Open Source Opens Opportunities for Army's Simulation System

Abstract

The One Semi-Automated Forces (OneSAF) Objective System is the U.S. Army's next-generation, entity-level, simulation system planned to provide a comprehensive set of tools supporting computer-based simulation event setup, execution, and review. Postured as an open-architecture, open-source application, the OneSAF program will put this software into the hands of a vast number of developers throughout the Department of Defense with the intent of creating unprecedented participation across the modeling and simulation community to include multi-service, international, industry, and academia experts in the evolution of the OneSAF system. This article describes the factors that led OneSAF to an open source development methodology, the open source principles OneSAF is supporting, and the key processes and tools supporting the open source development.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA489526

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  • Douglas J. Parsons
  • Robert L. Wittman Jr.

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