Using the Multinational Experiment 4 (MNE4) Modeling and Simulation Federation to Support Joint Experimentation, 2012 October 3
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2012 October 3
Summary
Multinational experimentation is a critical element of the United States Joint Forces Command’s (USJFCOM) Experimentation Directorate (J9) joint concept development and experimentation program. The Multinational Experiment (MNE) series explores ways to achieve a coalition’s political goals by influencing the behaviour of our adversaries by relying on the full weight of the coalition’s collective national powers (diplomatic, information, military and economics actions). MNE4, conducted in February – March 2006, was one such experimentation venue that explored new ways to apply the various elements of the coalition’s considerable influence, short of direct military conflict. MNE4 required an extensive international modeling and simulation (M&S) development effort with models provided by France, Germany and the United States. France provided the Application Logiciele InterArmees Nationale pour l’entainement Au Commandement d’un Engagement militaire (ALLIANCE). Germany provided the Joint Operations Army, Navy, Air Force (JOANA) simulation system. The United States provided the Joint Semi-Automated Forces (JSAF) and the Synthetic Environment for Analysis and Simulation (SEAS) systems. The resultant constructive environment rendered by MNE4’s four simulation components supported the entire range of the effects-based approach to assist in the development of future processes, organizations and technologies. Many M&S challenges were addressed as three countries conducted a series of integration milestone and spiral development events to make their respective models interoperate. M&S components provided the constructive environment at the platform and unit levels, which were displayed via web-enabled Command, Control, Communications, and Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems. Several first time successes were necessary to make this international development effort a reality. The significance of this work stemmed from the on-going international cooperation needed to get the simulations to communicate and understand each other’s interactions. As the M&S community better learns to work together, it will favorably influence the coordination and cooperation needed to advance other work associated with MNE5. In turn, the MNE5 federation will provide an enabling tool to revolutionize coalition military and inter-agency experimentation. MNE5 will seek to include representative participants from non-military organizations to explore how to integrate international capabilities across the spectrum of international security issues. This paper discusses the technical approach to create a sufficient M&S environment for MNE4, and how this development effort may be leveraged for MNE5.
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Using the Multinational Experiment 4 (MNE4) Modeling and Simulation Federation to Support Joint Experimentation
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