Rapid Integration of Models and Simulations (RIMS)

The capabilities offered by the United States Space Force (USSF) play a crucial role in enabling  terrestrial operations and “mosaic warfare,” characterized by non-homogenous, multi-domain system architectures executing joint operations. With the responsibility to organize, train and equip, the USSF has begun looking for new ways to design, document, and evaluate future force designs.  A common issue in the space analytic community is the disparity in analyses leads to differing conclusions, since the analyses start from inconsistent assumptions and understanding of operations and system interactions.  Systems Modeling Language (SysML) modeling is becoming the standard means for documenting and communicating those operations, providing the required baseline for the analysis of space impacts to terrestrial warfighters.  However, these models need to be quickly and efficiently incorporated into simulations for running them and performing analysis. For this purpose, ExoAnalytic Solutions (Exo) is proposing Rapid Integration of Models and Simulations (RIMS). RIMS is an automated translation capability from SysML to other agent-based simulation tools, starting with Advanced Framework for Simulations (AFSIM) and Simulation in Python for Space Entities (SPySE).  These tools are widely used throughout the military space analytic community, and so will benefit multiple organizations for rapid and accurate instantiation of SysML models into simulation tools. Phase I of this project will be done in four main steps: 1) Select a kill web as the use case to prove the capability, 2) model the use case in SysML, 3) simulate the use case in AFSIM, and 4) create a design for the SysML-AFSIM translator.  Exo is a leading expert in military space analytics and has recently pioneered SysML interfaces with SPySE and AFSIM for different wargaming and analytic applications.  Exo will bring this tremendous capability to bear to benefit the entire space community.