Tactical Digital Information Link - Test Report and Analysis on the Integration and Lexicon of Simulators (TADIL-TRAILS)

Abstract

Link 16 is a Communications, Navigation and Identification (CNI) system, intended to exchange surveillance and Command and Control (C2) information among various C2 and weapons platforms, which enhance the missions of each service. Link 16 is the primary NATO standard for the tactical datalink. NATO STANAG 5516/MIL-STD-6016C describes the TADIL J message formats and Link 16 network instructions. A protocol for simulating Link 16 in Distributive Interactive Simulation (DIS) and High Level Architecture (HLA) is in process of becoming a Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) standard: SISO-STD-002-V2.9.6. The standard is scheduled to begin formal balloting in April 2005. The Air Force Distributed Mission Operations Center of Excellence (DMOC) located at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, has implemented the Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) portion of SISO-STD-002- V2.8. In addition, Northrop Grumman has implemented the Draft Link 16 Simulation Standard protocol on its Common Connection Device (CCD), and one such device is at the DMOC. The software followed the draft standard and modified the DIS Transmitter and Signal Protocol Data Units (PDUs) for Fidelity Levels 0 - 3. During the DIS standard implementation, valuable lessons on the design were provided to the SISO Standards Group, as well as recommended changes to the standard. Two tests and one experiment, which incorporated the changes to the Link 16 standard, were conducted at the DMOC. The tests and experiment objectives were to verify and validate the DIS portion of the standard. The first test was conducted the week of 9 Dec 2002, the second the week of 24 Feb 2003. The experiment was conducted during the JEFX 04 SPIRAL 3 Test, 17 26 May 2004. This paper presents the test results, experiment results, and lexicon of the Link 16 standard, in an effort to increase interoperability among C2 systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA461554

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People

  • Joe Sorroche

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Command And Control
  • Data Links
  • Data Rate
  • Digital Information
  • Distributed Interactive Simulations
  • Engineering
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • New Mexico
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Software Development
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Transmitters

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  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation
  • Software Verification and Validation.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control