JTLS-GO Use For Globally Integrated Exercises (GIE) Ellen Roland ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation

Background Air Force Brigadier General John Healy Directs Exercises For U.S. Forces In Europe “What we’re eventually going toward is a globally integrated exercise program so that we (are) ... all working off the same sheet of music in one combined global exercise,” Week of 24 July 2017 ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation Sept 2017

Background (Con’t) Needed To Better Prepare For Complex Threats Across All Domains Of War Land, Sea, Air, Space And Cyber. Goal More Challenging Exercises By Fiscal 2020 Involved Forces From All Nine U.S. Combatant Commands ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation Sept 2017

Use Of JTLS-GO No Decisions Have Been Made JTLS-GO Meets Many Of The Requirements Global Terrain Representation Global Force Representation World-Wide Combat System Representation Supply Representation Operational Level Given Complexity Of Situation ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation Sept 2017

Proof Of Concept Scenario We Are Currently Developing Proof Of Concept Scenario Three Major Regional Contingencies (MRCs) Korean Peninsula Middle East Russian / Ukrainian Issues JS/J7 Demonstration October Timeframe Current Status Demonstration – Available ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation Sept 2017

Some Improvements Are Needed Number Of Sides Difficult Staying Within Our 10-Side Limitation JTLS 5.1 Will Include 20-Side Capability Model – Little Or No Issue JODA – Memory Issue Possibility WHIP – Biggest Issue What Colors To Use Super-WHIP Will Help With Exercise Construct ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation Sept 2017

Some Improvements Are Needed Increase Number Of Sides Model – Designed Single Variable Change / Recompile JODA – Memory Requirement Of Slight Concern Review What Data Is Based On Perception Don’t Expect Many Changes, but Some May Become Apparent WHIP – Biggest Challenge Colors Currently 10 Colors And 10 Highlight Colors 20 Colors That Are Differentiable ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation Sept 2017

Some Improvements Are Needed Possible Colors Black – No Icon Outline Grey – No Color Of Unowned Yellow – No Color Of Icon Thermometer Effect Nothing Left For Highlighting ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation Sept 2017

Some Improvements Are Needed Possible Colors Black – No Icon Outline Grey – Dark Grey For Side / Light Grey For Unowned Targets Yellow – No Color Of Icon Thermometer Effect No Longer Highlight Using “Lighter/Brighter” Colors ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation Sept 2017

Some Improvements Are Needed Proposed Highlight Option ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation Sept 2017

Some Improvement Are Needed Increase Number Of Terrain Layers Current Status Maximum 1023 Layers Maximum 2047 by 2047 Grids Per Layer Terrain Layer 10 Bits X-Grid 11 Bits Y-Grid 11 Bits ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation Sept 2017

Some Improvement Are Needed ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation Sept 2017

Some Improvement Are Needed Two Choices Expand Number Of Terrain Layers Need To Modify Everyone’s Terrain Accept Larger Terrain Layers Worried About Memory Issues Terrain Layer 12 Bits X-Grid 10 Bits Y-Grid 10 Bits Maximum 4095 Layers Maximum 1023 by 1023 Grids Per Layer ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation Sept 2017

JTLS 5.1 ECPs Important To GIE Removing CSP From Database Too Difficult To Manage Adding All Master Combat Systems To Repository Super-WHIP With 20 Sides, Many Small Sides Expected Execute From One WHIP To Save Personnel Requirements Data Repository Even More Important Easily Combine Regional Exercises Into GIE ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation Sept 2017

New Capabilities Concept of Assumed Friendly, Assumed Enemy ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation Sept 2017

Questions ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation Sept 2017