IITSEC 99

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I/ITSEC 99 Joint Training Event Demonstration
Kevin Mullally Motorola Facilitator Bernie
Gajkowski STRICOM Chief Desert Rat [phone]
I/ITSEC 99 Lessons Learned Panel Discussion
Training Tomorrows Leaders with Todays
Warfighters Using Simulations of the Next
Millenium
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Agenda
1900 - 1930 Panel Introduction -
Presentation 1930 - 2000 Comments from Panel 2000
- 2100 Question Answer
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Panel
Dr. Gene Lowe SAIC Ralph Forkenbrock SAIC John
Bray SAIC Jesse Liu AcuSoft Larry Ziock IST Rich
Briggs VTC
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Overview

• Joint Task Force Exercise - Westland
• NTC Area of Operation
• Three Days - Four 30 Minute Battle Vignettes
• Counter-Recon/CAP
• Defend In Sector
• Movement to Contact
• Meeting Engagement
• 24 Government, Industry, Academia Participants
• Control - JECG
• Synthetic Environment
• Simulators
• ModSAF, CCTT SAF, DISAF

• HLA Federation
• DIS Bridge

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Government - Industry - Academia Partnership
EXERCISE PARTICIPANTS

• USJFCOM
• STRICOM
• NAWCTSD
• USMC Program Office
• USAF TSPG
• AFRL
• AFAMS
• TRADOC (NSC, Infantry School, Intelligence
  Center)
• UCF Army ROTC
• NTSA
• I/ITSEC Planning Committee

• AcuSoft
• The Boeing Company
• DSCI
• Institute for Simulation Training
• Litton TASC
• Lockheed Martin Information Systems
• MetaVR
• Motorola
• SGI
• SAIC
• Virtual Technology Corporation

STRICOM POC Bernard Gajkowski (407)
384-3681 Bernard_Gajkowski_at_stricom.army.mil
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JTE Objectives

• Demonstrate Technology that can Increase Realism
  in a JTX using Multi-Service Virtual as well as
  Constructive Simulations to Enhance Training and
  Mission Rehearsal for the Warfighters.
• Demonstrate Joint Distributed Training and
  Mission Rehearsal through the Application of
  Existing and Emerging Simulation Interoperability
  Standards.
• Bring Together Multiple Organizations in a
  Collaborative Development Environment to Achieve
  Interoperability.

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Commanders Intent
Demonstrate that I/ITSEC is an environment that
can be leveraged by the military-industrial
coalition to evaluate new simulations,
Warfighting applications, improve
interoperability knowledge, and conduct limited
Joint training and mission rehearsals for
participating Warfighters.
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Federation Network Diagram
HLA
DIS
CCTT SAF
CCTT MM
RWA Longbow
SATIDS
ModSAF
CSTAR
DI System
CGF OPFOR
HMMWV / FBCB2
Apache
CGF BLUFOR/OPFOR
Army MOUT
E8, UAV Hunter
FBCB2
USMC F/A-18
HLA Gateway
CIC
MELIOS
UH-1N
Boeing F/A-18
FTS
F-16 (2)
Hornet
E2C, Aegis , OSA1, SU-27
Marine FO/FAC
Huey
Hornet
HLA Testing
Falcon
MODIOS
HLA Results
FMT
HLAStealth
ATES
DISECT DEM
HLA Control
Stealth AAR
HLA Logger
SU-27
Management Tool
3D Display
Network Monitor
Network Monitor
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
Tool
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I/ITSEC 99 JTE Operational Platform Network
Diagram
HLA Stealth
Boeing Booth
123.123.50.20
HLA Hub
123.123.20.10 / 2010
123.123.50.10 / 5010
CIC
F/A-18
Navy Booth
HLA Hub
TASC Booth
123.123.20.20 / 2020
123.123.70.10
DEM
UH-1N
HLA Hub
Air Force Booth
H L A M A I N H U B
123.123.30.10 / 3010
F/A-18
F-16
125.125.14.10
Marines Booth
SGI Booth
HLA Hub
F-16
125.125.14.30
DIS Hub
123.123.30.20 / 3020
Melios
125.125.14.20
ATES
STRICOM Booth
125.125.90.40
123.123.90.20 / 9020
ModSAF
125.125.90.50
Gateway
DIS/HLA netdump
Modios Stealth
123.123.90.30
123.123.90.80 / 9080
123.123.90.90
network sniffer
USJFCOM Booth
Modios Stealth
123.123.90.31
123.123.100.10
USJFCOM display
HLA Hub
CCTT Federation
CCTT FEDEX
Lockheed Booth
HLA Stealth
123.123.90.100
123.123.60.10 / 6010
CCTT HMMWV
HLA Hub
BRIDGE Federate
(2)
CCTT Federation
123.123.40.10 / 4010
CCTT SAF-WS
FTS
123.123.90.40
IITSEC02 RTI/FEDEX
SAIC Booth
123.123.40.20 / 4020
CCTT SAF-CGF
123.123.90.60
HLA CONTROL
HLA Hub
HLA Hub
123.123.90.70
HLA RESULTS
(2)
Modios Logger
123.123.40.30
SATIDS
123.123.90.32
DISAF
All hubs are 10 mb (n) n federates
123.123.90.10 / 9010
RWA
DIS radio LAN
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Pre-I/ITSEC Testing

• Pairwise Testing -- Each Federate
• ModSAF
• HLA Gateway
• Communications Tests -- 3 DIS Radio Models
• Tests Did Not Represent Actual I/ITSEC Floor
  Conditions

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General Executive Level Lessons
Learned

• Interservice and industry cooperation was a key
  factor in the successful JTE conduct.
• Simulators and simulations successfully supported
  training.
• I/ITSEC environment successfully supported
  conduct of HLA analysis.
• HLA proved it supports interoperability.
• RTI work is still needed.

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General Executive Level Accomplishments

• First real-time CAS between Army, Air Force,
  Navy, and Marines conducted using simulators.
• First time Joint Air Operations using Simulators.
• First time CIC linked to Army, Air Force, and
  Marine Simulators.
• First time major JTE executed using HLA and DIS
  compliant simulators from all services.
• Exercise experience gained by Orlando Software
  Engineers.
• The primary center of military simulation
  development is in the Orlando, Florida area. A
  significant number of Industry software engineers
  develop simulations for all Services and the
  Joint community. In the development, the
  software engineers continuously take into account
  HLA through adherence to DoD requirements without
  the benefit of participating in large-scale
  exercises.

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HLA Findings

• Every HLA Compliant simulator was able to join
  the Federation.
• Every HLA Compliant simulator could
  interoperate with at least one other simulator.
• However, not all simulators could participate in
  the Federation all of the time.

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The Key HLA Lessons Learned

• Joining process of Federates into the HLA
  Federation.
• Believed to be largest, most diverse HLA
  Federates attempting to join.
• HLA implementation in some Federates caused a
  Join bottleneck.
• Experienced some Federate Join order
  dependencies.
• DIS and Bridge appeared to have NO adverse
  impact.

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General Lessons Learned

• HLA Ticking
• Ticking Methods for RTI varies - Federates
• Method has effect on RTIs Ability to Maintain
  Communications with Federates
• Flow of Multicast Data. Some Data not Routed to
  all Machines.
• Exercise Control
• Drop Offs - No pre-indications

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Comments from Panel
1900 - 1930 Panel Introduction -
Presentation 1930 - 2000 Comments from Panel 2000
- 2100 Question Answer
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Questions Answers
1900 - 1930 Panel Introduction -
Presentation 1930 - 2000 Comments from Panel 2000
- 2100 Question Answer