A Flexible Simulation Environment for Command and Control

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A Flexible Simulation Environment for Command and
Control

• Air Force Research Laboratory
• Information Directorate
• Information Systems Research Branch
• Dawn A. Trevisani
• Dr. Timothy Busch
• Alex F. Sisti

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Information Directorate Mission
The advancement and application of Information
Systems Science and Technology to meet Air Force
unique requirements for Information Dominance and
its transition to air and space systems to meet
warfighter needs.
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Presentation Outline

• Background
• Objectives
• Federation Design
• Collaboration Efforts
• Summary

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Background

• 1995 Vision Statement need for and environment
  for warfighters
• Cooperatively funded by AFOSR, DMSO, AFRL
• JSB-RD to explore the impact of advanced
  technologies, tools techniques to support
  operations/decision making

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Presentation Outline

• Background
• Objectives
• Federation Design
• Collaboration Efforts
• Summary

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Synthetic Battlespace Objectives

• Explore the use of simulations synchronized to
  real-world data for the prediction of future
  events
• Dynamic Situation Assessment and Prediction
• (Enemy) Course of Action Analysis ECOA v COA

Provide a testbed for C4ISR Research,
Experimentation and Evaluation EBO, PBA, CPE,
JBI, GIG
Research into simulation science Adversarial
modeling Information management (web services,
JNDI, netcentric ) Visualization
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Guiding Principles

• Extend/ integrate existing simulations to provide
  composable federations
• Appropriate Realism of interactions in the
  battlespace
• Reconfigurable/ Scalable
• Evolvable
• Use real components where ever possible
• GOTS

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Key Players

• Northrop Grumman Mission Systems
• Kevin Trott
• Michael Imor
• Shelby Barrett
• SAIC, WPAFB, Dayton Ohio
• Jerry Reaper
• In-House Team

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Presentation Outline

• Background
• Objectives
• Federation Design
• Collaboration Efforts
• Summary

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Federates

• High Level Architecture (HLA) interconnection
  mechanism
• XML/HLA Gateway
• JSAF primary simulation federate
• Simulation Preparation Component
• Theater Battle Management Core Systems (TBMCS)
• Ocean, Atmosphere and Space Environmental
  Services (OASES) weather federate
• Clutter
• Simulation Network News (SNN)
• DTSim (Dynamic Terrain Simulation)
• JSB-RD Viewer Application

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Joint Semi-Automated Forces

• Supported by JFCOM
• Mission level, Force-on-force, Interactive, CFG
  simulation
• Owns objects and behaviors
• Library intensive
• Entity level platforms and behaviors
• Organized as units
• Task Frame functionality for routine tasks
• SOAR entities automated pilot behaviors
• Simulates - sensors, logistics, C2, weapons
  effects, reactions
• Represents - terrain, oceans, weather
• Interactions line of sight, time of day,
  weather, clouds, currents
• PCs running Linux, Sun, SGI, IBM portable to
  Unix
• Configuration Flexibility
• 6 systems P4, 3GHz, 3GB memory, Linux 9.0,
  100Mb
• 3 systems PC Athalons, 2.19GHz, 3GB memory

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JSAF Editor
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OASES

• Ocean, Atmosphere and Space Environment Services
• Simulated Natural Environment (SNE)
• Creates and manages 3D, time varying, digital
  representation of the natural environment
• Various sources for recorded or Live gridded data

Visualization
Schematic
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DTSim

• Dynamic Terrain Simulation
• Models global changes and secondary effects on
  the terrain
• Roads, bridges, concrete buildings, craters, tank
  ditches, berms.
• DTScribe
• stores and transmits the data
• Publishes to JSAF

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Additional Sims Systems

• GIESim Suite
• Clutter confusion, noise
• SNN real-time statistics and events
• TBMCS - AODB, MIDB, TMDB, SAA, Decision Aids,
  MAAP, COP
• Simulation Preparation Component
• Router Algorithm

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JSB-RD Federation
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Hardware Configuration
Ethernet
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Red Force AOI Client
Blue Force AOI Client
AOI Client
Prediction Analysis
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Server
Analysis Client
Text Client
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AOI Client
Server
AOI Client
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Viewer Architecture
Displays elements of the domain model (as maps,
tables, charts, etc.)
Integrates data from multiple sources Describes
real world entities relationships
Creates and manages other components and their
interactions
Each receives data from a single source via a
single mechanism
Dashed lines indicate dependencies (i.e., A knows
about B)
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Presentation Outline

• Background
• Objectives
• Federation Design
• Collaboration Efforts
• Summary

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JSB-CAOC-21

• AFRL Coalition Air Operations Center 21st Century
  Program
• RD to revolutionize decision support
• Building capabilities that enable innovative
  tactics, techniques, and procedures

SDT/OAT
MCP
Killer App
JTT
A2IPB
FastMAAP
IOTA
CJMTK
TBMCS
JBI
MAAP TK
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JSB-CAOC-21 Architecture
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Global Information Enterprise Simulation

• Suite of distributed simulations and tools that
  model communications networks. 
• Dynamic Information Enterprise Modeling System
  (DIEMS) which models a JBI publish and subscribe
  approach for data exchange amongst communications
  scenario elements, along with their associated
  traffic patterns

• General Simulation System (GSS) which simulates
  airborne Link-16 networks and COMSAT links - and
  in this case simulates a Joint Tactical
  Information Distribution System (JTIDS) network
  and Satellite Communications (SATCOM) link
• OPNET  which models AOC ground networks, UAVs,
  and CONUS exploitation centers
• STK which models satellite ephemeris data for GSS
  COMSAT links

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Contributions

• JSB-RD
• Warfighter Context
• C2 Structure Realism
• Realistic Platform Motion Behavior
• Realistic Comm Traffic
• End-game Analysis
• GIESim
• Comm Topology Realism
• MIL Link Realism
• Message Latency Realism
• Mission Requirements to
• Network Design Testing

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Presentation Outline

• Background
• Objectives
• Federation Design
• Collaboration Efforts
• Summary

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Summary

• Improved insight
• Experience in creating environments
• JSB for Research and Development
• Operationally focused simulation
• Real-world synchronized simulation
• Simulation Science
• Flexible testbed to support technologies
• Confluence of technologies necessary for both
  Simulation and C4ISR development
• Looking for opportunities to transition
  technology development