Joint Modeling & Simulation Capability Working Group

Joint Modeling & Simulation Capability Working Group

Weather CapabilitiesWorldwide Joint Training

and Scheduling Conference

Mr. Mark WebbDoD ASNE MSEA Liaison to USJFCOM

LTC John T. JaniszewskiChief, Technical Development and Innovation BranchJ7, Joint Warfighting Center, USJFCOM

Agenda

• State of Environment Representation • Challenges• Conceptual Approach• Implementation Status• Exercise Usage• Future Implementation

State of Environment Representation

• The simulation programs affecting decision-making have a limited environment representation.– However, environmentally effected behaviors are present

• Obstacles to including environment remain– Minimal programmatic support to modify simulations– Uncertainty over the expectation of the COCOM?

• COCOM’s expect some level of realism without specifying

– Federation of simulations are loosely coupled, so environmental effects are generally not federation wide• Consistency remains a concern!!

• Correlated support products are key to success– Including realistic environment raises as many questions as it

resolves. The ability to “see” the data and likely effect on the simulation is a key comforting capability.

Challenges

• EXCON Control and Weather Effects– Must provide users tools to ensure things go as expected– Development Testing for baseline capabilities– Validate weather functions in event testing by federate

• Educating Planners on existing capabilities– Realignment impacts– Dedicated Weather SME– CAX Planning for Weather

• MSEL driven versus Model driven outcomes– JFCOM CAX Events are heavily MSEL driven– Other JLVC users more competitive based

Conceptual Approach

• Partnership approach with DoD ASNE MSEA • ASNE Generate weather file (imported by Federates)

– CSV or GRIB File– Federates use attributes that can be supported– Weather effects consistent across the federation (manual

process)– Weather not clogging network

• Multiple support options– Simulations play weather effects on Acquisition, ISR and

Targeting– Simulation use Weather overlays (Effects adjudicated by Role

Players)

JLVC Implementation Status

• Participating Federates– JCATS 8.0 supports weather data with Overlay (1 degree squares)– JSAF reads environmental weather file including ocean data– NWARS-NG uses weather to impact satellite collection– JECS JLVC Analyst Workstation reads and displays weather file– AFMSTT uses weather to effect Air to Ground Targeting

• GIAC displays overlay and stimulates Google Earth• AWSIM uses EDCSS Hypercube to calculate detections• ACE-IOS participates through AWSIM (impacts MISREP’s)

• No participating Federates– JLOD– JDLM– TACSIM– MTWS (New federate)

• Environmental Data Cube Support System (EDCSS): A prototyped capability with a fully developed environmental data development and distribution process

• Utilized – Distributor – Weather data is available via an HTML interface (manual)

Exercise Usage

• AC09 & TF09 (EUCOM/PACOM)– EDCSS used to provide complete weather package– Weather integrated and stimulated within exercise scenario– Used overlay functionality for simulations

• TF08 (PACOM)– First Federation Level EDCSS play– Weather SME attended Planning Conferences– Weather integrated with Exercise Scenario– Used Overlay functionality only

• TF07 (PACOM)– Typhoon vignette (No simulated weather play)

• AC06 (EUCOM)– AFMSTT and JCATS played uncoordinated weather– No coordination with Exercise Control Group– Results less than optimal

FTUS80 KWBC 110300RKJK TAF 110303 04006KT 9999 SKC QNH3005INSBECMG 1107/1109 35007KT 9999 SKC QNH2988INS BECMG 1113/1115 09010KT 9999 SKC QNH2991INS BECMG 1119/1121 04009KT 9999 SKC QNH2986INS BECMG 1201/1203 03011G25KT 9999 SCT270 QNH2969INS BECMG 1207/1209 33017G37KT 9999 SKC QNH2967INS

ConsistentIntegrated

RepresentationEDCSSMETAR RCMQ 110300Z 31016KT

10SM BKN140 30/25 Q0970

EDCSS Correlated Products

EDCSSWX Distribution

Integration Into exercise

Scenario PlannerDefines

Objectives

Planner contacts WX support

SME to define WX req’s

WX support SME defines

EDCSS Project

Project Definition

Product Generation

Scenario Search

Integrated EnvironmentRepresentation Production

WX SME V&V’s Data & provides

to Planner

Planner V&V’s accepts or requests

changes

WX= WeatherWX Support SME is assigned by MAJCOM/COCOM

Scenario Conditions, Place/Time,

Products

Process repeats if changes requested

EDCSS Process for Training Event Support

ManMan ManMan ManMan

ManMan

MaMann

HLA Simulation NetworkHLA Simulation Network

C4I Domain

SimulationSimulationControlControl

Messages

Imagery

Effects

Data

EDCSS Production Site

EDCSSDistributor

JCATS NWARS JSAF JBUS /OASES

White CellWhite Cell TraineesTrainees

HTTP Simulation NetworkHTTP Simulation Network

Event PlannersEvent Planners

DMZDMZ DMZDMZ

Consistent,Multi-DomainEnvironmental

Scenario Project Conditions, Place/Time,Components

HLA–to-C4I Bridge

AWSIM

RIM = Runtime Integration ModuleHLA = High-Level Architecture

Current JLVC Operation

EDCSS Process for Training Event Support

• Current tools and services have greatest use in supporting Joint and Service training activities that use M&S – Need end user advocacy within COCOM’s

• Integration of space and ocean data to provide correlated natural environment

• Continue to use EDCSS distributor in tech control– Implement further capabilities if CAX use positive– Investigate run-time services– Ground mobility effects

Road Forward Vision