NMSG-039/TG-027 Preliminary Analysis of Tactical Data Link Representation in Extended Air Defence Simulation Federations

This paper presents the preliminary results of the NATO Modelling and Simulation Group 039 / Task Group 027 “Modelling and Simulation Support of Extended Air Defence Command and Control Interoperability”. This activity is the second of three phases of NMSG Technical Activity Programs (TAP) that began with a feasibility study and will culminate with the implementation phase linked up and harmonized with the NATO Active Layered Theatre Ballistic Missile Defence (ALTBMD) program. The ALTBMD program will be supported by an Integrated Test Bed (ITB) for evaluation and validation purposes. MSG039 should produce results that support the ITB development by acting as a pathfinder for its requirements definition and implementation approach. The Task Group is comprised of members of six NATO nations (FR, NL, NO, TU, UK, US) and the NATO C3 Agency (NC3A) and is chartered to develop and demonstrate an initial simulation architecture for NATO Extended Air Defence C2 Interoperability. Central to the work of the TG is the development of the Federation Object Model (FOM) which is based on the Real-Time Platform Reference Federation Object Model (RPR FOM). The paper will discuss the trade-off between SISO TDL BOM and other methods of ‘wrapping’ TDL messages, such as STANAG 5602 (SIMPLE). The paper will also present the architecture of the MSG039 federation, which is scheduled for final demonstration in June 2006. The scenario represented in that demonstration will be a hypothetical future threat of different TBMs. The participants of the demonstration include federates representing the US Early Warning satellites, NATO Shared Early Warning (SEW), NATO Air Command and Control System (ACCS), Early Warning Radar systems, land and maritime weapon systems.