Rehearsal Enabling Simulation Technologies

The Air Force Research Laboratory's Warfighter Readiness Research Division continues to be actively engaged to improve Distributed Mission Operations (DMO) visual and sensor simulation database development processes with the Rehearsal Enabling Simulation Technologies (REST) program. Simulation database development is an ever increasing percent of the cost and schedule to create DMO simulation capabilities. Current visual and sensor DMO simulation database creation involves stovepiped development of limited source data into simulation databases lacking in 3D cultural content and without adequate sensor attribution in largely vendor specific and miscorrelated runtime formats. Database generation across DMO is disjointed, miscorrelated, and not able to accept real time data updates / changes, limiting overall fidelity across the DOD training and rehearsal systems. The REST program addressed these capability limitations in five research, development, and integration thrusts.