JTLS 3'2

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JTLS 3.2

• Summary Briefing
• JTLS International Users Conference
• 31 October 2006

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Planned Schedule

• Alpha Test
• Week of 12 June 2006
• Beta Test
• Two Weeks 14 to 25 August 2006
• Acceptance Test
• Three Weeks
• Preliminary 02 to 06 October 2006
• AAR (NC3A The Hague) 04 08 December 206
• Final 13 to 19 December 2006
• Delivery
• 29 December 2006

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Basic Concept

• Air Force Requested Improvements
• Naval Requested Improvements
• Start On Reduced Impact Of Hexagon Terrain
• Complete Movement Away From GIAC
• Graphical Database Program
• Message Parsing Client
• Support JMRM

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• Air Force Requested Improvements

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Real Time Intercept Reports

• Send Report When Intercept Is Started
• Current
• No Report
• Watch Mission Posture
• Improvement Not What Was Asked For
• Expanded Air-To-Air Firing Report
• Interim Mission Report

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Real Time Intercept Reports

• Improvement Details
• Air-To-Air Engagement Report
• Controller Type Information
• Random Numbers
• Probability of Hit
• Probability of Kill
• Both Firer and Receiver Receive Broadcast Message
• Interim Mission Report
• Option To Include Engagement Summary

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Feedback When CAP Breaks Off

• Indicate Why Break-off Occurred
• Current
• Information Not Available
• Improvement
• New IMT Column
• Ten Different Break-Off Reasons
• Out Of Weapons
• Killed Intercepted Aircraft
• Cleared When New Intercept Starts

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Auto Pair Versus Helo/UAV

• Tell CAPs Legal Aircraft Target Types
• Current
• CAPs Can Intercept Anything Within Range
• Improvement
• Give CAPs List of Legal Aircraft Target Types
• Database Default Values ACP Data
• Side / Specific Mission Overrides
• Uses ROE Order

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Improve Aircraft Divert Logic

• Improve Aircraft Divert Logic
• Current
• Closest Capable Of Landing Aircraft
• Supported Given Priority
• Non-Supported Last Priority
• Improvement
• ECP Was Very Specific
• Based On A Point System
• Highest Point Value Selected

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Improve Aircraft Divert Logic

• Improvement Details
• Feasible Airbase 1 point
• If Aircraft are Naval Capable
• Feasible Naval Units 1 point
• Same Aircraft Homebased 1 point
• Fuel For At Least One Aircraft - .5 points
• Supplies for Current Weapons On Mission
• 0.01 points per weapon type
• Unsupported Runway 0.01 points

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Refuel Base Logic Improvement

• Improve Base Fuel Selection
• Current
• Closest
• Improvement
• Select Home If Feasible

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Speed Up Specific Air Mission

• Allow Controller To Set Mission Speed
• Current Capability
• Controller Must Speed Up All Aircraft of Type
• Use Debugger To Set Mission Speed
• Improvement
• Provide Controller The Capability
• Provide Trusted Player The Capability
• Fuel Usage Above Maximum Speed
• Most Fuel Efficient

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Flight Plan When Heading For Fuel

• Allow Mission To Stop Heading For Fuel
• Current
• Magically Provide Fuel To Mission
• Cannot Stop It From Heading For Fuel
• Improvement
• When Fuel Is Magically Provided
• Allow User To Chose To Stop Heading For Fuel
• Picks Up Flight Plan From Current Location

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Change Alert Base

• Allow User To Change Missions Alert Base
• Current
• No Capability
• Improvement
• Full Capability Anywhere / Anytime
• Only Limitation
• If Not Originally On Alert
• Unless Currently Heading Home

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Orbit Direction

• Movement When Orbiting For C4I Systems
• Current
• Orbiting Mission Does Not Move
• Updates Are Sent, But No Location Updates
• Improvement
• Location Updates Will Be Computed
• Will Not Represent Direction of Orbit

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Fill-up Refuel Chit

• Have Missions Always Take Maximum Fuel
• Current
• Model Told How Much To Take By Order
• Model Computes Automatic Requirement
• Improvement
• Automatic Requirement
• Always Take Maximum Fuel

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Fill-Up Refuel Chit

• Improvement (Cont)
• Reserves Too Much Fuel
• Will Be Released
• Until Refuel Takes Place A Tanker Is Ignored

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FOM Air Mission Fuel

• Improve FOM Air Mission Fuel Data
• Current
• Fuel Capacity
• Fuel Remaining Percentage
• Improvement
• Fuel Remaining
• Fuel Available For Others (Filled For Tankers)

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ATOT Wing-Level Tasking

• Better Division Of Mission To Wing Units
• Current
• Shuffle Card Algorithm
• Improvement
• Time Matrix
• Given Order To Unit
• Based On TOE Percentage
• Time Over Target

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ATOT Multiple Orbit Point

• Have ATOT Process Multiple Orbit Points
• Current
• Only Initial Orbit Point Considered
• Improvement
• Have ATOT Process Subsequent Orbit Points
• Submit Change Mission Location Order
• Separate ECP From Model Perspective

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ATOT Mission and Target Types

• Allow ATOT User To Alter
• Mission Type Links
• Target Type Links
• Current
• Data File Needs Hand-editing
• Improvement
• Add To ATOT Interface

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Remove USMTF 1998 Format

• Cleanup ATOT Code Reading USMTF 98 ATO
• Current
• Can Read and Process 98 Format
• Improvement
• Cannot Read and Process 98 Format
• Cleanup Code For Reliability

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PRISM Worksheet

• Process PRISM Collection Decks
• Current
• Ad Hoc Capability
• Improvement
• Well Defined Capability
• Part of ATOT
• Automatic Addition To Recce Missions

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• Naval Requested Improvement

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SSM Multiple Targetable Weapons

• Allow SSMs To Fire Several Weapons
• Current
• Each SSM Type Can Fire One Weapon Type
• Improvement
• Each SSM Type Can Fire Multiple Weapons
• Can Change During Game Play
• Needs Standard Database Updates

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SSM Multiple Targetable Weapons

• Improvement Details
• Review Databases
• Multiple SSM Targets To Support
• Conventional SCUD
• Chemical SCUD
• Reduce To One SSM Target
• Change Launcher Status Order
• Unit As Before
• Specific Target New Capability

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SSM Multiple Targetable Weapons

• Improvement Details (Cont)
• Automatic Launcher Status
• Only Change Launchers That Are Needed

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Improve Fuel Usage

• Unit Fuel Usage ?(Combat Systems)
• Current
• Per Day or Per Person Per Day
• Per KM
• Improvement
• Per KM Per Combat System

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Naval Fuel Usage

• Represent Naval Unit Fuel Usage
• Current
• Part of CLASS III Ground
• Per Day Usage
• Improvement
• New CLASS III Naval
• Per KM Usage
• Movement Stops Without Fuel
• Usage Is Not A Function of Speed

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Sonar Availability Function of Speed

• Decrease Detection Capability ?(Speed)
• Current
• Speed Considered For Passive
• Improvement
• Consider Speed For Active Sonars Too
• ST MAXIMUM SPEED
• Dont Work For Speeds Above The Maximum

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Passive Sonar Dont Detect Surface

• Allow Passive Sonar To Detect Surface Unit
• Current
• Does Not Happen Only Active Sonars Do
• Improvement
• Allow Passive Sonars To Detect Too
• Probability Of Detection Algorithm

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Passive Sonar Dont Detect Surface

• Improvement Details
• Surface Vessel Noise At Passive Sonar
• If Greater Than Ambient Noise
• Detection Possible
• ST EFFECTIVENESS
• Modified By ST NIGHT FACTOR
• Modified By ST WC FACTOR
• Not Modified By ST JAM FACTOR

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Turn On Specific Sonars/Radars

• Ability To Turn On Specific Sensor Target
• Current
• Can Turn On / Turn Off Type Of Sensors
• Improvement
• Turn On / Turn Off By Target Name

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NGF Support All Friendly Unit

• Allow Naval Gun Fire To Support Friendly
• Current
• Only Provide Support To Own Side
• Improvement
• Allow Any Friendly Force Side Unit

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Torpedo Update Location Knowledge

• If Ship Moves Allow Torpedo to Alter
• Current
• Torpedo Misses
• Caused By Move Of Unit to New Hex
• Improvement
• Allow Precision Guided Torpedo to Follow
• Dont Fire Unless Holding Current Location

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Magic Move To Off-Board Formation

• Magically Embarking Unit On Formation
• Current
• Not allowed order is rejected
• Improvement
• Accept the order and process
• Magically Move Unit To Formation
• Set Embarked Unit Attributes

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Missile Launch Outside Playbox

• Ability To Launch From Anywhere
• Current
• Can Only Launch On Game Board
• Improvement
• Launch From Anywhere
• Implies Ballistic MDST Responsibility

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Lifeboat Representation

• When Ships Sink Place Lifeboats
• Current
• Lifeboats Not Represented
• Improvement
• Automatically Deploy Lifeboats As Ship Sinks
• Based On Expected Sink Time
• Lives can Be Lost
• Automatically Collect Lifeboats
• If Controller Returns Unit To Game

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• Reduced Impact Of Hexagon Terrain

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Change Terrain and Barrier Values

• Change Terrain and Barrier During Game
• Current
• Naval Ocean Depth
• Improvement
• All Barriers and Terrain
• Need To Consider Impact
• Units Current Next Hex Move Allowed To Occur
• All Other Moves Cause Re-Optimization

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Movement Of Units Within Hex

• Allow Route Points Within Same Hex
• Current
• Multiple Points In Same Hex Thrown Away
• Improvement
• Multiple Points Not Thrown Away

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Integer Lanchester

• Remove Partial Combat System Representation
• Current
• Lanchester Results in 3.245 Tanks
• Improvement
• Whole Kills Accepted
• Fractional Kills Stochastically Determined
• 0.245 is interpreted as 24.5 chance of 4th tank
  kill

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Integer Lanchester

• Improvement (Cont)
• Combat Assessment More Often Than 1 Hour
• Concept of Lanchester Battle
• Battles Are Created and Stopped As Units Move
• Remove Data Link To One Hour Period
• Moved Much Processing To Hourly Processing
• Time Between Repairs Implemented
• Removed Concept Of Percent Fail On Issue

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Integer Lanchester

• Improvement (Cont)
• Need To Get Rid Of Combat System C3

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New Command Control Model

• Remove C3 Combat System From Model
• Current
• C3 Represented As Combat System
• Really Is A Capability Not A Specific System
• Improvement
• Remove C3 Combat System
• Represent The Units C3 Quality Rating (CQR)

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New Command Control Model

• Improvement (Cont)
• CQR Data
• Highest HQ
• Mean and Max time
• Next Higher HQ
• Mean ands Max Time
• Jamming
• Mean and Max Time
• Minimum Effectiveness

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New Command Control Model

• Improvement (Cont)
• CQR Data (Cont)
• Next Lower CQR
• Next Higher CQR
• New Communication Site Target Subtype
• Air Defense
• Command
• Subtracts From Effectiveness

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New Command Control Model

• Improvement (Cont)
• Degrade
• As Unit Loses Strength
• As Command Communications Targets Are Killed
• Improve
• Periodic Improvement
• Repair Of Command Communications Targets

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Immediate Wreckage Placement

• Needed For TACSIM
• Current
• Placement Done Once an Hour
• When Unit Moves
• Improvement
• Expect 15 Minute Assess Combats
• Integer System Kill Representation

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• Complete Movement Away From GIAC

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New Symbols For Convoys

• Graphically Distinguish Between Convoy Types
• Current
• Cannot Do So
• Improvement
• Separate Symbols
• Filter Capability On Convoy Type
• Rail
• Barge
• Truck

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Improve Entry of Units and Targets

• Provide More User Options
• Current
• Only Displayed Units Are Highlighted
• Improvement
• Allow User To Select
• Highlight Displayed Units
• Highlight Displayed and Un-displayed Units

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Jump Map

• Improve WHIP Jump Map
• Current
• As You Zoom In, Jump Map Zooms In
• Improvement
• User Controls How The Jump Map Operates
• Amount Of Zoom / No Zoom
• Position Jump Map Anywhere
• No Longer On Filter Panel

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Range Rings

• Graphically Display of Range Information
• Current
• No Range Ring Displayed
• Improvement
• Range Ring Filter Panel
• Range Ring Color Panel

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Range Rings

• Types Of Range Rings
• Ground, Naval, FARP
• Mandatory Transfer Distance
• Indirect Fire Range Using Current Manned Systems
• Indirect Fire Range Using Current TOE Systems
• Direct Fire Range Using Current Manned Systems
• Direct Fire Range Using Current TOE Systems

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Range Rings

• Types Of Range Rings (Cont)
• Support Unit
• Minimum Truck Re-supply Distance
• Maximum Truck Re-supply Distance
• Airbases
• No Range Ring Information
• Squadron
• Aircraft Radius Using Default Load Extra Fuel
• Aircraft Radius Using Database Aircraft Fuel

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Range Rings

• Types Of Range Rings (Cont)
• High Resolution Units
• Explicit Weapon Range - Current Systems
• Explicit Weapon Range TOE Systems
• Air Missions
• Surface Search Sensor Range Actual Load
• Surface Search Sensor Range Generic Load Only
• Air Search Sensor Range Actual Load
• Air Search Sensor Range Generic Load Only

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Range Rings

• Types Of Range Rings (Cont)
• Air Missions (Cont)
• Surface Weapon Range Actual Load
• Surface Weapon Range Starting Load
• Air Weapon Range Actual Load
• Air Weapon Range Starting Load
• Targets
• Jammer Jammer Range
• Communication Sites AWACS Comm Range

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Range Rings

• Types Of Range Rings (Cont)
• Targets (Cont)
• SAM/AAA
• Range For Each Altitude Zone
• AD Class and limiting Target Range
• Sensors
• Range For Any Altitude
• Radar Horizon
• Over The Horizon Capable
• Sensor Range and limiting Target Range

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Range Rings

• Types Of Range Rings (Cont)
• Targets (Cont)
• SSM Targets
• Range By Allowable Weapon

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Standardize Context Sensitive Menus

• Provide Expanded Context Sensitive Menus
• Current
• Based On Object Type
• Improvement
• Based On Object Attribute
• Target Category
• What Else Should We Do

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Transparent Hex Overlay

• Allow Hexagon Overlay On Digitized Maps
• Current
• Digitized Maps
• No Hexagon Visibility
• Improvement
• Overlay Transparent Hexagon Representation
• CADRG Maps Show

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Units In Combat Flag

• Provide Consistent Definition Of In Combat
• Current
• Flag Exists
• Definition Not Consistent
• Improvement
• In Combat Placed In Lanchester Battle Set
• In Contact Considered But Rejected For LBS

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TUP Special Capabilities

• Dont Use Graphic Symbol For Capabilities
• Current
• Graphics Symbol Used
• SVP Check
• Automatic Supply Calculation Tool
• Improvement
• Use Existing FC AFFILIATION
• New TUP Capabilities Indicator
• Medical, Civil Affairs, NULL

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TUP Special Capabilities

• Improvement Details
• Traffic Control of Non-Enemy Civilian Units
• If FC AFFILIATION is set to CIVILIAN
• TUP CAPABILITIES TYPE
• Medical
• Dont Automatically Backhaul Casualities
• Civil Affairs
• Allowed To Collect Expanded Tactical Intelligence

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Hide Sections of Command Tree

• Hide Portions of Command Tree
• Current
• Can Close Up / Open Up Portions of Tree
• Improvement
• Two Screens
• Selection Screen Select Units To Hide / Unhide
• Display Screen
• Save and Recall Configuration

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XCHAT Capability

• Ability For Users To Talk With Others
• Current
• Commercial Instant Messaging Server
• Security Problems
• Improvement
• Simple Status Notification Message
• Technical Control
• Select WHIPS, Background Color, Message
• Window Pops Up On WHIP User Closes

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Mail Server

• Provide Tool to Automatically E-mail
• Current
• Old MPP Had Auto Email Capability
• Nothing Right Now
• Improvement
• New Message Delivery Program (MDP)
• New MDP User Interface (MDPUI)

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Mail Server

• Improvement Details
• Single User Interface
• What Broadcast Messages
• Side / Type
• Where They Should Be Delivered
• Directory File Name Established Through
  Interface
• E-Mail Address subject Established Through
  Interface
• Rendering Library
• Can Now Write Your Own Rendering Programs
• Demonstration Wednesday

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Graphical Database Program

• Get Rid Of GIAC-Based GDP
• Current
• GDP Uses GIAC-type Interface
• Improvement
• GDP Uses WHIP-like Interface
• Demonstration On Wednesday

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Build Railroads, Pipelines, and IADS

• Improve GDP To Graphically Build Objects
• Current
• GIAC GDP Has No Capability
• Improvement
• New GDP Does Have The Capability
• Demonstration On Wednesday

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AAR Improvements

• Provide A More Robust AAR Tool
• Current - JTLS 2.7
• Scenario Database Repository
• Message Parsing Client
• Post-Processor system
• Loaded After Checkpoint

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AAR Improvements

• Improvement
• Real-time Data
• Include All MPC Data Directly
• Web-Based Access To Data
• Improvement Details
• AAR Briefing

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Exercise Submission Tool

• Create A Tool To Keep Exercise Log
• Current
• Many People Have Created Own Tool
• Individual Logs
• No Easy Lessons Learned Capture
• Improvement
• Use Web-Portal Based Tool

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Exercise Submission Tool

• Improvement Details
• Access From Web Browser Portal
• As Start A WHIP / New AAR Tool
• Enter Issue
• Automatic Time / User Name
• Respond With
• Status / Explanation
• Demonstration Wednesday

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• JMRM Required Changes

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OPM Combat System Link To TW

• Allow User To Go From CS Page To TW Page
• Current
• Cannot Be Accomplished
• Improvement
• Can Be Accomplished

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SLP-SC Specific Name Uniqueness

• Within SLP - Supply Name Uniqueness
• Current
• SLP and SC Name Uniqueness
• Proposed
• SLP and SLP SC Name Uniqueness

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Spaces Within Unit Long Names

• Allow Long Names To Have Spaces
• Current
• No Spaces Allowed
• Improvement
• Spaces Allowed
• All Periods Changed To Spaces On Convert