Merging National Battle Management Language Initiatives for NATO Projects Dr. Andreas Tolk Dr. Michael R. Hieb VMASC, Old Dominion University, United States atolk@odu. edu Alion Science & Technology, United States Michael. R. Hieb@us. army. mil Major Kevin Galvin Lionel Khimeche Ministry of Defence, United Kingdom kgalvin@Qineti. Q. com Délégation Générale pour l’Armement France lionel. khimeche@dga. defense. gouv. fr NATO MSG Conference “M&S to address NATO’s new and existing Military Requirements”, Koblenz, Germany, 7. /8. October 2004 1
Presentation Outline • Critical Importance of Data • What is a Battle Management Language • Existing National Efforts – United States – United Kingdom – France • International Activities and Candidates – Coalition Battle Management Language – NATO Pathfinder Activities • Recommendations NATO MSG Conference “M&S to address NATO’s new and existing Military Requirements”, Koblenz, Germany, 7. /8. October 2004 2
The Critical Importance of Data Introduction NATO MSG Conference “M&S to address NATO’s new and existing Military Requirements”, Koblenz, Germany, 7. /8. October 2004 3
New Requirements • NATO moves towards NET CENTRIC OPERTIONS & WARFARE (NCOW) – Text formats (ADat. P-3) and binary formats (TADIL) reached the limit of their potential – Heterogeneous service-oriented architectures – Web-enabled applications for easier collaboration • NCOW is about networks – Networking people and organizations – IT infrastructure is enabler, not driver – “Power to the Edge” NATO MSG Conference “M&S to address NATO’s new and existing Military Requirements”, Koblenz, Germany, 7. /8. October 2004 4
Net Centric Value Chain Data Quality Information Quality Knowledge Quality NATO MSG Conference “M&S to address NATO’s new and existing Military Requirements”, Koblenz, Germany, 7. /8. October 2004 Awareness Quality 5
Implications • Data describing the planed, conducted and supported operations are of critical importance • National Battle Management Language (BML) efforts migrate C 2 into the information age – Digitised tasks, missions, and Operation Plans – Digitised Commander’s Intent • Related Challenge: C 3 I and M&S Systems Interoperability (NATO MSG 2003) – Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) – Multilateral Interoperability Program (MIP) / Command Control Information Exchange Data Model (C 2 IEDM) NATO MSG Conference “M&S to address NATO’s new and existing Military Requirements”, Koblenz, Germany, 7. /8. October 2004 6
What is BML Definitions NATO MSG Conference “M&S to address NATO’s new and existing Military Requirements”, Koblenz, Germany, 7. /8. October 2004 7
Current Situation • Operations Orders are developed and distributed as textual documents without underlying data elements • Operational Graphics are also not supported by underlying data elements • Our current approach is a loosely knit “language” tailored to interpersonal communication. • Its vocabulary is found in Doctrinal Manuals, but it lacks clearly delineated rules governing its use (semantics and syntax). • It is riddled with ambiguity and overlapping definitions. Currently, the Commander’s Intent is Prose, not Data! NATO MSG Conference “M&S to address NATO’s new and existing Military Requirements”, Koblenz, Germany, 7. /8. October 2004 8
What is BML • BML = Battle Management Language • Command Control • State of the Art – Human-to-human language – Essence of Orders and Operation Plans often in the FREETEXT section – Lack of data standards coping with new requirements • Where do we want to go – Digitised system – Automated systems consuming information (not simply data) – Data/Information oriented communication NATO MSG Conference “M&S to address NATO’s new and existing Military Requirements”, Koblenz, Germany, 7. /8. October 2004 9
BML Scope & Requirements C 2 IS Simulation Systems Robotic Forces • BML must be unambiguous • BML must not constrain the full expression of the commanders intent • BML must exchange relevant information with all components in the (virtual) battle space NATO MSG Conference “M&S to address NATO’s new and existing Military Requirements”, Koblenz, Germany, 7. /8. October 2004 10
Do ctr BML XML Web Services/ Grid Services ls co oto Pr Terms rooted in Military Doctrine, such as AAP-6 … ine BML Views Representation Command & Control Information Exchange Data Model (C 2 IEDM) NATO MSG Conference “M&S to address NATO’s new and existing Military Requirements”, Koblenz, Germany, 7. /8. October 2004 11
Existing National Efforts United States United Kingdom France NATO MSG Conference “M&S to address NATO’s new and existing Military Requirements”, Koblenz, Germany, 7. /8. October 2004 12
United States (1/2) BML GUI Combined Arms Planning & Execution System One. SAF Test Bed XML – BML Parser CAPES C 4 ISI Multi-Source Database Augmented with BML OTB BML acts as the common denominator NATO MSG Conference “M&S to address NATO’s new and existing Military Requirements”, Koblenz, Germany, 7. /8. October 2004 13
United States (2/2) BML GUI SOAP MSDB Data MSDB Updates SOAP Data for OTB U S OTB D O P A P S O A P XML document JDBC Interface ODBC C 4 ISI ODBC C 2 IEDM MSDB XML Parser NATO MSG Conference “M&S to address NATO’s new and existing Military Requirements”, Koblenz, Germany, 7. /8. October 2004 S O A P S O CAPES A P 14
United Kingdom (1/2) • UK R&D community recognized – C 2 and M&S interoperability needed (in particular for training) – Network Enabled Capability (NEC) increases the burden of manual translations – Need of a common language across the functions – Human and machine interpretation needed – Future applications, such as Course of Action Analysis using simulation within C 2 – Strong alignment with the US processes Evaluation of the US BML approach NATO MSG Conference “M&S to address NATO’s new and existing Military Requirements”, Koblenz, Germany, 7. /8. October 2004 15
United Kingdom (2/2) • Conceptual approach – Evaluation of Command & Control Simulation Interface Language (CCSIL/STOW 97) – Software Agents as Facilitators of Interoperability in Collective Training (SAFICT) – Traditional approach: data translation and exchange via interfaces – Proposed approach: Adaptive Middleware Concept (definition and management of participating systems) – National (UK) Solution must be adaptable to US Net Centric Operations and Warfare NATO MSG Conference “M&S to address NATO’s new and existing Military Requirements”, Koblenz, Germany, 7. /8. October 2004 16
France (1/2) • APLET = Aide à la Planification d’Engagement Tactique • Objectives – Support Military Decision Making Process (Course of Action Analyses) – Evaluate simulation based capabilities for operational systems APLET Planning 2002 2003 - 2004 2005 - 2006 Studies APLET V 1 APLET V 2 – Explore C 3 I and M&S Interoperability issues NATO MSG Conference “M&S to address NATO’s new and existing Military Requirements”, Koblenz, Germany, 7. /8. October 2004 17
France (2/2) SICF APLET XML (SICF) HLA Operator WS APLET Simulation XML APLET Architecture APLET Data Model Simulation Initialisation data C 2 IEDM APLET system NATO MSG Conference “M&S to address NATO’s new and existing Military Requirements”, Koblenz, Germany, 7. /8. October 2004 18
International Activities and Candidates Coalition BML NATO Pathfinder MIP NATO MSG Conference “M&S to address NATO’s new and existing Military Requirements”, Koblenz, Germany, 7. /8. October 2004 19
SISO Coalition BML • Recommendation NMSG Conference 2003 Finally, a closer relationship between the NATO M&S Group and the Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO), in particular the observation, and where appropriate, active participation in Study Groups and Product Development Groups, is likely to support the process of gaining C 3 I and M&S interoperability effectively. • SISO Study Group on “Coalition Battle Management Language” was started in September 2003 • SISO Reflector – http: //www. sisostds. org/SISOconf. htm – Join Group SIW-SG-CBML NATO MSG Conference “M&S to address NATO’s new and existing Military Requirements”, Koblenz, Germany, 7. /8. October 2004 20
Multilateral Interoperability Programme • Recommendation NMSG Conference 2003 The Command Control Information Exchange Data Model (C 2 IEDM), … is … the data model of choice for the Multinational Interoperability Programme (MIP) connecting NATO’s Command Control systems and the basis for various national C 3 I systems …; the extension to M&S systems is perceived as a valuable option. • C 2 IEDM for representation of the information exchange layer • Additional work required in the domain of military and C 2 ontologies • Complete definition at http: //www. mip-site. org NATO MSG Conference “M&S to address NATO’s new and existing Military Requirements”, Koblenz, Germany, 7. /8. October 2004 21
NATO Pathfinder • NATO MSG activity MSG-027 “Pathfinder” – Initiated by the NATO M&S Master Plan – Enable different purpose federations composed of – Simulations and tools of NATO agencies – Simulations and tools of nations – Command Control – Common Integration Framework • BML is directly applicable to MSG-027 NATO MSG Conference “M&S to address NATO’s new and existing Military Requirements”, Koblenz, Germany, 7. /8. October 2004 22
Recommendations Summary NATO MSG Conference “M&S to address NATO’s new and existing Military Requirements”, Koblenz, Germany, 7. /8. October 2004 23
Summary • Set up a NATO BML expert group – Evaluate national BML efforts – Participate in Coalition BML • Align BML with Multilateral Interoperability Programme (MIP) – Information exchange based on C 2 IEDM – Extensions and enhancements in alignment with MIP Data Management Group NATO MSG Conference “M&S to address NATO’s new and existing Military Requirements”, Koblenz, Germany, 7. /8. October 2004 24
Questions? Dr. Andreas Tolk Dr. Michael R. Hieb Virginia Modeling Analysis & Simulation Center (VMASC) Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, United States atolk@odu. edu Alion Science &Technology 1901 N. Beauregard St. Alexandria, VA 22311 -1705, United States Michael. R. Hieb@us. army. mil Major Kevin Galvin Lionel Khimeche Ministry of Defence, Directorate of Equipment Capability (Ground Manoeuvre), Darenth House, 84 Main Road Sundridge, Nr Sevenoaks Kent, TN 14 6 ER, United Kingdom kgalvin@Qineti. Q. com Délégation Générale pour l’Armement (DGA); DSA/SPOTI 18, rue du Docteur Zamenhof Fort d’Issy les Moulineaux 92131 Issy les Moulineaux cedex, France lionel. khimeche@dga. defense. gouv. fr NATO MSG Conference “M&S to address NATO’s new and existing Military Requirements”, Koblenz, Germany, 7. /8. October 2004 25
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