Battle Command System Analysis Methodology in the Cross Command Collaborative Effort (3CE) Environment

Abstract

The Army Modeling and Simulation Executive Council (AMSEC) recognized the requirement for a distributed modeling and simulation (M&S) capability across Army commands in March 2003. A 2-star level Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) among the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC), and U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, (RDECOM) formally documents this requirement in July 2003. The DUSA (OR) tasked the PM UA M&S Management Office (MSMO) to ensure compatibility among the respective M&S capabilities of TRADOC, RDECOM, ATEC, and the FCS Lead Systems Integrator (LSI) in order to support concept exploration, systems integration, analysis, and acquisition of the FCS Brigade Combat Team (BCT) System-of-Systems (SoS). This initiated the creation of an Army M&S and data environment that satisfies the requirement for a distributed M&S capability for all three commands and the LSI. This initiative is defined as the Cross Command Collaboration Effort (3CE) and is codified in a supporting MOA signed in December 2004. An initial step in developing a process to establish a consistent set of tools, data and business processes was the 3CE M&S analysis conducted in August 2005. This analysis, sponsored by TRADOC, used a distributed, live, virtual, and constructive (LVC) environment to identify best of breed between selected systems for inclusion in the 3CE toolbox. Battle command was one of the functional areas assessed. The team analyzed two battle command surrogate systems. This paper provides an overview of the distributed LVC environment along with the methodology used to conduct the analysis, lessons learned and recommendations on how this process should be used to support future assessments.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA463270

Entities

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  • Craig T. Doescher
  • Eric M. Johnson
  • Wesley Hamm

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  • MITRE Corporation

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