The Need for Interoperability for Urban Training in the Live Environment- - The Work of the Urban Combat Advanced Training Technology (UCATT) Group in NATO
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The Urban Combat Advanced Training Technology (UCATT) was established within the NATO Modelling and Simulation Group (NMSG) in 2003 as MSG 032. UCATT was tasked to exchange and assess information on Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) facilities and training/simulation systems with a view toward establishing best practice. In addition it was required to identify a suitable architecture and a standard set of interfaces that would enable interoperability of MOUT training components that did not inhibit future enhancements and identify limitations and constraints on MOUT development so that areas for future research could be identified. The end product to be a comprehensive report detailing an architectural framework to enable interoperability and future research requirements for MOUT training facilities. The report will be delivered in August 2006. What is unique about the group is that it draws in members from both government and industry. Its industrial partners are particularly important as they ultimately will need to deliver solutions that are interoperable within NATO and Partners for Peace (PfP) countries. This paper covers the work of UCATT from its inception and the work conducted to date which includes the development of a MOUT Website and architectural framework based on use cases and an analysis of the functional components mapped to national requirements for live force-on-force urban training.
TNO Identifier
220894
Publisher
SISO
Article nr.
paper 083
Source title
2006 Spring Simulation Interoperability Workshop, April 2-7, 2006, Huntsville, AL, USA
Place of publication
Orlando, F.A.
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