CJAM - Assessing the Force-Level Impact of Tactical ECM on C4I Systems Through Distributed Simulation

摘要

Widespread tactical RF Jamming of C4I systems represents a large segment of vulnerability relating to the developing doctrine to be employed by the Army's digitized Future Combat System (FCS) has yet to be addressed in the M&S community or evaluated at the force-level. FCS will rely on a variety of digitized systems for the formation and dissemination of Command and Control (C2) and Situation Awareness (SA) information. Much of the connectivity between these present and future automated C2 information systems relies upon terrestrial based RF communication technologies. The formation of SA relies predominantly upon the RF-based Global Positioning System (GPS) for determining position. Distribution of this SA position information and C2 messages is accomplished through the emerging Tactical Internet using C4I systems that include SINCGARS and EPLRS radios. These and other RF technologies associated with C2 and SA are vulnerable to unintended interference as well as the intentional hostile Electronic Counter Measures (ECM) which will be directed against them in the future battlefield situations. The C4I Jammer Analysis Model (CJAM) has been developed to permit experimentation and analysis involving tactical C4I jamming in distributed M&S environments. It is an HLA/DIS compatible M&S tool that makes use of the C4I Prototype FOM (as well as being adaptable to other FOMs), referenced in previous SISO publications, and is an integral federate within CECOM's Tactical Internet Model suite of C4I simulation software (TIM Suite). CJAM's initial ECM simulation capabilities include GPS, SINCGARS and EPLRS jammers, as well as tailored parameters for replication of specific, non-disclosed jammers. This paper describes the background environment that fostered the development of a C4I ECM model such as CJAM, the requirements that drive the CJAM development, and it provides some information relating to the interoperability and functional capabilities of the C4I ECM M&S application known as CJAM.