ELECTRONIC COMBAT DIGITAL SIMULATION WORKSTATION

THE AIR FORCE CHIEF OF STAFF HAS DIRECTED PROGRAM OFFICES, OPERATING COMMANDS, AND TEST ORGANIZATIONS TO EMPLOY A DISCIPLINED TEST PROCESS THROUGHOUT ALL PHASES OF ELECTRONIC COMBAT (EC) SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT AND MODIFICATION. THE EC TEST PROCESS CONSISTS OF DISCIPLINED EARLY EVALUATION TO DETERMINE IF THE SYSTEM UNDER DEVELOPMENT WILL MEET USER NEEDS FOLLOWED BY RIGOROUS TESTING AND EVALUATION TO DEMONSTRATE THAT IT PERFORMS AS REQUIRED. FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EC TEST PROCESS REQUIRES THE USE OF COMPUTER-AIDED SIMULATION AND ANALYSES PRIOR TO EACH PHASE OF TESTING TO HELP DESIGN TESTS AND PREDICT TEST RESULTS. AFTER EACH PHASE OF TESTING, SIMULATION AND ANALYSIS ARE USED TO EXTRAPOLATE TEST RESULTS TO OTHER CONDITIONS. DOD IS ALSO ATTEMPTING TO STANDARDIZE DIGITAL SIMULATION AND MODELING CAPABILITIES WITH WHICH TO DEVELOP, TEST, AND ASSESS CAPABILITIES OF WEAPON SYSTEMS IN THEIR OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT. THE KEY TO THIS DOD EFFORT IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MODELING AND SIMULATION ARCHITECTURE. THE JOINT MODELING AND SIMULATION SYSTEM (J-MASS) PROGRAM WILL DEVELOP A PROTO- TYPE STANDARD DIGITAL MODELING AND SIMULATION ARCHITECTURE UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE JOINT SERVICE CROSSBOW-S COMMITTEE. THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED SBIR PHASE L PROGRAM IS TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING AN ACCESSIBLE EC DIGITAL SIMULATION WORKSTATION WITH A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE USING: 1) THE J-MASS (CROSSBOW-S) DIGITAL SIMULATION ARCHITECTURE; 2) THE STANDARD DOD PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE ADA; AND 3) THE USAF TAWC GREEN FLAG EC MODEL AS A BASELINE LEVEL II AND LEVEL III DIGITAL SIMULATION MODEL. DETERMINING THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A METHODOLOGY FOR INTERCHANGEABILITY OF NON-REAL-TIME DIGITAL MODELS WITH REAL-TIME DIGITAL MODEL APPLICATIONS AND TECHNIQUES FOR THE CORRELATION OF DIGITAL MODELS RESULTS WITH VARIOUS TEST FACILITY RESULTS WILL ALSO BE ACCOMPLISHED.