RESIDENT G2 HLA Distributed Interactive Simulations Framework for Forces Readiness

摘要

One of the French Army Authorities main requirements is the training of Command Posts in their actual operational environment, especially at regimental level. To analyze this requirement, the RESIDENT multi-year Research Program has been launched in 1997 by the French Ministry of Defense RESIDENT (French acronym for Distributed Interactive Simulations Framework for Forces Readiness) is based on a configurable technical architecture allowing federation of distributed heterogeneous simulations (Live, Virtual and Constructive) and C4I systems. RESIDENT provides necessary communication, coordination and management services to achieve preparation, execution and analysis of training exercises distributed over two sites. RESIDENT program is divided into three versions over a four years period. The first two versions were prototypes based on DIS. They were designed to prove feasibility of such a system with focus on technical basic functions for first version and on operational areas (Control and After Action Review) for second version. Based on lessons learned of previous versions in technical and operational areas, the third and last version RESIDENT G2 has been fielded in the second quarter of 2001. Except the objectives and functions which remain the same, everything has changed: the architecture is HLA compliant, applications are coded in Java, the After Action review is fully new, controllers see the perceived situation of their units through the use of Observation Reports from French version of JANUS, and this situation is introduced into the "SIR" C4I Trainee's real world via the C4I-Simulation Gateway. This paper introduces RESIDENT G2 inside the context of RESIDENT program, with insight given into new technical characteristics and capabilities, with a special focus to the SIR-Simulation gateway. Lessons learned based over a Training exercise with French Army Engineering School are also presented.