WLTAE: An HLA Federation for Logistics and Warfighting Models
Abstract
The Warfighting and Logistics Technology and Assessment Environment (WLTAE) is intended to dynamically link warfighting and logistics models in a HLA compliant simulation. WLTAE is currently funded as part of the DARPA Advanced Logistics Program (ALP) and will provide proactive planning and trade off analysis capabilities for logistics in terms of the warfighting impact. The simulation currently has three federates a warfighting federate, represented by the THUNDER model, a logistics federate, represented by the Enhanced Logistics Intratheater Support Tool (ELIST), and a Viewer/Controller federate. The Federation Object Model (FOM) is based on the Time Phased Force Deployment Data (TPFDD) representation, facilitating the inclusion of additional logistics and warfighting models into the simulation. The WLTAE federates use the HLA Foundation Class library, a C++ library providing a object oriented framework for rapid federate development. This paper discusses the general logistics warfighting FOM used in WLTAE, the implementation process, and the information displays used to monitor and control the simulation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA355248
Entities
People
- Charles Sinex
- Daniel Kerchner
- Kevin C. Cox
- Stephen Basile
- William R Sellers
Organizations
- Johns Hopkins University