An Integrated Smart Lead- Acid Battery Controller for Automotive Starter Batteries.

All phases of full-mission simulations (FMS) are supported by software tools except the most critical - planning. The use of Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) technology in the military materiel acquisition process and increasing complexity of DISwill make it harder to plan valid tests.. A FMS literature review and, interviews with FMS experts made it clear that a planning tool will add to FMS efficiency and reduce the risk of invalid data and wasted time and money. MTI will build aknowledge-based FMS planning, development and analysis tool (FMS-PDAT) that will organize system test design data, highlight inter-system differences, select appropriate levels of realism, support scenario development and generate suggested performancemeasures. MTI will conduct knowledge acquisition and participatory design sessions with expert FMS planners to specify detailed system functionality. To ensure system developmental flexibility, the Use Case Driven approach to Object-Oriented SoftwareEngineering (OOSE) will be used for the system software development architecture. A prototype FMS-PDAT will be applied in an Army FMS, and the design iterated based on feedback. The PC based FMS-PDAT will be useful in all technology test venues that usevirtual simulation. Users include the Army Battle Laboratories, the National Training Center, and emergency preparedness exercises.