Future Combat System Spinout 1 Technical Field Test - Establishing and Implementing Models and Simulations System of Systems Verification, Validation and Accreditation Practices, Methodologies and Procedures

摘要

As our Armed Forces transform, assisted by the Brigade Combat Team (BCT) Modernization effort, the use of Models and Simulations (M&S) becomes more crucial in supporting major Department of Defense and Congressional decisions, given limited resources and strategic constraints. The Army's program leading the transformation from 2003 to 2009 was Future Combat Systems (FCS) with 14 systems + The Soldier + their network. For Phase 1 (IP1) Spinout 1 (SO1) Technical Field Test (TFT), three live systems (i.e., Non-Line of Sight- Launch System (NLOS-LS), Unattended Ground Sensor (UGS), and B-Kits) participated and were tested in 2008 via a slice of the Current Force (CF) BCT structure. To ensure realistic operational context, a M&S System-of-Systems (SoS) level federation was developed providing virtual and constructive simulation capabilities that enabled holistic testing with complex integration among all entities in a distributed Live-Virtual-Constructive (LVC) environment. This included interfaces to live entities and instrumentation via tactical messages, and constructive representation of platforms, vehicles, and terrain. The M&S federation also provided test control, data collection, and live range interactions. The foundation for the Accreditation process of the SO1 TFT federation was the Verification, Validation and Accreditation (VV&A) Overlay to the DoD High Level Architecture (HLA) Federation Development and Execution Process (FEDEP). A three-phased V&V process was used that provided component level V&V, initial Federation V&V via multiple M&S integration events, with the final events performed in the FCS Mobile Node. The SO1 TFT M&S Federation developed by the Cross Command Collaboration Effort (3CE) was part of the 'common SO1 M&S/tools federation solution' for all SO1 test events.