Using Modeling and Simulation to Design the Future Squad
(Room S320B)
27 Nov 18
5:00 PM
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5:30 PM
As emerging and disruptive technologies for both Blue Forces (BLUFOR) and near peer Opposing Forces (OPFOR) change the respective tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) for Army operations, we must understand the impact across the multi-domain (land, air, maritime, space, and cyberspace) battlespace. Modeling & Simulation (M&S) provided analysis can inform technology investment decisions now, so that the Future Infantry Squad can improve the fundamentals of shooting, moving, communicating, protecting and sustaining. In the past, disparate efforts across organizations have caused duplication of efforts instead of a combined/interoperable solution. Current and future M&S-supported analysis and data need to be more readily accessible to inform Program Executive Offices (PEOs) to drive Science and Technology (S&T) investments with the best return on investment. To address this issue, the Soldier Lethality (SL) Cross Functional Team (CFT) has established an M&S Working Group (WG) to look at the following questions. 1) What are the Soldier Lethality CFT M&S requirements based on S&T roadmaps? 2) What past and current M&S and analytical efforts have been used to support similar efforts and can be leveraged to support future efforts. 3) How can modeling and simulation be used effectively to show component level, system level, and squad aggregate advantages? 4) What gaps exist when predictively simulating real world technology and the human element? 5) What improvements are needed to make the technical aspects of M&S easier to use? Finally, this paper will present the findings and path forward from the 2018 Soldier Lethality CFT Workshop where the Future Infantry Squad M&S WG investigated considerations to reduce design time, improve quality of delivery, and more easily integrate complex systems.