Modeling & Simulation Development
Abstract
Models and simulations (M&S) are key ingredients that allow the analytic community to advise decision-makers with repeatable, high quality, quantifiable and justifiable information/options to use in evaluating alternatives and assessing risks. HQ USAF/A9 uses and has developed a wide range of Engagement, Mission and Campaign level tools to assist analysts in examining a wide range of problems (e.g. STORM, CFAM, BRAWLER, etc) and then presenting results to a wide audience up to and including the SecAF/CSAF. These tools serve across the entire AF Analytic Community and many are also staples across all of DoD. As new technologies are introduced to the battlefield (Digital Electronic Jammers, manuevering Surface-to-Surface Missiles, Directed Energy Weapons, etc.)along with evolving warfighting techniqes and support operations, the range covered by existing analytic tools needs to be expanded as well. M&S creation and enhancement can require extensive research in how to implement the emerging weapons capabilities as well as demand development of software techniques to implement the changes. Additionally, new focus areas such as Space, Irregular Warfare, Information Operations, Cyberwarfare and ISR are mandating tools of their own to examine and these also require new exploration and development. These focus areas will need to be examined in isolation and cross-domain through populating data in existing models.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2012
- Source ID
- 4799fc9ed84049c726bca02f2c9f2c5e