Command Forces: An Extension Of DIS Virtual Simulation

Abstract

Command Forces (CFOR) is a concept that incorporates explicit modeling of battlefield command and control (C 2 ) in virtual simulation. CFOR extends the Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) architecture by adding a new class of DIS entities (command entities) and explicit representation of the information exchanged among these entities (Command and Control Simulation Interface Language). Command entities themselves are structured in a layered architecture separating general DIS interface capabilities, command vehicle representation, command entity information services, and command decision making. CFOR utilizes the basic DIS virtual simulation architecture for platform ground truth information exchange and interaction (e.g., Entity State PDUs) and transmission of CCSIL (i.e., Signal PDUs). 1 Vision and Goal for CFOR Beginning with SIMNET, the promise of entitybased virtual DIS has grown. By providing a realistic, man-in-the-loop synthetic environment for training and concept eval..