SA, 19-20 August 2002 Technical Challenges Workshop XMSF Technical Workshop Extensible Modeling and XMSF executive summary Simulation Framework(XMSF) man and Workshop organization and details son Universily(GMU) Administrative stuff Further technical discussion Gear Mason SAF S Executive summary Problems extensible wi h effective eneration of interoperable applicate. to support a new Veb litary modeling & simulat has little Dar imulation supp or operational warfighter impact on warfighter dail ily tactical opet XML-based architecture d Diverse simulations do not scalably interoperate with vide a ity/replay requirements and ercial Global systems are not yet possi ion to commo eroperable framework Web= best tech strategy best business case physical and logical"'stovepipes" prevent th Motivation Planning for change/quick start Transformational t on to meet faed to scale up Technical opportunities workshop word needs NPS, August 19-20-wele Can we useWeb technologies comon framework? MOVES Open House, August 20-22 George Mason University, September 6 Immediately precedes sIw for good participation a Easy Broader feedback: right track? what else is needed? atio Bring defense modeling/simuationlartial I MITSEC demos, Orlando Florida mainstream of usiness practice1 Technical Challenges Workshop, Extensible Modeling and Simulation Framework (XMSF) Don Brutzman and Michael Zyda Naval Postgraduate School Mark Pullen, George Mason University (GMU) Katherine L. Morse, SAIC Science Applications International Corporation An Employee-Owned Company Monterey California USA, 19-20 August 2002 19-20 August 2002 2 XMSF Technical Workshop XMSF executive summary n Problems, motivation, strategy Workshop organization and details Administrative stuff Further technical discussion 19-20 August 2002 3 Executive summary Web-based technologies can provide an extensible modeling and simulation architecture, to support a new generation of interoperable applications Simulation support is needed for operational warfighting capabilities XML-based architecture can provide a bridge between emerging rehearsal/reality/replay requirements and open/commercial Web standards Web = best tech strategy + best business case 19-20 August 2002 4 Problems Current approaches are not compatible with effective use of emerging Web technologies Military modeling & simulation has little or no apparent impact on warfighters’ daily tactical operations Diverse simulations do not scalably interoperate with warfighting systems Global systems are not yet possible without connection to common interoperable framework ß physical and logical “stovepipes” prevent this 19-20 August 2002 5 Motivation Transformational technologies are needed to scale up defense modeling/simulation to meet real-world needs Can we use Web technologies as common framework? n Dynamic capabilities, open standards, Web business model provide lift to support government and commercial success n Easy use and open extensibility for developers and users, fueling rapid growth of interoperable simulations n Bring defense modeling/simulation/tactical support into mainstream of enterprise-wide best-business practices 19-20 August 2002 6 Planning for change/quick start Technical opportunities workshop n NPS, August 19-20 – welcome! n MOVES Open House, August 20-22 Strategic opportunities symposium nGeorge Mason University, September 6 n Immediately precedes SIW for good participation n Broader feedback: right track? what else is needed? Exemplar demonstration n I/ITSEC demos, Orlando Florida December 2-5