Is HLA Meeting The Challenge in Enabling SBA? The Problem Where We Are Today Harold L. Jones Chair, RDE Users Group

The Conceptual View of SBA: Using M&S to Break Through Organizational and Life-cycle Barriers Requirements Determination System Development Combat M&S Cost As An Independent Variable Mission Planning & Rehearsal Embedded/ Virtual Training Readiness/ Sustainment Training & Test M&S Logistics M&S Cost M&S Design M&S Common Objects & Environments A web-enabled Collaborative Engineering Environment involving all stakeholders: Rapid design iterations and testing using Virtual Prototypes Design and behavior (performance) info captured in a Digital Product Description - SMART 00 Briefing by Dr. Hank Dubin Dir, Assessment and Evaluation OASA(ALT)

So How Are We Doing -- Tools/Environment? Theater Force-on-Force Few-on-Few One-on-One Physics/Engineering Scope of Model Model Fidelity and Detail Large Forces Combat Utility/Force Effectiveness Fighting Units System Effectiveness/Support Weapon Systems Components & Subsystems System Performance/Support Subsystem Effectiveness/RAM If we view SBA as an analysis problem, then: …progress toward a vertical, cross-domain model hierarchy is encouraging… …and tools to manage the internal consistency of vertical models and data are missing …although, physics models appear more often than cost and supportability models If we view SBA as supporting the design of a weapon system, the connections to design and manufacturing functions are missing

So How Are We Doing -- Pilot Programs? The two original SBA programs Joint Strike Fighter (approaching downselect) DD-21 (entering Phase II -- Preliminary Design) are full steam ahead Contractor A IDE B C D Concept Development & Analysis Program Management Contractor A Gov’t Only Data Shared Secure Government IDE Support Design Reviews The next generation of SBA programs Airborne Common Sensor (USA CECOM) Future Combat Vehicle (DARPA/USA TARDEC) Integrated Broadcast Service (USAF ESC) UK Maritime (UK DERA) is in the starting blocks Success should breed success!

So How Are We Doing -- Digital Scoreboard? Web-enabled Collaborative Engineering Environment? Early entrants are emerging Standards are missing…unless you count XML and commercial IT Data Link AC GS Federate Ambassador ... Behavior Characterizations X Virtual Battlespace M&S Instantiation Mission-level Exercise Network Parametric Models Product Model Design Data Integrated Data Environment Sensor Collaborative Design and Data Management Ownership Cost Airframe Data Mgmt Packaging Mission Systems Warfighter Evaluation Workflow Assessment HLA Rapid design iterations and testing using Virtual Prototypes Robust tools CAD and visualization tools, however... Tracing an avionics design change to impact in a mission exercise is still an anecdotal success Digital Product Description True DPDs are rumored to exist in DD-21, Loch Ness…. You show me yours and I’ll show you mine...