DEVEL SIMULATION TECH

Abstract

Project C74 funds the HQDA-chartered mission of the Simulation-to-C4I* Interoperability (SIMCI) Overarching Integrated Product Team (OIPT).(*C4I = Command, Control, Computers, Communications and Intelligence.) The SIMCI OIPT mission is to provide recommendations to Army senior leadership regarding Army policy, organization and processes for improvement of interoperability between Battle Command (BC) systems and the Modeling and Simulation (M&S) systems the Army uses to stimulate those BC systems for training Soldiers and their Leaders. In addition, SIMCI invests in targeted solutions to the most critical problems. The applicable BC system capabilities encompass not only command and control functions, but also decision and planning support capabilities that cover all functions including deployment, mission rehearsal, sustainment, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, etc. from fixed locations and with Battle Command on the Move (BCOTM). The SIMCI OIPT, led by PEO-STRI and PEO-C3T, uses focused collaborative processes among its 30+ Army organizations (including HQDA staff, capability developers and materiel developers) to identify key/critical interoperability shortfalls and the required materiel solutions. The primary functions of the SIMCI OIPT are: (1) Technical Investment--sponsor/support initiatives that seek common solutions to critical interoperability issues surrounding BC and M&S systems; e.g. targeted, technical investments for development projects and establishing common tools such as geospatial (terrain) products; implementation of BC and M&S interoperability architectures, standards, and interface products. This technical investment includes high- payoff cooperative research and coordination among existing and emerging BC and M&S programs; (2) Advisor to Army Leadership--improve BC and M&S interoperability programs, policies, directives, resourcing, and procedures; (3) Outreach--conduct & participate in interoperability outreach activities such as technical work groups, meetings, conferences, and publications in order to facilitate the integration of Army interoperability initiatives within the Army and with Service and Coalition programs. SIMCI investments consist primarily of cost-sharing initiatives, leveraging initial system solutions of acquisition programs to enhance the interoperability of multiple systems in the Joint Operational Environment. Key programs that will benefit from the cross-domain vision and practices of SIMCI include Army Battle Command Systems (ABCS), System of Systems Engineering (SOSE), Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2), Joint Capabilities Release (JCR), Joint Land Component Constructive Training Capability (JLCCTC), Live/Virtual/Constructive Integrating Architecture (LVC-IA), Software Blocking (SWB), Data Product Development Environment (DPDE), Joint Forces Command's Joint National Training Capability (JNTC), and Global Command and Control System- Family of Systems (GCCS-FOS). Currently, the near term component of these efforts are focused on Capability Set fielding in support of Deployed and Deploying Forces. SIMCI investments accelerate implementation (at reduced cost), within BC and M&S systems, of common data models and information exchanges that are used by other Services and coalition nations, thus enhancing the inherent ability of Army systems to interoperate seamlessly in a Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental, and Multinational (JIIM) environment. The SIMCI-sponsored Army C4I and Simulation Mission Initialization products and capability will be expanded to address key training and operational data initialization gaps in support of deployed and deploying Units. This will enable timely, flexible, and common data updates to BC and M&S systems, thus reducing the operational unit's mission preparation time ambiguity and improving the quality of the Unit's training and readiness. SIMCI's direct involvement with PEO Integration will increase the visibility of that program's needs and capabilities, providing the various OIPTs with opportunities to leverage their systems' fundamental capabilities to meet the needs of PEO Integration, and vice versa. SIMCI investments will cement those relationships through co-development and implementation of common-use products. FY12 funding continues management of the SIMCI OIPT'S Army-wide collaborative, interoperability enhancement activities, including architecture alignment, data model alignment, common standards, components, and products. It is focused first on reducing costs and improving capabilities in the areas of automating Operational Plans, Orders, and Reports in support of Army, Joint, and Coalition operations. Objectives are: identify and articulate to HQDA senior leadership specific standards that require Army-wide implementation; co-develop data standards, architecture standards, implementation specifications and Joint/Coalition products; co-develop BC/M&S products to support PEO Integration; continue transition of SIMCI knowledge and proof-of-principle products to Army and Joint acquisition programs.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2012
• Source ID: C74_0604760A_5_2040_PB_2012

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Readers

• Criminal Law
• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
• Military Training and Readiness Simulation

Technology Areas

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