AGENDA

1. CSFEE GENERAL PRESENTATION

2. PERSPECTIVE FROM JADEX14

3. ELLIPSE : A FRAMEWORK FOR

INTEROPERABILTY (France)

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This simulation system is deployed in France since 1999.

CSFEE is the simulation center in charge of supporting French CAX

for operative HQ’s

CSFEE GENERAL PRESENTATION

3 pillars Instruction : École de Guerre/War college Training : Joint French HQs’/EMIA-FE/FR-RRC Experimentation : French joint doctrine center/DGA/CATOD

CSFEE GENERAL PRESENTATION

SIMULATION cell – To set up the simulation

software and to create JTLS DDB;

– To provide experts from components to animate the training audience units.

Chief of center

RLS office 5/13/0/2

(11 Army, 4 Air Force, 3 Navy, 2 civilians) + 2 reserve augmentees

OPS cell Coordination of CSFEE

planification;

Contribution to scenarii coherence and MEL-MIL animation.

TECHNICAL cell To ensure maintenance and

exploitation of servers.

To support with logistic assets CIS network.

CSFEE GENERAL PRESENTATION

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MAIN EXERCISES

TRAINING

Navy training

Tunisian training

COALITION 2014

JADEX 14

JOINT SPEARHEAD 2014

POW 2014

ROCHAMBEAU 2014 COALITION 2015

CITADEL BONUS 2015

GRIFFIN RISE 2015

NAWAS 15

CSFEE GENERAL PRESENTATION

Tunisian training

Navy training Navy training

PERSPECTIVE FROM JADEX14

Simulator Assisted – Joint Air Defence Exercise

LIVEX

PREPARATION OF NEXT DAY

WARM UP

VIGNETTE 4 HOURS

DIREX BRIEFING

MEL/MIL BRIEFING

SUB UNITS

DEBRIEFINGS

DAILY HOT WASH UP

DIREX/RLS/ VOB

PREPA DAILY HOT

WASH UP

TACTICAL BRIEFING

09H00 10H00 11H00 12H00 13H00 14H00 15H00 16H00 17H00 18H00

PERSPECTIVE FROM JADEX14

- To promote a distributed and shared simulation;

- Two levels of simulation coordinated: tactical (VBS2),

operational (JTLS);

- Original executive phase: one day =one vignette,

ARR and replay during four days IOT consolidate

process and well adapt technical issues.

MAMBA simulator CROTALE NG simulator

PERSPECTIVE FROM JADEX14

OBSERVATIONS

- Strong will to organize simulation simultaneously on

three levels: strategic, operationnal and tactical

(COALITION) = main efforts to improve interoperability

of simulation systems;

- Difficulties to provide an INTEL picture for strategic

level with JTLS system

French legacy system for simulation

interoperability

ELLIPSE

INTEROPERABILITY NEEDS

JTLS

Command & Control

Information Systems

Tactical

Simulations

Training Staff

Support Tools

Data link

(ICC…)

Messages

(ADatP-3, specific

data model …)

Objects and

interactions

Exercise control

(simulation management,

data collect, replay…)

Event synchronization

(MELMIL)

SIMULATION – C2IS INTEROPERABILITY

SUISSE prototype: • Concept: use of a pivot model in aim to avoid multiple

gateways between simulations and C2 systems,

• French legacy joint pivot model (MPIA), related to the JC3IEDM,

• Available interfaces in SUISSE :

Import from simulations: JTLS

Export to C2 systems: MPIA, ADatP-3, SICF, MSDL and CBML.

INTERFACE BETWEEN JTLS AND C2IS

Extraction of simulated situations

by side view (from two to five

extractions by day),

Use of time filter to extract

relevant detection events,

Creation of tactical situations by

LOCON response cell (division,

brigade…),

Use of dictionaries to map

enumerative data (services,

echelons…),

Adding of complementary data

not included in JTLS (logistics

codes…).

Since 2008 – Prototype with ORACLE database

JTLS

SDR Database (ORACLE)

SDC Tables AAR Tables

SUISSE

SICF

(French Joint

C2 System)

Tactical situation

including intelligence

and logistics

Side view

situation

Detection events

(who detected what

and when)

Static

additional

data

SQL

requests

INTERFACE BETWEEN JTLS AND VBS2 2013 – Prototype with JODA interface

JTLS

JODA

JTLS HLA Interface

(French prototype)

HLA Runtime

Infrastructure

HLA objects and

interactions

Persistent

objects and

orders

Validation

of orders

Subscription of persistent and

transient simulated objects from

JODA bus (controller side view),

Check of orders (creation of unit,

update…) by OMA before sending

to JODA,

Use of High Level Architecture

(HLA) evolved standard (IEEE

1516-2010), NETN FOM (NATO)

and Pitch Products,

Use of interpolation process

between JTLS and VBS2

modeling (disaggregation of air

mission to aircrafts, aggregation

of vehicles to battalion unit…).

JODA

protocol

OMA

VBS2

HTML

Transient

objects

(AAR)

INTERFACE BETWEEN JTLS AND CBML 2014 – Prototype with ORACLE database

JTLS

SDR Database (ORACLE)

SDC Tables AAR Tables

SUISSE

SICF

CBML reports

(situation and

logistics)

Side view

situation

Detection events (who

detected what and

when)

Data exchange from JTLS to SICF

by using MSDL/CBML as pivot

data model (experimentation

before legacy transition),

Generation of MSDL scenario to

define the initial reference

situation (order of battle, logistics

allocation…),

Generation of CBML reports

(general status report and

logistics reports),

CBML & MSDL server used as

repository (no process inside).

Static

additional

data

SQL

requests

CBML &

MSDL Server

CBML-SICF

Connector

Tactical situation

including intelligence

and logistics

MSDL scenario

Java

Message

Service

MSDL: Military Scenario Definition Language

CBML: Coalition Battle Management Language

JTLS ELLIPSE CONNECTOR (1/2)

ELLIPSE is the French legacy interoperability system

2015 – Legacy connector with JODA interface

ELLIPSE SYSTEM ELLIPSE System

Network infrastructure (SimDex, Intradef, Internet…)

External Systems

Technical infrastructure (hardware & software)

EXTERNAL SYSTEMS

SIMULATIONS C2 SYSTEMS OTHER SYSTEMS…

Interoperability

simulation -

simulation

(HLA, DIS…)

Interoperability

simulation – C2

(Command & Control…)

Interoperability

simulation – other

systems (real

platforms…)

Support services for

exercises and

experimentations

Common Services

(database, security…)

Military operators

Technical operators

Legacy Components

(COTS & GOTS)

Connectors Connectors Connectors

Technical infrastructure

DISTRIBUTED SITES USING

ELLIPSE SYSTEM

JTLS ELLIPSE CONNECTOR (2/2)

Concept of the JTLS ELLIPSE connector:

2015 – Legacy connector with JODA interface

JTLS JODA

HLA

JMS

SICF

OMA

Other C2IS

DIS DDS

TDL

L16

Network

HLA federation

(1516e & NETN FOM)

DIS

Network

MSDL & C-BML

ELLIPSE Server

SICF ELLIPSE

Connector

ELLIPSE

Connector

JTLS

ELLIPSE

Connector

ELLIPSE Training Support

Tools (controller, data

collector, MELMIL…)

DDS

Network

ORACLE

Available

Planned

QUESTIONS?

HISTORY

1999 – Installation of JTLS in French War College (simulation division) in

aim to support the education of officers,

2006 – Transformation of the simulation division to CSFEE (simulation

center for education, training and experimentation),

2008 – Development of SUISSE prototype (link between JTLS and the

French Joint Command Information System SICF),

2009 – First support of a Joint CAX (Computer Assisted eXercise),

2014 – Experimentations with interoperability simulation standards (HLA,

DIS, MSDL and C-BML),

2015 – Development of ELLIPSE connector (French legacy system for

simulation interoperability).

JADEX14 C2 Architecture

JFAC LCC CDCD

SICF

ICC

ICC

TACTX

ICC

MAMBA MISTRAL MISTRAL

MAMBA

ME NC1

VBS2 VBS2 JTLS

CHAT

CMD3D réel (MARTHA)

CHAT SICF

CROTALE CROTALE MISTRAL CROTALE CROTALE MISTRAL

FDA

VBS2 VBS2 JTLS MELO.

NC1

TACTX

NC1

VBS2 VBS2 VBS2 JTLS

MELO.

MELO.

SNR

Bus simulation JTLS SVR VBS2 SVR

ICC

STARLINX

CHAT

CHAT

MELO.

CHAT CHAT TACTX

ICC CHAT ICC

STARLINX

CHAT

ICC SVR

STARLINX

NIRIS

CHAT

CHAT

CHAT CHAT

CHAT CHAT CHAT

CHAT

CHAT

CHAT

CHAT

CHAT CHAT

CHAT

CHAT VBS2

VBS2

VBS2

VBS2

GBADOC1 GBADOC2 GBADOC3