Effecting Change Using M

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Effecting ChangeUsing MS to Deliver Weapon
Systems Faster, Better, Cheaper to Support
the Warfighter
MS Support to TE
DoD Modeling Simulation Conference May 8, 2007

• Mr. Richard LockhartPrincipal Deputy Director
  Test Resource Management Center

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MS Support to TE

• Myths
• Benefits
• LVC Testing
• Maximize Benefits
• Challenges
• The Bottom Line

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MS Support to TEMyths

• MS can be a substitute for TE
• Reality TE includes MS not replaced by it
• MS is inherently cheaper than TE
• Reality Many high-fidelity simulations require
  extensive software development that can be more
  expensive
• MS inherently saves time
• Reality In some cases, it can take longer to
  develop the MS to simulate a test than just
  conducting the test
• MS inherently reduces risk
• Reality Since MS includes assumptions about
  what aspects should be modeled, we typically do
  not discover unknown unknowns(i.e., we dont
  know what we dont know)

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MS Support to TEBenefits

• MS can optimize all phases of testing
• Developmental Testing
• Operational Testing
• Interoperability Certification
• MS can support test planning
• Focus live testing on critical areas
  investigate the edges of the envelope
• Extrapolate system performance in conditions
  limited by safety, environmental, or treaty
  constraints
• Improve locating instrumentation to maximize data
  collection during live tests
• MS can augment live testing
• Serve as a surrogate for other systems needed for
  interaction
• Represent additional threats or other stimuli

MS complements TE
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MS Support to TE Live Virtual Constructive
(LVC) Testing

• For capability-based acquisition of joint
  systems-of-systems
• Traditional methods of TE will not suffice
• Will require conducting distributed LVC tests
• To effectively and efficiently conduct
  distributed LVC requires
• Robust DoD-wide MS capability
• DoD corporate infrastructure capability
• To address the corporate infrastructure need, OSD
  established the JMETC program in FY 2007 under
  TRMC
• Provides persistent-reusable capability to
  support distributed LVC testing
• Supports full spectrum of acquisition programs
  across the entire acquisition life-cycle

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MS Support to TEMaximize Benefits

• MS must be planned early
• If MS is not planned at the start of the
  program, the likelihood that the MS provides
  information after key decision points is high
• MS must be integrated with the TE program
• TE is the pursuit of insight
• Insight to how a system performs
• Insight to how suitable a system is
• Insight to how effective a system is
• MS and TE are both tools used to gain insight
• MS should not be viewed separate from TE
  otherwise, the insight gained will be greatly
  reduced and irrelevant

Early planning and integration is essential to
maximize value of MS
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MS Support to TEChallenges

• Adoption of common standards
• Policy for development and use of MS
• Sharing of data and models
• Comprehensive education and training
• Confidence in MS VVA
• Stovepipe developments between various
  organizations and across industry
• Effective re-use
• Adequate funding to develop and maintain MS
  across the program life cycle

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MS Support to TEThe Bottom Line

• MS is an invaluable tool that complements TE
• Plan early
• Integrate MS with TE
• A truly integrated approach between MS and TE
  has the potential to
• Reduce Cost and Cycle time
• However, must address the challenges
• And most important effective integration of MS
  with TE will
• Provide a more robust evaluation
• Produce better weapon systems for the warfighter

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BACK UP SLIDES
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Joint Mission Environment Test Capability (JMETC)
Joint Operational Scenarios
SystemsUnderTest
Range
EnvironmentGenerator
ThreatSystems
VirtualPrototype
IntegratedTestResources
TENA Standard Interface Definitions
TENA Standard Interface Definitions
TENA Standard Interface Definitions
TENA Standard Interface Definitions
TENA Standard Interface Definitions
TENA Standard Interface Definitions
TENA CommonMiddleware
TENA CommonMiddleware
TENA CommonMiddleware
TENA CommonMiddleware
JMETC VPN on SDREN
Reuse Repository
JMETC PRODUCTS
Distributed Test Support Tools
Data Management Solutions
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JMETC Points of Contact

• Program Manager Chip Ferguson
• 703-604-0350 x138
• chip.ferguson_at_osd.mil
• Systems Engineer George Rumford
• 703-601-5233
• george.rumford_at_osd.mil
• Operations Planning Len Zimmermann
• 703-604-0350 x141 leonard.zimmermann.ctr_at_
  osd.mil
• Long Range Planning Cynthia Lindberg-Ross
  703-604-0350 x146
• cynthia.lindberg-ross.ctr_at_osd.mil