1. DoD M&S Executive Agents (Environment)
Air Force, Navy, & NGA
DoD’s Ability to Exploit the Environment in M&S 2008 Defense Modeling and Simulation Conference
Mr. Keith Seaman
For
Dr. Fred Lewis
Air Force Director of Weather,
DoD ASNE MSEA Senior Lead

2. Overview Background Joint End-to-End Program Way Ahead
Replicating Natural Environments
M&S Environment Domain Leads for all DoD
Current Requirements
Joint End-to-End Program
Way Ahead

3. WHY REPLICATE THE ENVIRONMENT
Goal: Effect System Performance/Human Behaviors within M&S
Processes
System Performance
Climate
Illumination
Decision Makers
Course of Action
Weather
Flight Routes
Transmittance
Hydrologic Cycle
Route Selection
Line of Sight
Natural
Sea State
Sensors
Visibility
Weapon Effects
Surface and Subsurface Flows
Mobility
Acoustic Tracking
Ocean Parameters
Terrain surface and Features
The Same
Climate
Physical Parameters
Behavior Models
Course of Action
Weather Models
Flight Routes
The Department of Defense’s goal is to reproduce the environment to the degree needed to affect systems’ performances and human behaviors so the warfighter can realistically train, assess, prepare courses of actions, and identify shortfalls!
The natural environment representation and effects must be produced in an authoritative (physically consistent) manner with elements and parameters necessary to provide the intelligent air and/or space objects with the attributes needed to determine environmental effects on the objects.
Sea State
Route Selection
Line of Sight
Synthetic
Dynamic Terrain
Visibility
Weapon Effects
Ocean Models
Hydrologic Modeling
Mobility
Acoustic Tracking
Elevation
Features
Bathymetry

4. WHO We Are “DoD’s Modeling and Simulation Executive Agents (MSEA)”
DoD MSEAs for Natural Environment
Air & Space Natural Environment: Dept of Air Force
Ocean: Dept of Navy
Terrain: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
MISSION: “Enable M&S developers and users to represent the natural environment and its effects rapidly, thoroughly, and consistently in a manner that promotes cost-effectiveness, ready access, interoperability, re-use, and confidence.”

5. WHAT IS Needed “Services/Components/Communities M&S Environment Requirements”
Data
Industry/Government Standards
Access On-The-Shelf Repositories
Tailored Scenarios
Integrated Domains
Consistent Domains
Services
Compatible with Service Oriented Architectures
Just-In-Time Tailored Production
Tools
Visualizations
System Performance Effects
Seamless Integration
M&S Architectures
C4I systems
National Data Repositories
Automation
Other
Reuse Existing Resources
Leverage National Environment Centers of Expertise
Correlate & Integrate Environment in Live and Virtual Systems with Constructive Simulations (JLVC, JMETC, DMO, etc)
These are the current M&S environment requirements (air & space, ocean, and terrain) requirements by all Services, Components, Agencies, and Communities within DoD employing M&S.
Additional requirements are taken and assessed by the DoD ASNE, Ocean and Terrain MSEAs.

6. JOINT END-TO-END PROGRAM “A Factory to Foxhole Process”#1 #2 #3
Correlate
Products, Effects
Distribute
Live, Virtual, Constructive
Build & Tailor
Data
National Repositories
Environmental Data Cube Support System
Terrain
Ocean
Atmos
Space
Simulation
Virtual
or Integrated
Database
Run-Time
Distributor
Calculate Effects
White Cell or Analyst
Dynamic Updates
“An inside look at how, where, and when the environment representation/effects get built. It can appear rather complex, but utilizes the power of a net-centric environment, existing government data resources, SOA, and the GIG to re-use On-The-Shelf repositories or generate new databases Just-In-Time to deliver tailored, consistent, integrated, and correlated representations and accompanying products and visualizations in manner that is quick, easy, and automated for the warfighter employing M&S”
EDCSS = Environmental Data Cube Support System
Over-Arching System (linking and focusing service/communities’ capabilities)
Coordinate/Tailor/Get Data
Find/Assemble Tailored Data - ESG = Environmental Scenario Generator
Staged Ocean Data - 4D NCOM Mining
Staged Atmosphere Data – ACMES
Terrain Data Conduit - GIDM/Terrain Generation Services
Staged Space Weather Data- SWA
Build/Correlate Images, Messages, & Effects
Atmos Effects on Sensors - Hypercube
Space Weather Effects on Platforms - SEIS
Ocean Performance Surface - Acoustic Analysis
Terrain Feature Effects - Mobility Modeling (“Hypercube”)
Prepare Data & Integrate/Distribute Data/Effects/Images/Messages
Single, integrated Atmos/Ocean/Space/Terrain Interchange method - SEDRIS
Environment Data Server Technology – OASES
Produce Messages
Environment
Scenario
Generation
Generate Imagery
Provide Visualizations
COP (C4ISR)
Environmental Data Cube Support System
Users Set Objectives
AF, Navy, NGA “Led”
Over-arching Environment Effort
Leverage Gov’t Environment Data Centers

7. #1: Build & Tailor Databases, On-Demand
Data Representation
& Interchange
Dynamic Terrain
Terrain
Space
Ocean
Atmosphere
coupled
Terrain Generation Services
1) Search Repositories
2) ID Conditions
(wet, windy, calm, etc)
3) Create “Virtual” Consistent Data Base
(windy=high seas, etc)
Next Steps
1. Web Services for Ocean, Space
2. Fully automate JTDS/TGS (terrain) connectivity
3. Enhance standard interchanges

8. #2: Correlate Products & Effects
"Mobility Hypercube"
“Target Hypercube"
“IAMPS"
“SEIS"
Terrain Effects
Visualizations
Imagery
Graphics
Messages (C4I)
Atmosphere Effects
Ocean Effects
Space Effects
Ocean Data
Atmosphere Data
Terrain Data
Space Data
EDCSS Backbone
Next Steps
1. Automate IAMPS/SEIS reachback into Navy and NGDC
2. Improve Imagery resolution for IO and IC
3. Integrate and enhance National Labs work on mobility

9. Sample Synthetic Imagery, Messages (via EDCSS): PACOM, JTF Horn of Africa
SAUS11 KAWN RRX
METAR ZBAA Z 12007KT 10SM CLR 26/19 Q0988 RMK SLP149 LAT399N LON1163E ESGACMES=

10. #3: Distribute Environment Data & Products
Internet
Local HTTP Network
Scenario
Conditions, Place/Time,
Products
Event
Planners
* HLA Simulation Network
HLA feed
Sim X
Sim Y
Sim Z
EDCSS HLA
EDC
Runtime
“Real-World”
C4I
Atmosphere Servers
Space Servers
Ocean Servers
AFWA
NAVO
NOAA
Analyst
Messages
Imagery
Graphics
Effects
Data
Virt/Const Feeds
* NOTE: HLA is Initial Prototype
Next Steps
1. Automate the dynamic weather/ocean overlays for JLVC
2. Build on on C4I conduits
3. Better integrate technology components (Service, joint)
3. Transition validated joint production & distribution technologies
SEDRIS
OASIS
Terrain Generation Services
EDCSS Production
Manager
EDCSS
Distributor
ENVIRONMENTAL
DATA CUBE
SUPPORT
SYSTEM
HLA Simulation Network is used as first instantiation of environmental sim server (listed on diagram as the “EDCSS HLA”), with follow-on efforts to establish TENA and DIS networks if/when/where required.

11. M&S Environment “Hall of Fame” Flagship Programs Leveraging EDCSS

12. DoD Senior Leader Perspectives on EDCSS
Maj Gen Ted F. Bowlds, Mar 2007
Air Force Research Lab Commander
“More Credible Performance”
“Improves Training Value to Our Warfighters”
RDML M. S. Frick, Aug 2007
Navy PEO for Integrated Warfare Systems
“Cost Avoidance of $50M”
MGen Randall R. Castro, Apr 2007
Defense Threat Reduction Agency Deputy Director
“Validation Plumes for NATO”
“Validation for Port Facility Analysis”

13. Joint Collaboration The Way Forward
Getting Environment into M&S is no longer…
Too hard
Too expensive
Too time-consuming
Available to all DoD
Core Enterprise capabilities
Access, reuse of existing resources
Need your programs to…
Utilize EDCSS capabilities
Pass new requirements to MSEAs
GIG
Using DoD shared Net-Centric Enterprise Services (NCES)

14. CONTACT INFO
DoD ASNE MSEA Senior Lead
Dr. Fred Lewis
U.S. Air Force
Director of Weather
DoD Ocean MSEA Senior Lead
RDML David Titley
U.S. Navy
Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command
DoD Terrain MSEA Senior Lead
Ms. Mary Irvin
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
NGA Modeling and Simulation Executive Agent
MSEA Senior Lead Presenter
Mr. Keith Seaman
Air Force Modeling and Simulation Senior Leader
DoD ASNE MSEA
Col Mark Zettlemoyer, A3O-W
DoD Ocean MSEA
Mr Steve Payne, GS15, CNMOC
DoD Terrain MSEA
Mr Paul Foley, GS15, NGA
MSEA Coordinator
Lt Col Allen Rabayda