Aircrew Mission Training via Distributed Simulation (MTDS)- Development of the Multi-Country Complex Synthetic Environment
Abstract
Mission Training via Distributed Simulation (MTDS) refers to several simulation resources, distributed over a geographically extended area, linked by a common network infrastructure. The primary use for such a distributed system as described in this paper is to conduct Composite Air Operations (COMAO), for training and/or mission rehearsal purposes. Of course the operations need not be restricted to the aeronautics domain: any type of resource can populate the distributed Synthetic Environment, thus including surface, sub-surface, ground and space entities as well. Exercise First WAVE (EFW Warfighter Alliance in a Virtual Environment) has been designed with the intent of demonstrating a NATO multi-national MTDS exercise, using HLA as the underlying architecture, the HLA FEDEP as a guiding development process, and existing legacy simulators as main actors, along with computer-generated forces (CGF). The entire project is being developed under the auspices of NATO through its Research and Technology Office and the Studies, Analysis and Simulation (SAS) Panel and NATO Modeling and Simulation Group (MSG), as shown in figure 1. The MTDS demonstration, First WAVE, is the deliverable for the joint task group effort.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA428346
Entities
People
- David A. Greschke
- Stefano Cerutti