1. Ellen Roland ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation
JTLS 6.1 Future Plans
Ellen Roland
ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation

2. Migrate To Java 11 JTLS-GO Currently Uses Java 8
Since Its Release Four Years Ago
Java 9 was released in 2017 with immediate plan for being superseded by Java 10
Java 10 was released in March 2018 with immediate plan for being superseded by Java 11.
Java 11 was released in September 2018, but like Java 8 is planned to be a long-term support version.
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September 2019

3. Migrate To Java 11 Java 8 Expected Life Cycle – End Support
January 2019 for Oracle (commercial)
This is why we moved to OpenJDK
At least September 2023 for AdoptOpenJDK
We Now Need To Plan For Upgrade
Major Effort
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September 2019

4. Migrate To Java 11 JTLS User Interface Currently Uses
Swing Library For All Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Swing Library Is Not Supported in Java 11
Means All JTLS GUI Processes Need To Transition
JavaMenu
ICP
WHIP / DDSC
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September 2019

5. Migrate To Java 11 Java 11 Does Not Support JNLP Files
We Use JNLP Files and Java Web Start (IcedTea) To Distribute WHIP and DDSC To Client Machines
This Is A Huge Issue
Bottom Line: This Is The Next Major O&M Task
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September 2019

6. UAV Swarms More Important Capability Do We Need To Represent?
How To Represent
Can’t Represent each “UAV” Insect
Need To Represent Swarm At Single Object
Impact Of The Capability
Worried About Keeping Classification As Data
ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation
September 2019

7. Space Command Support JS/J7 Is Looking Into New US Space Command
What Will Be The Command’s Charter?
What Training Needs Will The Command Have?
What, If Anything, Will JTLS Need To Support?
Space-to-Space Kinetics
Ground-to-Space Kinetics
Air-to-Space Kinetics
Space-to-Ground Kinetics
Space-to-Air Kinetics
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September 2019

8. Force Management Service Interface (ORION)
ORION Is New Database Available To US DoD
ORION provides a single source of information (via data aggregation and connectivity to more than 26 authoritative data sources).
ORION provides a common operational view of forces in motion, unit-level attributes to inform decision making, and capabilities to perform Course of Action (COA) analysis in real time.
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September 2019

9. Force Management Service Interface (ORION)
JS/J7 Interested In Developing
Automated Connectivity To Orion
Issues With Concept
U.S. Only Access
U.S. Only Forces
Coalition Partner / OPFOR Information Not Available
Current Force Structure
Future Plan and Future Analysis – Partial Use
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September 2019

10. Rapid Database Development Tools
Along With Orion
Continue To Expand Tools
This Briefs Well
Easier Said Than Done – Programatically
Requires User To Create Good Baseline
Modify From There
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September 2019

11. Rapid Database Development Tools
Current Plans Include Automated Tool To:
Import MIDB Target Data
This Has Been Started – May Be Delivered With JTLS 6.0
Import Basic Encyclopedia (BE) Facility Data
This Has Been Started – If Target’s Delivered – This Will Be
Import Joint Desired Point of Impact (JDPI) Data
Started Investigation Of
Data Format
Information Availability
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September 2019

12. Link To ACE-IOS Recently JS/J7 Stop Support For
Joint Training USMTF Message System (JTUMS)
Took JTLS USMTF Messages
Allowed Response Cell To Edit Content
Without Obstructing USMTF Message Format
Currently There Is Nothing To Replace It
ACE-IOS Is Primary Intel Model For JLVC
Project Is Tasked To Replace JTUMS Capability
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September 2019

13. Link To ACE-IOS JTLS Has Linked To ACE-IOS Before
ACE-IOS Team Was Not Interested In Cooperation
ACE-IOS Was Supposed To Create BDA Intel Messages For JTLS
Our Design Called For
JTLS Computing Damage
Passing Damage Information To ACE-IOS
ACE-IOS Generating Appropriate BDA Messages
ACE-IOS Was All Or Nothing
ACE-IOS Computed Damage, And Generate BDA Messages
Problem: ACE-IOS Has No Concept Of JTLS Damage Requirements
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September 2019

14. Link To ACE-IOS Past Performance Is No Indication Of Future
We Are Open To Determining How This Will Work
Currently No Information Concerning:
ACE-IOS Design For JTUMS Replacement
Will Message Editing Be Available As Outside Service
Will Message Editing Be Limited To Intel Messages
Will JTLS Just Be Still Generate Basic Intel Messages
Submit For Editing
What Type Of Overhead Exists For This Solution
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September 2019

15. WHIP Modernization To HTML5
Has Been On JS/J7’s List For Several Years
Information Assurance (IA) Idea / No Download
Solves IA Problems
Tends To Greatly Reduce WHIP
Capability
Speed
Flexibility
Still An Investigation Project Is Desired
ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation
September 2019

16. Summary Obvious Majority Of Current JTLS 6.1 ECPs
US Only Usefulness
Nothing Wrong With This
They ARE US Joint Staff / J7
Not Many Model Capability Improvements
R&A Plans To Continue Model Capability ECPs
Need Input From Users
Need To Remember Operational Level Detail
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September 2019

17. Questions
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September 2019