DARPA and NATO interested in developing modeling and simulation solutions as a service
Warfighters need efficient mission analysis when conducting joint, theater-wide, all-domain simulations, according to a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency announcement.
Analysts, technologists and warfighters require a theater level, multi-domain modeling and simulation environment comprised of models that capture insights from a multi-disciplinary community.
In this environment, the team conducting the analysis must be able to:
1) Identify candidate/appropriate models for a given mission analysis problem,
2) Conduct assessment and classification of assembled assets and
3) Compose and configure assets to address and meet the analytic needs.
However, the current models available to the DOD lacks the adequate level of attribution and explanation, according to DARPA. This lack of attribution and traceability impacts the ability of users to reuse, transform, and rapidly configure simulation architectures.
To address this challenge, the Department of Defense and The North Atlantic Treaty Organization have taken the first step by developing a modeling and simulation catalog.
The organizations want to transition towards modeling and simulation solutions as a service.
“DARPA is interested in pushing the limits of the service model by developing a “smart” model asset management prototype that 1) enables a multi-disciplinary team with operational, analysis, and technology expertise to rapidly discover, evaluate, modify, and integrate models representing kill-web architectures, platforms, systems, components and 2) allows operational units to conduct mission analysis at theater-level, multi-domain, from space to sea-floor,” the announcement states.
The proposed approach should be generalizable to support any current model asset type (data, algorithm. model, simulation) and be flexible enough to incorporate and compose future model asset types.
To learn more about the project and to submit a proposal visit the posting HERE.
