1. Coalition Battle Management Language Industry Task Team Proposal
Dr. Kevin Heffner – C-BML Phase 2 DG Editor
March

2. C-BML Industry Task Team Proposal
Mission Statement
The aim of the Coalition Battle Management Language (C-BML) Industry Task Team (CITT) is to accelerate the SISO C-BML Phase 2 standard development activity through industry participation:
to review the standard at regular intervals;
to provide industry requirements, use-cases, recommendations and other inputs to the SISO C-BML Product Development Group (PDG);
to identify (& provide*) preliminary phase 2 software solutions.
*subject to legal advice.

3. C-BML Industry Task Team Proposal
Outline
Introduction – Why C-BML ? What is C-BML ?
SISO C-BML Product Overview
C-BML Phase 2 Program of Work
Moving from Phase 1 to Phase 2
Need for Greater Industry Involvement
Ideas for collaboration
Conclusion / Discussion

4. C-BML Industry Task Team Proposal
Outline
Introduction – Why C-BML ? What is C-BML ?
SISO C-BML Product Overview
C-BML Phase 2 Program of Work
Moving from Phase 1 to Phase 2
Need for Greater Industry Involvement
Ideas for collaboration
Conclusion / Discussion

5. C-BML Industry Task Team Proposal Introduction: What is C-BML ?
Coalition Battle Management Language (C-BML)
Common Interface: for exchange of military information (e.g. orders, reports and requests) among C2, simulation and autonomous/robotic systems.
Expressiveness: of all relevant actions (or events) to be performed (or reported) by real, simulated or robotic forces. Intended to generate complex orders such as: Air Tasking Order (ATO), 5-paragraph Operations Order (OPORD) and other tactical messages.
Unambiguous and Parsable: mathematical representation that allows for automated processing. C2
SIM

6. C-BML Industry Task Team Proposal Introduction: Why C-BML ?
C2-Simulation-Autonomous Systems Interoperability
Supports key military areas of interest:
Force Readiness;
Support for Operations; and
Future Capabilities Development C2
SIM
Provides the following benefits:
Enhanced realism & overall effectiveness;
Decreased cost & workload; and
Reduced preparation and response times

7. C-BML Industry Task Team Proposal Introduction: Why C-BML ?
What are the main consequences of not having C-BML ?
Development and maintenance of proprietary interfaces
High level of effort for integration of system of systems involving proprietary interfaces
High level of effort for multi-national training and experimentation activities
High lead-times associated with development, integration and testing activities
Reliance on human interactors (e.g. swivel chair)

8. C-BML Industry Task Team Proposal Introduction: Why C-BML ?
Coalition Battle Management Language (C-BML)
Force Readiness: Train as you fight paradigm, use actual operational equipment, maintain realism and reduce the need for interactors. Multi-national and coalition training exercises.
Support for Operations: simulation based decision-support, automated reporting, optimize use of autonomous assets.
Concept Development & Experimentation: a synthetic environment to aide in the development of new systems, new concepts and new capabilities.
Reduce cost ● Save time ● Increase/Maintain Training Realism
Improve Information-Sharing ● Develop New capabilities

9. C-BML Industry Task Team Proposal Introduction: What is C-BML ?
Coalition Battle Management Language Example*
Define, schedule and exchange Orders according to 5W rules
Exchange Reports on:
Status and Location of friendly forces (CR POS)
Enemy units discovered (CR OBS)
Logistics
Who
What
Where
When
Why
Qualifier
Name
Qualifier
Type
Name
Name
Unit1,
Advance To
line L1
At Time T1
*Provided by the French Ministry of Defence

10. C-BML Industry Task Team Proposal Introduction: What is C-BML ?
C-BML Example Expression (1/2)
<Order> <Task> <AirTask> <TaskeeWho> <UnitID>CA-UAV</UnitID> </TaskeeWho> <What> <WhatCode>CLARSP</WhatCode> </What>
<Where>
<WhereID> </WhereID>
...
GENCOORDINATE …
<WhereLocation>
<GDC>
<Latitude> </Latitude>
<Longitude> </Longitude>
<ElevationAGL>3000.0</ElevationAGL>
</GDC>
</WhereLocation>
</Where>

11. C-BML Industry Task Team Proposal Introduction: What is C-BML ?
C-BML Example Expression (2/2)
<StartWhen> <WhenTime> <StartTimeQualifier>AT</StartTimeQualifier> <DateTime> </DateTime> </WhenTime> </StartWhen> <AffectedWho><UnitID>OMF195-B12</UnitID> </AffectedWho> <TaskID> </TaskID> </AirTask> </Task> <OrderIssuedWhen> </OrderIssuedWhen> <OrderID> </OrderID> <TaskerWho> <UnitID> 1-HBCT </UnitID> </TaskerWho> ... <TaskOrganization> <UnitID> CA-UAV </UnitID> </TaskOrganization> </Order>

12. C-BML Industry Task Team Proposal
Outline
Introduction – Why C-BML ? What is C-BML ?
SISO C-BML Product Overview
C-BML Phase 2 Program of Work
Moving from Phase 1 to Phase 2
Need for Greater Industry Involvement
Ideas for collaboration
Conclusion / Discussion

13. C-BML Industry Task Team Proposal C-BML Product Overview

14. C-BML Industry Task Team Proposal C-BML Product Overview
Logical Data Model = Vocabulary + Grammar + Ontology
Phase 1: Vocabulary and preliminary work for Phase 2 grammar
Phase 2: Syntax/Grammar, IEM specification & preliminary ontology for phase 3
Phase 3: Battle Management Ontology 15

15. C-BML Industry Task Team Proposal
Outline
Introduction – Why C-BML ? What is C-BML ?
SISO C-BML Product Overview
C-BML Phase 2 Program of Work
Moving from Phase 1 to Phase 2
Need for Greater Industry Involvement
Ideas for collaboration
Conclusion / Discussion

16. C-BML Industry Task Team Proposal C-BML Phase 2 Program of Work
Use-cases & other Requirements
C-BML Reference Architecture
C-BML
Revised Vocabulary & Grammar
C-BML Information Exchange Specification

17. C-BML Industry Task Team Proposal
Outline
Introduction – Why C-BML ? What is C-BML ?
SISO C-BML Product Overview
C-BML Phase 2 Program of Work
Moving from Phase 1 to Phase 2
Need for Greater Industry Involvement
Ideas for collaboration
Conclusion / Discussion

18. C-BML Industry Task Team Proposal From Phase 1 → Phase 2
Worked with implicit requirements.
Will create a requirements model.
Focus on vocabulary
Focus on expressions for tactical messages
Initial use of JC3IEDM for vocabulary. High level of expressiveness.
Will refine vocabulary.
Create rules for expressions.
Focused on XML Schema.
(No explicit logical data model)
Focus on a Logical Data Model.
(will generate XML Schemas)
Did not address Information Exchange Mechanism Specification
Already has preliminary reference architecture, needs to evolve.

19. C-BML Industry Task Team Proposal
Outline
Introduction – Why C-BML ? What is C-BML ?
SISO C-BML Product Overview
C-BML Phase 2 Program of Work
Moving from Phase 1 to Phase 2
Need for Greater Industry Involvement
Ideas for collaboration
Conclusion / Discussion

20. C-BML Industry Task Team Proposal Need for Greater Industry Involvement
Industry represents one of primary set of stakeholders
Industry will be answering Requests for Proposal that reference the C-BML standard.
Industry already has built existing systems that will need to be adapted, modified or bridged to C-BML technologies.
Industry will design, build, integrate and test future systems that produce, consume, parse and generate functionality and behaviours based on the C-BML standard.

21. C-BML Industry Task Team Proposal C-BML Phase 2 Government Involvement
SISO C-BML DG
C-BML
Use-cases & other Requirements
C-BML Reference Architecture
C-BML
Revised Vocabulary & Grammar
C-BML Information Exchange Specification
NATO MSG-085
CAN-DRDC
DNK-MoD
DEU-BWB
ESP-DGAM
FRA-DGA
GBR-DSTL
NLD-Army
NOR-FFI
SWE-FMV
TUR-Navy
USA JCW, AMSO

22. C-BML Industry Task Team Proposal
M&S Functional Team
Company
Company
Company
Company
Company
Company
Company
Company
Company
Company
NCOIC
SISO C-BML DG
C-BML
Use-cases & other Requirements
C-BML Reference Architecture
C-BML
Revised Vocabulary & Grammar
C-BML Information Exchange Specification
NATO MSG-085

23. C-BML Industry Task Team Proposal
M&S Functional Team
NCOIC
SISO C-BML DG
C-BML
Use-cases & other Requirements
C-BML Reference Architecture
C-BML
Revised Vocabulary & Grammar
C-BML Information Exchange Specification
NATO MSG-085

24. C-BML Industry Task Team Proposal
CITT
M&S FT
NCOIC
SISO C-BML DG
C-BML
Use-cases & other Requirements
C-BML Reference Architecture
C-BML
Revised Vocabulary & Grammar
C-BML Information Exchange Specification
NATO MSG-085

25. C-BML Industry Task Team Proposal Value to Industry: Iterative Test & Evaluation
CITT keeps industry in the loop during iterative process
Reviews C-BML phase 2 standard at regular intervals
Provides input/recommendations + their industry requirements.
Maintains a working phase 2 open-source C-BML messaging reference implementation for test & evaluation purposes.
Initially shared within CITT
Ultimately for Public Release

26. C-BML Industry Task Team Proposal Value to Industry: Iterative Test & Evaluation
Open-Source Software
C-BML Phase 2 Messaging
Infrastructure
based on
4. Test and evaluation
3a. updates
3. creates
Phase 2 Draft Specification
Rev X.n
Phase 2 Draft Specification
Rev X.n+2
Phase 2 Draft Specification
Rev X.n+1
CITT
1. review
2. input
M&S FT
NCOIC
SISO C-BML DG
NATO MSG-085

27. C-BML Industry Task Team Proposal
Conclusions
– Lead: K. Gupton

28. C-BML Industry Task Team Proposal
Conclusions
C-BML Phase 1 Standard is in the balloting process
C-BML Phase 2 Standard likely will be specified in future Request for Proposals since it addresses content and transport.
Now is the time for industry to get involved in C-BML Phase 2 Standard development to
Provide requirements derived from legacy systems
Ensure applicability of employment
Gain knowledge to be ready on time
CITT members can benefit from phase 2 reference implementation for early-adoption, support for CD&E efforts and product development etc…

29. C-BML Industry Task Team Proposal
Questions ?