Joint Metrics Development and Implementation in Support of Single Integrated Air Picture (SIAP) Assessments in a Distributed Simulation Environment

摘要

This paper surveys the recent development of a Joint methodology for assessing the capability to develop and maintain a Single Integrated Air Picture (SIAP) in the systems that collectively provide Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD). A hierarchy of quantitative metrics pertaining to various levels of IAMD performance, developed by sponsorship of the Joint SIAP System Engineering Organization (JSSEO), is described. Particular attention is given to SIAP attribute measures derived from Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC)-validated Capstone Requirements Documents (CRD), to the algorithmically explicit truth-based assessment approach on which their definitions are based, and to the process by which Joint approval of the metric definitions (and the approach) has been attained. The paper also discusses the standard digital tools and data formats which are being developed to encode the algorithms for evaluating SIAP attribute measures and other IAMD system measures of performance. Such tools enable significant automation of post-test analysis processes over a variety of test venues, and are particularly attractive for use in Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) and pure simulation testbeds. Finally, the paper outlines JSSEO's plans to integrate these standard assessment tools within the Joint Distributed Engineering Plant (JDEP) technical framework - a state-of-the-art distributed simulation capability and a key component in the U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD) Simulation-Based Acquisition (SBA) initiative.