LVCAR-I Convergence Final Report - Modeling & Simulation ...

Live-Virtual-Constructive Architecture Roadmap Implementation,
Convergence Final Report
TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................ 1
1. REPORT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS .................................................................................. 2
1.1 Report Format .................................................................................................................. 3
1.2 Convergence Approach .................................................................................................... 3
2. CONVERGED EXECUTION .................................................................................................. 6
2.1 Overview of the Design Concept ..................................................................................... 6
2.2 Multi-architecture Infrastructure Life Cycle .................................................................... 8
2.3 Persistent Entity Operations ............................................................................................. 9
2.4 Messaging Operations .................................................................................................... 11
3. CONVERGENCE ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................ 13
3.1 Convergence Systems Engineering ................................................................................ 13
3.1.1 CSE Requirements and Risk Analysis ............................................................... 13
3.1.2 CSE Enterprise Metadata Communication ........................................................ 13
3.1.3 CSE Prototype Evaluation ................................................................................. 13
3.2 Common Training Instrumentation Architecture (CTIA).............................................. 13
3.2.1 CTIA Execution Interfaces ................................................................................ 14
3.2.2 CTIA Interactions .............................................................................................. 15
3.2.3 CTIA Transfer of Ownership ............................................................................. 15
3.3 Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS)....................................................................... 15
3.3.1 DIS to CSI Gateway........................................................................................... 16
3.3.2 DIS Gateway Requirements ............................................................................... 16
3.4 High Level Architecture (HLA)..................................................................................... 16
3.4.1 HLA Convergence Assessment ......................................................................... 17
3.4.2 HLA RTI Implementation.................................................................................. 17
3.4.2 HLA Multi-Architecture Testing ....................................................................... 18
3.5 Test and Training Enabling Architecture (TENA) ........................................................ 18
3.5.1 TENA Enterprise Metadata ................................................................................ 18
3.5.2 TENA Additional Features ................................................................................ 19
3.5.3 TENA Ownership Transfer ................................................................................ 19
4. COURSES OF ACTION ........................................................................................................ 20
4.1 Course of Action Development ..................................................................................... 20
4.2 Return on Investment Analysis ...................................................................................... 22
5. SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................ 24
APPENDIX A: REFERENCES .................................................................................................. A-1
APPENDIX B: ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ......................................................... B-1
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