Tasmanian Devil: An Application of the High Level Architecture in the Distributed Mission Training Domain

The Tasmanian Devil project is a cooperative effort by the Defense Modeling and Simulation Office (DMSO), Air Force Research Laboratory Warfighter Training Research Division (AFRL/HEA), and USN Air Combat Environment Test and Evaluation Facility (ACETEF) Aircraft Simulation - Manned Flight Simulator (MFS). The purpose of the project is to gain experience in the application of the HLA in the distributed mission training domain. The multi-service federation development team developed and demonstrated two simple, parallel service federations including aircraft training simulators using a common 2vX air-to-air training event. Each federation implemented a common federation design that was developed over the course of the project using the Federation Execution and Development Process (FEDEP) as a roadmap. Specific project objectives include: (1) implementation of HLA interfaces for the F-16 and F-18 simulators, an ordnance server, and a cockpit radio simulation; (2) beta testing of RTI NG; (3) first use of a VxWorks version RTI; (4) use of same FOM in two federations with two different mixes of federates; (5) use and assessment of agile FOM interfaces; and (6) examination of issues related to an evolutionary and persistent federation. This paper describes the results and lessons learned from the Tasmanian Devil project. Presented at the 2000 Spring Simulation Interoperability Workshop, held in Orlando FL on 26-31 March 2000. Published in the Proceedings of the 2000 Spring Simulation Interoperability Workshop, March 2000. (Paper No. 00S-SIW-154)