The Integrated Systems Testbed (ISTB): Lessons Learned from the 1999 Prototype Demonstration Activities

摘要

The 1999 Integrated Systems Testbed (ISTB) Independent Research and Development (IR&D) program established the foundation for a Raytheon Company distributed simulation testbed and supporting infrastructure. Modeling and Simulation (M&S) experts from the various Raytheon business segments worked together to support the IR&D program objectives. The primary goal of the program is to design, develop, and demonstrate a distributed testbed architecture, an executable framework, ancillary tools, process and services. The ISTB will provide an environment for any business unit within Raytheon to prototype and demonstrate new system requirements or to evaluate performance of existing systems. The ISTB will also provide the facility and infrastructure to demonstrate new combinations of systems (systems of systems) through modeling and simulation. The 1999 program served as a catalyst for combining the legacy M&S capabilities while serving as a demonstration of the benefits that can be achieved through multi-business segment collaboration. Two major program milestones, Demonstration #1, August 1999, and Demonstration #2, December 1999, were conducted to show proof of the collaboration and current testbed capabilities. This paper will focus on the lessons learned in planning, designing, developing, integrating, and testing activities of the ISTB 1999 Demonstration activities. We will discuss special considerations for configuring the HLA Run Time Infrastructure (RTI) for use over a large country-wide WAN, creating a FOM based on disparate legacy federations, and making multi-business segment legacy simulations inter-operate.