Innovating in simulation architectures for Naval Warfare Training & Simulation

Innovating in simulation architectures for Naval Warfare

Training & Simulation

[ APLICATIONS OF SIMWARE FOR THE NAVY ]

José Carlos Díaz International Sales Manager [email protected]

NATO CAX FORUM, Rome(IT), Sept. 2012

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Fleet Synthetic Training

Our findings about the current situation of Distributed Simulation in the Navy


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Training in the Navy

Custom Training Cycles for each allied Fleet

Diferent types of training

Doctrine

– Basic

– Intermediate

– Advanced

Levels

– Unit

– Battle Group

– Force

Training place

– Ships At-sea

– Ships Pierside

– Shore-based

Readiness assesments

Repeatable exercises

Equivalences

Unit

Group

Force

Joint and Coalition

Integration

US IDTC scheme. © RAND Corporation


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Training At-Sea Stoppers:

Encroachment

Environmental issues

Weapons Effects

Distance Between Home Ports

Cost of Fuel

Training Technology Possibilities:

Train Any Time in Any Place

Employ all weapons

Practice Then Prove

Overcome tyranny of distance

Realistic OPFOR

Drivers to Fleet Synthetic Training

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Restrictions to Training

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Training Technology


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Potential cost savings

In-port simulation can save a lot of money:

Fuel

Utility

Manpower

Range service and maintenance

Excerpt from “COST EFFECTIVENESS OF WEST COAST DISTRIBUTED SIMULATION TRAINING FOR THE PACIFIC FLEET”. B.T.Shearon, 2001

“Operation Brimstone is estimated to cost about $750,000. To run a comparable live exercise could run around $50 million.” Excerpt from National Defense Magazine, September 2006


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Potential use of Simulation in the Navy

In DDG-51 (USN) training, only 10% of most frequent exercises can be simulated [YARDLEY et al., 2003]

Among catalogued exercises, several of them could be “technically” simulated


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Fidelity and interoperability of simulation-based training has improved significantly

From single ship training to combined missions with other ships within their battle group

Multi-ship simulation training is a reality:

BFTT - Battle Force Tactical Training System (USN)

MWTS - Maritime Warfare Training System (RAN)

DIS has been dominant until recently

Now HLA is the preferred interoperability standard

When planning a complex exercise a lot of interoperability issues arise

Many gateways to be developed more time & money

Voice & Data Communications: Synthetic-Real, Links…

Situation from Technology Point-of-View

TRAINER

TRAINER

Pier Side

Pier Side

Pier Side TRAINER

TRAINER

TRAINER

TRAINER

Pier Side

Pier Side

Pier Side

Pier Side

HQ

SYNTHETIC

SYNTHETIC

SYNTHETIC

SYNTHETIC

SITUATION AWARENESS


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Roadblocks to increased use of Simulation (NON-TECHNICAL ISSUES)

Fleet opinions on simulation:

“Reducing underway time will reduce readiness”

“Scheduling in-port training is difficult because of equipment maintenance requirements”

“For intermediate and advanced training, ships need to get underway”

“In-port battle group exercises enhance underway training, but do not replace it”

Training Policies that preclude earning credit for shore-based training

No Standards for assesing readiness

Interference with other activities

Costs


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Fight the battlefront, not the network

Bandwidth is finite

Superscalability: Navy, Joint, Agency, and Partner Nation participants

Interoperability: too beautiful to be true

DIS is alive (USAF, Australia…)

US Navy & NATO pursuing HLA

TENA just round the corner

Many different flavors of HLA implemented out there (HLA 1.3, HLA 1516, HLA-evolved…)

Fidelity: Good enough? What must be as real as real? Break even?

How and why for merging live and synthetic ... What makes sense

Virtual to live radios and back. How to integrate the LVC world

Scheduling among multiple players ... Art and/or science

Many parts and pieces: Simulation, Networking, and Training Systems interfaces

No one “system” that a Nation can develop or buy. The complexity of separate pieces (no single system or provider) for distributed, integrated, synthetic training.

Roadblocks to increased use of Simulation (TECHNICAL ISSUES)


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Fleet Synthetic Training

How SIMWARE can leverage the existing assets, reuse them and compose new

scenarios


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Why is NADS interested in this field

Experience in naval programs (SCOMBA, F100,S80) (NAVANTIA Tier-1 Subcontractor since 2003)

Since 2003 working in:

M&S Architectures

– HLA & DDS Distributed Simulation

– DDS-based Real-Time Simulation

M&S interoperability middleware

– Multi-vendor HLA interoperability

– DDS-based RTI’s

– LVC-C4I integration

Training over I*Net

– SCORM contents

– Simulation-LMS integration

Launched SIMWARE in 2010

R+D project with NAVANTIA started in 2012 to create a Naval Training infrastructure

New SISO Working Group Layered Simulation Architectura (LSA)


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SIMWARE as proposed for the CENADIN Naval Training Centre

SIMWARE allows a multi-paradigm Distributed Training Architecture

Scenario Generation and

Control

SAF/CGF

Exercise Control

Ships Pierside

Training Staff

Shore-Based Trainers

Combat System

Sensor Operator

Action Officer

Combat System

Sensor Operator

Action Officer

Simulated Sensors

Exercise Control Comms

TRAINING CENTER

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HLA/DIS/DDS

Secure VoIP / Chat

SIM

WA

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WIDE AREA NETWORKS

ESG

CSG

Situational Awareness

Data Link 16

Distributed Training Architecture

HLA/DIS/DDS

HLA/DIS/DDS


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Relies on a powerful middleware DDS-based

Open Standard (OMG DDS)

Extreme efficiency using bandwidth

Low lattencies while superscalable

Fault Tolerant & Resilient

Interfaces with other COTS and Simulators through HLA

DIS gateways can be developed through the API & tools

Custom programmed gateways

SIMWARE interesting features

Simplified API hides complexity of HLA or DDS

Design & Utility Tools:

Model Driven Development of Sim Models from SIMULINK

Data mapping & transformations manager

Gateway designer

Simulation Control Panel

Optional HLA RTI using DDS as wire protocol

Distributable Simulation Computing Load

COMMON SIMULATION ARCHITECTURE

DATAMODEL

B DATAMODEL

A Easily Configurable TRANSLATION GATEWAYS

SIMWARE provides a superior common simulation architecture where interoperability, reuse and composability are commodities

Simulation Models can be developed easily from SIMULINK and plugged into a common architecture


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SIMWARE backbone is made over DDS

QoS Management

Admits Very Low-Bandwidth IP networks (some interesting tests in CWIX Spain 2009 and 2010)

Radiocomms (HF, VHF, etc.)

– We tested on a 4.800 bps network!!!

• ISDN lines

• GPRS

DDS Hard Real Time Pub/Sub features:

No single point of failure!!!

High Rates for High fidelity

SIMWARE is a breath of fresh air

Not replacing DIS nor HLA Complimentary Not just another simulation framework

To be integrated with the best COTS in the market


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Not replacing DIS nor HLA but changing the way a federate communicate with others through the network

SIMWARE backbone is made over DDS

QoS Management

Admits Very Low-Bandwidth IP networks (some interesting tests in CWIX Spain 2009 and 2010)

Radiocomms (HF, VHF, UHF with IP cap.)

– tested on a CNR 4.800 bps network!!!

• ISDN lines, GPRS…

DDS Hard Real Time Pub/Sub features:

No single point of failure!!!

High Rates for High fidelity

A new SISO Study Group working in defining what is called “Layered Simulation Architecture – LSA” based in DDS

What is DDS??? Why use DDS in Simulation???

[DDS Global Data Space]

TOPIC “A”

TOPIC “C”

TOPIC “D”

TOPIC “B”

Data Writer

Data Reader

Data Writer

Data Writer

Data Writer

Data Reader

Data Reader

Data Writer


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Vision shared with NAVANTIA: CENADIN project

SIMWARE enables “Pier side/On Shore/Blended” Distributed Simulation

Efficient in IP networks with Low Bandwidth

Its native DDS backbone makes easy to integrate most of the Combat Management Systems

Ideal for Training Centres


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“SIMWARE inside” example of LVC Infrastructure for Operations Research

CGF VR-Forces

Distributed Simulation Services

DATA DISTRIBUTION SERVICES (DDS) – REAL TIME DATA BUS

HLA propietary network

Simware RTI

FAC virtual Sim

SimWare

LGB Sim Service

Missile Sim

Service Sensor

Sim Service

Aircraft Sim

Service

SimWare PowerLink Serious Gaming

VBS2 & STEELBEAST PRO

SimWare PowerLink

SP Army C2 DDS services Interface

FFT service

BMS

Command service

Tactical C2 system


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“SIMWARE inside” example of Advanced Flight Training Devices

SIMWARE speeds-up the development of all kind of Flight Training Devices

NADS has developed JAR certified FNPTs for Flight Schools based on Simware in record time

NADS EXIM I/II FNPT-I

Using SIMWARE can reduce up to 50% Time to Market

Predefined Simulator Architecture

Facilitates maintenance and upgrading

Seamless interoperability with external DIS/HLA simulators


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“SIMWARE inside” example of Experimentation Simulators

SIMWARE has been employed in the development of a simulated environment for programming aerial infrared countermeasures (flares)

SIMWARE SimDeveloper was used for developing and testing of High-Fidelity models

Mistral class I/R missile

Flares


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A QuickStart with SIMWARE


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About NADS

Corporate Headquarters

Madrid – Spain

Commercial Delegations

Paris- France (France, Germany & BENELUX)

Engineering Workcenters

Madrid – Spain (Products & Projects)

Cadiz – Spain (Naval Systems Engineering)

Partners

PRISMTECH (FR, UK, NL, USA)

PEGASUS SIMULATION (CAN)

SIMIGON (ISRAEL)

Since 2002 providing services and solutions to the

Defence & Aerospace industry

Core Business:

Simulation and Training Solutions

Simulation Technology

C4I and Critical Mission Solutions

Integrated Logistic Support (ILS)

Active members in M&S community

NATO NIAG SG 162

SISO LSA SG

OMG DDS

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Find us in Exposition Area (-2 basement)

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A shared objective: making distributed simulation easy

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