RDE Command First Application (1st APP) Simulation Experiment for Future Combat Systems (FCS) Networked Fires
Abstract
The Virtual Distributed Laboratory for Modeling and Simulation (VDLMS) Science and Technology Ob(jective (STO) initiated a First Application (1ST App) effort in 2003, to baseline the use of legacy distributed simulations within the U. S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command (RDECOM) to support Future Combat Systems (FCS) and Objective Force (OF) experimentation. This baseline provides a threshold in performance and process against which the emerging Modeling Architeettire for Technology, Research, and EXperimentation (MATREX), a combined simulation architecture between VDLMS and the Joint Virtual Battlespace (JVB), can be compared. This baseline was defined in terms of the cost, schedule, and performance of the conduct of a full-blown distributed real-time event representing a major portion of an FCS Unit of Action (UA), with sufficient data to conduct meaningful analysis in the context of an exploratory experiment. Networked Fires was the analysis context chosen for this event, due to the critical need for an understanding of realistic Networked Fires performance in FCS, in support of acquisition and design. This report discusses the 1st App cost, schedule, and performance baselines, the lessons learned from conduct of a distributed simulation of this magnitude, and some insights into the issues, questions, parameters, and results of the event.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA424301
Entities
People
- Gregory B. Tackett
- Timothy Mckelvy