Defense Modeling and Simulation

Abstract

I believe this industry day is timely because the Department of Defense, through adoption of a Modeling and Simulation Master Plan in October of 1995, has begun to move forward on a more coherent strategy for improving oversight and coordination of DoD modeling and simulation activities. In a budget constrained environment, we simply can not afford to waste dollars on redundant, stove-piped efforts - we need to be able to get more mileage out of the models and simulations we build. In an environment that is increasingly joint, often coalition, and involving system of systems architectural trades, we must be able to link simulations together and interoperate them in federations. To do that we have to find ways to facilitate their interoperability and reusability. DoD modeling and simulation activities need to be anchored in a common technical architecture and interchange data which is both authoritative and means the same thing to everyone. For the remainder of my talk today, I would like to give you the Department's perspective on the use of modeling and simulation to improve training, decision support and weapon system acquisition.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 22, 1996
Accession Number
ADA341292

Entities

People

  • Paul G. Kaminski

Organizations

  • Office Of The Under Secretary Of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Attack Submarines
  • Command And Control
  • Complex Systems
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Costs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Life Cycles
  • Manufacturing
  • Simulations
  • System Of Systems
  • Systems Engineering
  • Teamwork
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • Virtual Prototyping
  • Weapon Systems

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Software Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design