UK SIWG

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UK SIWG
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Growth of UK SIWG
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Project FlasHLAmp - Programme

• Year 1 - Assess utility of the RTI software
• Year 2 - Promote development of support tools for
  HLA
• Year 3 - Produce draft guidelines for specifying
  interoperability requirements

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Contracting Industry

• 16th September - RFQ Sent to industry 13
  companies targeted
• 7th October - 10 industry responses to RFQ
• All companies contracted to undertake HLA
  Experiment

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HLA Experiment

• Companies are producing simulations to interact
  with the RTI
• Most people have visited DRA Malvern for initial
  period
• Final Reports due end of March
• Project meetings to be held 2-3 weeks prior to
  issue of Final Report

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RTI Development

• DERA and Data Sciences
• Incremental development of RTI
• Will be on general release to industry

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Federation Creation

• Two Federations
• Warfighting (DIS Like)
• Analysis (ALSP Like)
• Federation development underway
• Demonstrate to MOD/Industry Captains September 97

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Industry Partners

• Warfighting Federation
• Thomson Training Systems
• GEC Marconi S3I
• Matra BAe Dynamics
• Primary Image
• Headway Consultancy

• Analysis Federation
• Logica
• EDS
• EASAMS
• Corda
• Data Sciences Ltd

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UK Combined Arms Tactical Trainer (CATT)

• 120 vehicles (4 X US Site) CGF Vital to save
  staff
• Image Generator will go to US but will be a
  re-compete
• Evans Sutherland have CCTT but Silicon Graphics
  strong Competitor
• UK to tack nothing less than US 7th Spiral
  Standard
• Essential to British Army - only way they can
  practice a Battle Group Passage of Lines
• Will be most expensive British Army Simulation
  System
• UK Attack Helicopters and Fixed Wing now
  specified DIS compliant - take part in rich
  land battle

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SYNTHETIC ENVIRONMENTSPRELIMINARY CONCEPT STUDY

• AIM
• Overall Goal
• Develop Investment Strategy Which Identifies
• Benefits Improved Efficiency and Effectiveness
  of Defence Process
• Costs Infrastructure and Process Investment
• Study Aims
• Further Develop the Understanding of Synthetic
  Environments and their Impact
• Develop a Concept of Analysis for the Investment
  Strategy
• Recommend a Detailed Programme of Work for
  Implementing the Concept of Analysis

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SYNTHETIC ENVIRONMENTSPRELIMINARY CONCEPT STUDY

• STUDY OUTPUT
• Concept of Analysis
• Investment Strategy Programme
• Concept of Analysis Implementation Plan

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Role of UK SEs in Management of Defence and
Procurement - FAST TRACK STUDY

• Long Term Costings 1997 - Began Sep 96
• July/August 1996 to Complete Fast Track Concept
  of Analysis
• Considered 7 SEs
• Future Aircraft National Capability Demonstrator
  (NCD) - BAe
• Air Defence National Capability Demonstrator
  (NCD) - Thomson TS
• Command and Control National Capability
  Demonstrator (NCD) - GEC
• STOW 97
• BAe Internal SEs
• GEC Internal SEs
• Vickers Internal SEs
• Team BAe, GEC, Vickers, Logica, DERA

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