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PEO STRI Employees assigned to the Joint Training Integration and Evaluation Center Help Shape Future of Modeling and Simulation for the Department of Defense

Add Intro describing creation of JTIEC in 2006 and evolution to today. Describe JTIEC mission. State that staff is from PEO STRI and NAWCTSD. Transition sentence about JTIEC managing projects funded by M&SCO

Add para describing the Modeling and Simulation Coordination Office (M&SCO), how they changed from DMSO, and their new business practices in 2009 that resulted in creation of High Level Tasks investment portfolios.

-Describe how each HLTs has a member of the DoD M&S SC is the executive responsible for the HLT. These executives decide how to manage the tasks. State M&SCO and two of the other SC members asked JTIEC to serve as PM for their HLTs

The first of the three M&SCO funded projects managed by JTIEC is the Development and Maintenance of Modeling and Simulation Standards. Paul Dumanoir, matrixed to the JTIEC from PEO STRI Engineering, is the PM for this project The development and maintenance of M&S standards is expected to create common language, definitions and representations within the M&S community. The interoperability and visibility objectives aim to expand the capabilities of interoperability, leading to cost reduction and reuse of tools and data. The research is expected to produce updated standards along with user feedback leading to new user requirements.

The second project is the Live, Virtual, Constructive Architecture Roadmap Implementation. This project is managed by Gary Allen, who is matrixed to JTIEC from the PEO STRI Customer Support Group. His efforts center around research to identify interoperable capabilities in further detail. He began with the Live Virtual Architecture Roadmap in 2008 to evaluate the current status of M&S and make recommendations for the future. Nineteen recommendations have been made and LVCAR is in phase II of its progression plan. Allen and his team are working on 4 interoperability tasks and one management task. The tasks are expected to explore the possibilities of fully interoperable simulations. Allen explained that players should be able to interact with each other, regardless of equipment or location. Like rapid data generation, live virtual architecture roadmap initiative aims to reduce duplication. The next step in the roadmap is to develop a research engine that would be accessible to all services. He admits that there will be challenges ahead. Differentiating between libraries and categories would be the first step, and then determining an approximate number.

The third M&SCO funded project, Rapid Data Generation, at the JTIEC is managed by Steve Minning, a NAWCTSD employee. The mission of rapid data generation is to reduce the resources required to integrate and initiate data, eliminate duplicative efforts and promote commonality across DoD planning, training and analysis communities. It consists of 4 pilot programs. The first is the analysis pilot, which focuses on saving money and time in data development. The training pilot is guided by Global Force Management which is working toward creating an online source of data, which would reduce duplication. The third pilot is a web based system of M&S environmental data developed by the Air Force. The planning pilot is designed to produce a roadmap for future implementation based on the research and results. The pilots will be used in a Navy Fleet Synthetic Training event to test the effectiveness of the system.

Dumanoir, Minning and Allen all agree that affiliation with Team Orlando is essential to their progress. Dumanoir appreciates the opportunities to leverage the wealth of knowledge. "Location is key because we have access to all services," Allen explained. "Because Team Orlando doesn’t represent one service, study results are more objective."

Add something to tie back to article title. All three efforts contribute to developing path forward for M&S within DoD. Great experience from all three employees that will benefit them when the go back to STRI/TSD.