SE Tower Of Excellence

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SE Interoperability Barriers and Enablers

• Mr C Petford
• colin.petford_at_baesystems.com
• Mr S Frank
• steve.frank_at_mbda.co.uk

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Overview

• The SIRE Research Programme
• Task 1 Current Need and Status
• Task 2 Future Need and Priorities
• Task 3 Guidance and Enablers
• Task 4 Validation
• Conclusions and Way Ahead

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The SIRE Research Programme

• The aim for this SiG1 project is to facilitate
  meaningful interoperability between SEs for the
  purposes of
• Analysis
• Experimentation
• Visualisation
• Test and evaluation
• Acquisition
• Training
• For this study Interoperability includes
  interoperability between
• Heterogeneous SEs
• SE and C4I systems
• SE and equipment, sensors, weapon systems or
  training systems

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Task 1 Current Need and Status 1

• Requirement
• Examine the need and barriers to interoperability
  in existing MoD and industry SE systems
• Scope

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Task 1 Current Need and Status 2
Approach
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Task 1 Current Need and Status 3
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Task 2 Future Need and Priorities 1
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Task 2 Future Need and Priorities 2

• Some of the most significant issues to overcome
  are

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Task 2 Future Need and Priorities 3
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Task 3 Guidance and Enablers 1

• Common Guidance
• Provides generic guidance across the Priority
  Enabler areas that is widely applicable across
  most SE instantiations
• Tailoring Requirements
• Deployment Methods

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Task 3 Guidance and Enablers 2

• Specific Guidance Areas
• Fidelity inconsistencies
• Network loading and packet loss
• Time synchronisation
• Early understanding of logging and replay
  requirements
• Inconsistent interpretation of fire and detonate
  messages
• Inconsistent co-ordinate systems
• Fidelity of Link 16 Systems
• Visual model formats and fair fight
• Data fidelity and security classification issues
• Unrealistic model performance effects
• Technical personnel behaviour and attitude
• SE tool incompatibility
• Integration of live and simulated components

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Task 4 Guidance Validation 1

• NITEworks MASC case study

Experimentation Interoperability Lessons
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Task 4 Guidance Validation 2
MODAF Views OV SV StV AcV AV TV
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Task 4 Guidance Validation 3 Case Study 1

• Sensor to Shooter Kill Chain
• Threat air target enters defended area
• Threat air target is detected by defending radar
  sensor
• Intelligence C2 (HQ) is informed of threat by
  sensor
• Intelligence C2 tasks ground-based launcher and
  missile site
• Launcher engages threat air target

MODAF View OV-2 Operational Node Connectivity
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Task 4 Guidance Validation 4 Case Study 2
MODAF View SV-1 System Interface
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Task 4 Guidance Validation 5 Case Study 3
MODAF View SV-10c Resource Event Trace
Description
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Task 4 Guidance Validation 6 Case Study 4

• The Case Study has been used to verify and inform
  a number of aspects of the specific
  interoperability guidance produced by Task 3,
  including
• Use of a test harness to verify consistent
  application across SE components of an
  international standard, such as Link 16
  (SISO-STD-02-2005, NATO STANAG 5516)
• Synchronisation and timing issues
• Interpretation of fire and detonate messages
• Provision of tools to assist with SE integration

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Conclusions and Way Ahead

• The increasing momentum towards achieving Network
  Enabled Capability (NEC) means
• Multiple organisation involvement
• Consequential interoperability challenges
• Urgent need to put enablers in place to tackle
  current and future challenges
• SIRE study has
• Identified current and future SE interoperability
  needs and issues
• Proposed generic and specific guidance to help
  address them
• Conducted a case study to verify and further
  inform aspects of the guidance
• SIRE outputs will be a key input into the SE
  Tower Defence Common Simulation Infrastructure
  and Services (DCSIS) programme
• Improved interoperability remains a fundamental
  priority

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Questions ?
Mr C Petford colin.petford_at_baesystems.com Mr S
Frank steve.frank_at_mbda.co.uk
www.se-towers.org.uk