ABSTRACT: The Command and Control Simulation

Abstract

Interface Language (CCSIL) is a special language for communicating between and among command entities and small units of virtual platforms generated by computers for the Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) environment. CCSIL is a component of ARPA's Command Forces (CFOR) program, a concept that incorporates explicit modeling of battlefield command and control (C 2) in virtual simulation. ARPA recently initiated a contractor effort to develop the first CFOR command entity within the CFOR architecture, using the infrastructure services software and CCSIL. This paper describes in more detail than was previously releasable, the content and proposed usage of CCSIL messages. The paper goes on to describe the status of the CFOR infrastructure services software that enables command entities to send and receive CCSIL messages and the nature of CGF behaviors that can be accomplished with CCSIL now