Toward an Integrated Executable Architecture and M&S Based Analysis for Counter Terrorism and Homeland Security
Abstract
Over the past few years, defence organizations have begun to shift from Threat-Based Planning to Capability-Based Planning, focusing on a System of Systems construct. Executable Architecture, a Capability Management methodology, provides the means to conduct dynamic analysis of a system, and is emerging as a supporting methodology. By applying the rigor of systems engineering analysis and techniques, and incorporating a holistic blend of people, process and materiel, Executable Architectures can ensure that capabilities are properly designed, efficiently developed, and sustained with a specific focus on interoperability across government departments and defence organizations. Empowered by the use of modeling and simulation to validate the capability requirements and architectures, defence agencies are able to evaluate the potential effectiveness of adding new tools to current capabilities, such as a new sensor to the C4ISR capability. The goal of this study was to test the hypothesis that Executable Architecture provides an effective methodology or framework to address and analyze counter-terrorism and homeland security capability gaps. This hypothesis was tested in a Homeland Security simulation scenario, where terrorists planted a dirty bomb close to Parliament Hill in Downtown Ottawa. The experiment consisted in conducting an Executable Architecture-based analysis using CORE", while looking at multiple capability assets such as ground vehicles and an uninhabited aerial vehicle (UAV) focused to locate the radiological source, and by comparing the performance of these assets in terms of various capability based metrics such as agility, persistence, and range and to effectively measure whether the addition of a military UAV system would increase the effectiveness of the current Counter Terrorism Public Security capability.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 2006
- Accession Number
- ADA476507
Entities
People
- A. Greenley
- A. Vallerand
- B. Kim
- C. Pogue
- J. Pagotto
- P. Pace
- R. Youssef
- S. Lam
Organizations
- Defence Research and Development Canada