This year’s theme is ‘Innovation’ – a term that often spurs thoughts of an inspired new gadget or possibly a way of doing something in a different manner. The Merriam-Webster definition simply states that innovation is “the introduction of something new” – that’s a pretty broad definition and certainly open to interpretation. A recent podcast panel on the topic provided varied perspectives from the participants, but in the end the group came to the consensus that innovation is “Executing an idea which addresses a specific challenge and achieves value for both the company and the customer.” The papers in this year’s journal certainly meet that definition – they each highlight excellent examples of meeting a very diverse set of government needs and challenges (the customer) by establishing capabilities via the innovative use of modeling and simulation expertise and tools that provided enduring value to both the innovator and the customer.
Articles In This Issue
Journal Issue Overview – M&S Applied Across Broad Spectrum Defense and Federal Endeavors
The articles in this year’s journal highlight a broad array of modeling and simulation contributions – whether in training, testing, experimentation, research, engineering, or other endeavors.Optimizing for Mission Success Using a Stochastic Gaming Simulation
Common understanding: Using gaming software to provide a graphical understanding of the concept of operations for unmanned aerial systems.Enabling Joint Synthetic Training Interoperability through Joint Federated Common Data Services
Common data: Establishing common data services to enable joint training objectives via an interoperable synthetic training environment.View and Viewpoint Based Digital Signoff using OpenMBEE as an Authoritative Source of Truth
From paper to data: transition from traditional paper-driven documentation to the use of model-centric requirements and development methods.Hybrid Network Emulation with Cyber and Electronic Warfare Effects
Understanding complex problems: The use of a variety of simulations to replicate hybrid networks and understand the effects of cyber and electronic warfare on those networks.Reconfigurable Signal-Injection Missile Simulation (RSIMS)
Fostering collaboration: Creation of communitywide collaborative environments via common architectures to support electro-optical and infrared missile system development.AFSIM: The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Approach to Making M&S Ubiquitous in the Weapon System Concept Development Process
Modeling and simulation as a “lingua franca”: Deploying common modeling tools as freeware to a wide-spread community of government, industry, and academic partners to create an ubiquitous modeling framework.
