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| Activity title | Modelling and Simulation Standards in NATO Federated Mission Networking | Activity Reference | MSG-211 | Panel | MSG | Security Classification | PUBLIC RELEASE | Status | Active | Activity type | RTC | Start date | 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z | End date | 2025-07-01T00:00:00Z | Keywords | C2SIM, C4ISR, Command and Control, Decision Support, Federated Mission Networking, Interoperability, Mission Rehearsal, Simulation, Training | Background | Federated Mission Networking (FMN) is a major NATO thrust to support interoperability on "Day Zero" to enable NATO nations and partners to execute upcoming missions. FMN is not a single network, but rather a networking approach designed to ensure interoperability among nations participating in a coalition, based on agreed standards and practices. To this end, Modeling and Simulation provides a significant part of this capability, incorporating state-of-the-art information technologies and methodologies into integration of systems of systems. NMSG committed to supporting the specification process for M&S-enabled capabilities in the FMN under previous MSG-193 and current MSG-201 (M&S in FMN), spanning a total of four years. The end date of this Research Technical Course (RTC) allows for inclusion of all MSG-201 products. The NMSG activities have been designated as Inter-Working-Group M&S Syndicate supporting the work of the FMN Operational Coordination Working Group (OCWG) and Capability Planning Working Group (CPWG).
The M&S Syndicate produces drafts of two requirements documents with each Spiral of the FMN specification process: Procedural Instructions (PI), written from an operational requirements perspective, and Service Instructions (SI), written from a technical requirements perspective. MSG-201 has organized a multinational team to participate in the annual Coalition Warrior Interoperability Exploration, Experimentation, Examination and Exercise (CWIX) to test the ability of the standards and practices specified in the SI, working together, to meet the requirements described in the PI. | Objectives | Instruction in modelling and simulation standards in NATO FMN will provide explanation and exposition of the standards and practices described in FMN PIs and SIs to personnel from across NATO organizations, nations, and partner nations, in particular the Science and Technology Organization (STO), Allied Command Transformation (ACT), Allied Command Operations (ACO), and supporting organizations and nations participating in NMSG.
Furthermore, the instruction will provide operational and technical information on application of M&S in FMN, building on the successful hybrid approach of MSG-194, Employing the C2-Simulation Interoperation (C2SIM) Standard for Coalition Military Operations and Exercises. | Topics | The RTC will offer hybrid in-person/online presentations twice yearly, covering the operational considerations and technical standards and practices for M&S in FMN as described in the PIs and SIs, presented by experts with experience in MSG-201 and its CWIX teams. Typical structure will be two or three half-day sessions of lectures, combined with presenter-attendees discussions, presented in conjunction with M&S or FMN activities such as SISO SIW, NMSG Symposium, TIDE Sprint, or CA2X2 Forum. In conjunction with these, additional hands-on workshops, one or two days in duration, will be offered as circumstances allow, providing a level of understanding that is possible only by actually working with the standards and practices.
Specific standards and practices to be covered will be those in the PI and SI, amplified by CWIX experience. In FMN Spiral 5 these have included Command and Control and Simulation Interoperation (C2SIM), High Level Architecture (HLA) for M&S, the NATO Education and Training Network (NETN) interoperability standard, and cloud computing aspects of Modeling and Simulation as a Service (MSaaS). Presenters in the RTC described here are expected to have been significant contributors to PI and SI drafting and/or their CWIX testing. Spiral 6 is likely to build on these with topics such as the SISO Distributed Simulation Engineering and Execution Process (DSEEP) and a broadened set of MSaaS practices. | | Contact Panel Office |
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