JTLS – Global Operations JTLS-GO Continuing Forward March 2008 JTLS – Global Operations JTLS-GO Continuing Forward Ellen Roland JTLS Development Team Leader ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation
Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation Current Status Promising It For Two Years First Release Is Now Available Major Rewrite Remove Hexagon Terrain Representation Variable Size Gridded Terrain Add Execution Plans For All Objects Expand Service Oriented Architecture November 2016 Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation
Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation JTLS 5.0 Basics Major Improvement To JTLS Terrain Old: Game Board Maximum 2000 NM by 2000 NM Hexagons Over Lambert Conformal Projection Rivers, Shorelines, National Boundaries Hex Edges New World Wide Terrain, Thus The New JTLS-GO River, Road, Rail, Air Corridors, and Sealane Networks Shoreline, Barriers, and National Boundary Polylines November 2016 Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation
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Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation JTLS 5.0 Networks Air Corridors – Worldwide Mission Type Defines Default Usage Example Use Network: Mobility Missions, Transfer Missions Direct Path: Attack Missions Concept Fly Real-World Air Routes If Air Mission Deviates – Important Exercise Event User Can Override Default Choice November 2016 Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation
Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation JTLS 5.0 Air Corridors November 2016 Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation
Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation JTLS 5.0 Networks Sea Corridors – Worldwide Sealanes Default For All Movement User Can Override And Select Direct Path Desire Different That Air Corridors Would Look Unrealistic If Ships Lines Up On Lanes Have Widths Ship Selects Random Offset and Stays Close To Lane November 2016 Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation
Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation JTLS 5.0 Sea Lanes November 2016 Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation
Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation JTLS 5.0 Sea Lanes November 2016 Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation
Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation JTLS 5.0 Networks Other Movement Networks Road – Shortest Time Algorithm Segments Have Speed Limit Objects Have Maximum Speed Rail – Shortest Distance Algorithm All Rail Has Constant Speed Rivers – Shortest Distance Algorithm Each Type Of Small Boat Has Its Own Speed River Current Not Considered. November 2016 Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation
Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation JTLS 5.0 Networks November 2016 Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation
Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation JTLS 5.0 Terrain Every Aspect Of The Model Changed Method To Move Objects No Longer Hex-by-Hex One Grid May Be 600 NM Across 250 Meters Across Area Effects Data Cannot Be Considered To Cover Entire Grid (Hex) November 2016 Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation
JTLS 5.0 Terrain Contaminate Example With Hexes November 2016 Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation
JTLS 5.0 Terrain Contaminate Example With Hexes November 2016 Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation
JTLS 5.0 Terrain Contaminate Example With Grids November 2016 Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation
JTLS 5.0 Terrain Constant Sunrise / Sunset Time Determination Location Date/Time November 2016 Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation
Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation JTLS 5.0 Execution Plans In JTLS 4.1 There Were Some Execution Plans High Resolution Units Naval Ships Naval Formations In JTLS 5.0 All Objects Now Have Execution Plans Air Missions, Supply Convoys, and Ground Units November 2016 Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation
Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation JTLS 5.0 Execution Plans Helps In Innumerable Ways Object Plans Viewable On IMT Easier To Edit The Future For The Object Ability To Submit Plans In Advance No Need To Monitor Closely. For Example: Tanker Mission Orbit At: Exxon High From 0930 to 1015 Shell Low From 1050 to 1130 Once Plan Is In – No Monitoring Needed Reduces Number Of Interface Controllers November 2016 Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation
Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation JTLS 5.0 Execution Plans November 2016 Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation
Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation U.S. JS/J7 Services U.S. Joint Staff / J7 Project Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Names JLVC 2020 Joint Training Environment (JTE) JTLS Already Uses SOA Investigated Functional Services For This Project November 2016 Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation
Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation JTLS 5.0 Services Air Tasking Order (ATO) – Translator Translate Exercise ATO Air Tasking Order – Generator Take High Level Commander Guidance Suggest and Create Orders For Missions That Should Be Flown Targets That Should Be Hit November 2016 Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation
Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation JTLS 5.0 Services Satellite Service Computes Orbital Mechanics For Satellites Uses Two-Line Entry (TLE) Data Needed Because Global Representation C4I Interface Service Always A JTLS Capability Executing On Server Takes Perception Feed Link-16 and OTH-Gold Web-Enabled Filtering November 2016 Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation
WHIP ATO-Translator Service TBMCS ICC NEC-CCIS ATO/ ACO ATO-Parser Parsed XML File XML Mission File ATO-T XML Linking File Apache Synapse Spreadsheet Component ATOT Component Web Access WHIP November 2016 Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation
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JTLS-GO Future
Do Not Plan For Ventures Before Finishing What's At Hand Euripides
Current JTLS-GO Status JTLS 5.0 Is Delivered It Has Not Passed Acceptance Testing JS/J7 – No Specific Date NATO – Week Of 11 December Few Cleanup Task Remains Representation Of Strategic Movement Use Of Material Handling Equipment (MHE) Off-Road Route Optimization November 2016 Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation
Find Everything That Is Wrong and Fix It Elon Musk Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation November 2016
Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation Remainder 2016 Continued Testing and User Training Support Now To 31 December 2016 Waiting For The First Organization To Use JTLS-GO This Was A Huge Change Increased Flexibility Increased Number Of Feasible Options To Test November 2016 Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation
Seek Negative Feedback Especially From Friends Elon Musk
Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation Training Completed We Have Trained / Tested With Several Agencies Greece, Poland, Saudi Arabia NATO Centre Of Excellence For M&S NATO Consultancy Information Agency NATO Joint Warfare Centre US Joint Staff / J7 We Have Received An Abundance Of Feedback Make Sure We Did Not Lose Any Capability Small Improvements To Make New Capabilities Better November 2016 Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation
Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation Noted Issues Better GIS Data Format Documentation AAR Collected Data On Tasks Reason Codes For Cancellation Develop AAR Useful Reports Get Message Traffic Under Control Who Should Get Messages Reporting Player For Object Player That Submitted Task Order November 2016 Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation
Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation Noted Issues Patrol Area Problems Caused By National Boundaries, Barriers, Land Grids When Problem Encounters Simply Pick New Point In Polygon ATO-Translation Change Messages Linking Bridge Data To Road / Rail Networks November 2016 Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation
We Have a Strategic Plan. It’s Called Doing Things Herb Kelleher, Southwest Airlines
Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation JTLS 2017 JTLS Is Not A Legacy Or Static Model JTLS Is In The US POM Until 2021 Still No Replacement On The Horizon After Such A Huge Change Need Time To Settle Down Users Need To Learn About Changes Concentrating On Usability Not Functional Changes November 2016 Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation
Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation JTLS 2017 Current Plans Improve / Reduce Database Development Time Combine Access To Smaller Sides In One WHIP Jose Torres Will Discuss This Later Today Build MEL/MIL Tool Integrated With JTLS Greg Sullivan Will Discuss This Later Today November 2016 Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation
Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation Data Repository Data Repository Engineering Level Data Order Of Battle Data Copy And Paste Between Databases Tools To Reduce Size Of Scenario Data Automatically Calculate Supply Requirements November 2016 Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation
Improve / Reduce Database Development Time Remove Combat System Prototype Concept This Old Method Resulted In Limited Number Combat Systems / Supply Categories Too Much Memory “Sharing” Combat Systems Tank Limited Fire Control / Limited Survivability Generic Name TANK100-LFLS North Korean System - T55_TYPE69-2 United States System - M48A3 November 2016 Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation
Old Combat Systems Array Name Avail Manned Maint Unavail KIA WIA Current Kill Time Weighed Shelter Next Repair Aircraft APC 5 Amphib Arty-SP Arty-Tow Anti-Tank HAW Crew Infantry 25 Truck Equip 3 IFV November 2016 Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation
New Combat Systems List Name Avail Manned Maint Unavail KIA WIA Current Kill Time Weighed Shelter Next Repair APC 5 Crew Infantry 25 November 2016 Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation
Improve / Reduce Database Development Time Once We Remove “Sharing” Structure Concept Easier To Define Units And Their TOE Using Repository Data No Longer Tied To JTLS 99 Combat System Definition / 317 Supply Category Definition Use What You Need And Want Build What Is Not Available November 2016 Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation
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Improve / Reduce Database Development Time JTLS Delivered With Data Repository Called sdbkor50 (Standard Database) Copy And Paste Only Engineering Data Needed Each Organization Builds Their Order Of Battle Repository Can Build Their Own Engineering Data If Necessary Tools To Automatically Retrieve Needed Engineering Data Remove Unused Data November 2016 Copyright 2016, ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation
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