1. 03 Dec. 2012 1 MINISTÈRE DE LA DÉFENSE DGA/UM TER French Army’s Training & Simulation LtCol Pascal CANTOT DGA / Land Systems Programs Executive Office Training & Simulation Systems Manager

2. 03 Dec. 20122 MINISTÈRE DE LA DÉFENSE DGA/UM TER ARMY SIMULATION PROGRAM « Exploit effort »

3. 03 Dec. 20123 MINISTÈRE DE LA DÉFENSE DGA/UM TER SCORPION: modernized and networked combat systems SCORPION in a nutshell : French Army’s Future Combat System : A SoS Program

4. 03 Dec. 20124 MINISTÈRE DE LA DÉFENSE DGA/UM TER HUMAN RESSOURCES CONSTRAINTS BUDGET CONSTRAINTS OPERATIONNAL PREPARATION CAPABILITY OPERATIONAL READINESS CAPABILITY ARMY FIGHTING CAPABILITY CONSTRUCTIVE LIVE VIRTUAL DISTRIBUTED SIMULATION EMBEDDED SIMULATION SCORPION SIMULATION COMMON CORE L - MODULE V - MODULE C - MODULE GTIA M&S

5. 03 Dec. 20125 MINISTÈRE DE LA DÉFENSE DGA/UM TER Scorpion Distributed Simulation Common Core (COCSIDS in French) COCSIDS = The largest simulation common denominator HLA-DIS CBML MSDL … ELLIPSE SIM-SIM C2-SIM CREX (C2-SIM) (joint interop. framework) Standards and frameworks (NATO, SISO…) AI (CGF), simulation engines CGF (aggregated level) (doctrine) CGF, FPS (tactical individual behavior) ENGINES Pathfinder, anti collision, graphic… Data bases and models Doctrine and comportment Weapons(physics) Sounds, others… Terrain Users tools Exercise creation tools After action review tools Data Adaptation kits Developers’ tools Development Kit (API)

6. 03 Dec. 20126 MINISTÈRE DE LA DÉFENSE DGA/UM TER Data Adaptation kits Sounds and misc. Doctrine and behavior Weapons Terrain ENGINES Pathfinder,anti collision, graphic… graphic… CGF, FPS (tactical /individual) Exercise creation Development Kit COCSIDS = COTS + GOTS (“LEGO-LIKE” COMPONENT-BASED DESIGN) CGF(doctrine) After action Review Simulation System C3I LINK component We will not buy any more a simulator as a whole, but a specialization of COCSIDS for a specific system / purpose.