Towards a Synthetic Environment for Maritime-Air Tactical Experiments

See also ADM202493. Presented at the RTO Systems Concepts and Integration Symposium held in Ottawa, Canada on 25-27 September 2006. Published in RTO-MP-SCI-180, Force Protection in the Littorals, Paper 13, p13-1 - 13-10, 2006. Document includes briefing charts (23 slides, title same as report). The original document contains color images.

The Maritime Air Littoral Operations (MALO) Technology Demonstration Program was established to research and develop a Synthetic Environment to support the development and evaluation of maritime air operational tactics, doctrine and new concept, in the prospect of the integration of new equipment within the Canadian Forces Navy - Air component. Using two technologies, MALO is providing a Modeling and Simulation based experimental environment in which tactics, doctrine and new concepts for the new Maritime Helicopter and the modernized Aurora aircraft crews can be trialed, measured and validated. MALO is developing two technologies in a four phases incremental build process. The 1st technology is a standalone physics-based simulation system, designed to support rapid experimentations, while still providing and open framework for models integration and support for external applications plug-ins. The 2nd technology is a distributed, HLA-based, high fidelity simulation to support virtual simulation experiments, and has a Computer Generated Forces capability to eventually allow for hybrid virtual-constructive simulations. This system will also provide functionalities for scenario building, entities customization, simulation controls, battlefield situational awareness, and finally data collection and analysis. Both technologies will be combined in one single experimentation process.