M&S Foundations
Abstract
Modeling and Simulation Foundations (MSF) focuses on integrating foundational capabilities needed to improve the usefulness, productivity, scalability and efficiency of Modeling and Simulation (M&S) capabilities derived from the Warfighter Readiness (WR) thrust. MSF is the: standards, policies, procedures, architectures, and tools that enable the rapid and efficient composition of distributed environments to support both the warfighter needs and the US Air Force's (USAF) functional communities of: acquisition, training, planning, analysis, testing, education, and experimentation requirements. The efforts supporting the MSF thrust include both concept exploration and development. MSF provides the capability to rapidly and efficiently create realistic and accurate synthetic operational battlespaces to support the full spectrum of activities associated with concept development to acquisition and testing through composite training and mission rehearsal. This is done by providing appropriate authoritative data and component representations. With the capability generated via MSF, users will readily access available repositories of reusable, validated, and integrated synthetic components. Synthetic components include representations of operational battlespace entities (such as friendly and enemy assets) and representations of the natural environment that include the terrain, atmospheric and space weather effects given the proper data sets, and energy and signal propagation effects. The rapid composition is based on a durable common architecture framework, policies, and common standards. MSF capability also supports: efficient, cost-effective verification, validation, and accreditation activity across all of the M&S functional and organizational communities. The Air Constructive Environment-Information Operations Suite (ACE-IOS) provides the authoritative representation of Air Force information operations. ACE-IOS is comprised of models that support training and mission rehearsal for the Air Force, Joint Task Force commanders, and COCOM battle staffs during Joint and Service exercises and experimentations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2015
- Source ID
- 674567_0207601F_7_3600_PB_2015
Related Documents
- Root: USAF Modeling and Simulation
- Child Accomplishment: Air Constructive Environment - Information Operations Suite (ACE-IOS)
- Child Accomplishment: Air & Space Natural Environment (ASNE)