US, Ca, UK, Fr, D, I, NL
• Demonstration Fall 2004
• MSG006 EAD C2 System Interoperability
• US, UK, Fr, Tu, NL
• Euclid 11.13 Tools and Component Architectures
• Thales, Alenia, Saab, Pitch,...
• Dutch Space BV
• National Aerospace Laboratory NLR
• TNO Physics and Electronics Laboratory

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International activities

• Lockheed-Martin JSF Training Systems IPT
• Dutch Space BV
• National Aerospace Laboratory NLR
• TNO Physics and Electronics Laboratory
• European Commission Information Society
  Technologies (IST)
• FABRIC HLA for consumer electronics
  interoperability
• Maritime Theatre Missile Defence Forum (MTMD)
• Combination of Generic TBM interceptor model
  combined with APAR/SMART-L ship sensor models
• Partners Thales, IABG, TNO

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Component Based JSA Federation
RCI
Aircraft Federate
RCI
Flight Dynamics Component
RCI
RTI
Visual System Component
KIBOWI
RCI
RCI
Federate Manager
Mock-Up Server Component

DIS
RCI
FAC Federate
Weapon Component
RCI
Stealth Federate
DIS
Avionics Component
DiRIS audio (Dutch Space BV)
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FABRIC

• Purpose / Activities
• Interoperability of home electronics systems
• real-time streaming audio/video signals
• roaming applications
• Middleware approach

• Keydata
• European IST-programme
• Partners Philips, TMM, INRIA, TU/e, TNO-FEL,
  MDH, SSSA, UCL, CSEM

• Results
• Start September 2002
• Final demo February 2004

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Framework - Capability 1 Architecture

• Maritime Theatre Missile Defence Forum (MTMD)
• Simulations (Ship, Sensors, Missiles, Threat)
• Gateways (translate/filter data, manage timing)
• Federation Manager (controlling simulations)
• Analysis tools (loggers, 3D viewer, ..)
• Network infrastructure (secured)