SIMNET: An Insider's Perspective.

Abstract

Simulator Networking (SIMNET) began as an advanced research project aimed at developing a core technology for networking hundreds of affordable simulators worldwide in real time to practice joint collective warfighting skills and to develop better acquisition practices. A young Air Force scientist, Col. Jack A. Thorpe, originally brought the concept of a synthesis of combat training and advanced technology to the Advanced Research Project Agency (ARPA). There he and others worked to develop a microprocessor-based network of simulators for combat training. Today SIMNET is an established technology that can be applied to many challenges. This document provides an insiders view of the program's history and records events that will be of interest to future developers of innovative technology. The document substantiates what was done to create SIMNET, discusses how simulation technology will influence the future, and recognizes the people who made the program possible.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA294786

Entities

People

  • L. N. Cosby

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Flight Simulators
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • Network Architecture
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Three Dimensional
  • Training
  • Training Management
  • Virtual Reality
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military Science