1. Is HLA Meeting The Challenge in Enabling SBA?
The Problem
Where We Are Today
Harold L. Jones
Chair, RDE Users Group

2. The Conceptual View of SBA: Using M&S to Break Through Organizational and Life-cycle Barriers
Requirements
Determination
System
Development
Combat M&S
Cost As An Independent
Variable
Mission Planning
& Rehearsal
Embedded/
Virtual Training
Readiness/
Sustainment
Training & Test M&S
Logistics M&S
Cost M&S
Design M&S
Common
Objects &
Environments
A web-enabled Collaborative Engineering Environment involving all stakeholders:
Rapid design iterations and testing using Virtual Prototypes
Design and behavior (performance) info captured in a Digital Product Description
- SMART 00 Briefing by Dr. Hank Dubin
Dir, Assessment and Evaluation OASA(ALT)

3. So How Are We Doing -- Tools/Environment?
Theater
Force-on-Force
Few-on-Few
One-on-One
Physics/Engineering
Scope of Model
Model Fidelity and Detail
Large Forces
Combat Utility/Force Effectiveness
Fighting Units
System Effectiveness/Support
Weapon Systems
Components & Subsystems
System Performance/Support
Subsystem Effectiveness/RAM
If we view SBA as an analysis problem, then:
…progress toward a vertical, cross-domain model hierarchy is encouraging…
…and tools to manage the internal consistency of vertical models and data are missing
…although, physics models appear more often than cost and supportability models
If we view SBA as supporting the
design of a weapon system, the
connections to design and
manufacturing functions are missing

4. So How Are We Doing -- Pilot Programs?
The two original SBA programs
Joint Strike Fighter (approaching downselect)
DD-21 (entering Phase II -- Preliminary Design)
are full steam ahead
Contractor A
IDE B C D
Concept Development
& Analysis
Program
Management
Contractor A
Gov’t
Only
Data
Shared
Secure
Government IDE
Support Design Reviews
The next generation of SBA programs
Airborne Common Sensor (USA CECOM)
Future Combat Vehicle (DARPA/USA TARDEC)
Integrated Broadcast Service (USAF ESC)
UK Maritime (UK DERA)
is in the starting blocks
Success should breed success!

5. So How Are We Doing -- Digital Scoreboard?
Web-enabled Collaborative Engineering Environment?
Early entrants are emerging
Standards are missing…unless you count XML and commercial IT
Data
Link AC GS
Federate
Ambassador
...
Behavior Characterizations X
Virtual Battlespace
M&S
Instantiation
Mission-level Exercise Network
Parametric
Models
Product Model
Design Data
Integrated Data
Environment
Sensor
Collaborative Design
and Data Management
Ownership Cost
Airframe
Data Mgmt
Packaging
Mission Systems
Warfighter Evaluation
Workflow Assessment
HLA
Rapid design iterations and testing using Virtual Prototypes
Robust tools CAD and visualization tools, however...
Tracing an avionics design change to impact in a mission exercise is still an anecdotal success
Digital Product Description
True DPDs are rumored to exist in DD-21, Loch Ness….
You show me yours and I’ll show you mine...