Missionland, a multinational co-operation program to construct and share a generic mission simulation environment

A simulation environment is a virtual representation of the real-world natural and cultural environment. Such an environment contains dynamic elements, for example weather, time of day and moving vehicles, as well as static elements, for example vegetation, buildings and infrastructure. When performing distributed (joint) simulations a number of problems exist concerning the selection and use of a simulation environment. These problems can either be caused by the different requirements of the participating users or by different technical capabilities. As training via distributed mission simulation has the potential to enhance force readiness and operational effectiveness in coalition operations, these problems with the environment representation should be solved. Normally, this can be done by correlating existing environment databases, but that is costly, both in effort and in money, and the end-result will always be hampered by technical incompatibilities. It also does not address security and political limitations. Therefore it is preferable to create a generic and geo-unspecific simulation environment, Missionland

Effective Use of Simulation Means in Collective Mission Simulation

Mission training and rehearsal are vital to successful operations. Advances in modeling and simulation (M&S) technology now allow for Collective Mission Simulation (CMS). The Royal Netherlands Armed Forces have exploited CMS through participation in a number of virtual exercises. The potential of collective mission simulation has been recognized and the requirement for a CMS capability was formalized. Such a capability is characterized by effective realism, interoperable systems across domains, and seamless information flow. Within the next few years the Royal Netherlands Armed Forces want to establish a validated, reusable, interoperable mission simulation environment that will support the distributed simulation of tactical and operational missions at varying degrees of security classification