Warriors Edge Simulation System

Abstract

In August 2003, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) participated in an Office of the Secretary of Defense technology insertion program named Horizontal Fusion (HF). The HF program is inserting cross-domain, web-based tools into the defense force to enhance situational awareness, decrease communications delays, and speed up the use of Internet protocols in the sharing of battlefield information. ARL's role in the HF program is the Army's story from the brigade to the platoon leader. ARL technology development for the HF program included individual soldier telecommunications and computer gear, platoon leader decision support tools to include visualization and message generation and distribution, a surrogate S2 brigade station, information fusion technology, and global web-space integration. The work period for this effort was 6 months. This report will briefly describe the Warriors Edge components and how simulation was used to stimulate, populate, and enhance the Warriors Edge demonstration.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA433780

Entities

People

  • Mark Thomas

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Battlefields
  • Communication Systems
  • Communications Protocols
  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Cross Domain
  • Demonstrations
  • Digital Communications
  • Electronic Mail
  • Military Research
  • Network Protocols
  • Networks
  • Simulations
  • Situational Awareness
  • Web Browsers

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Space