Role of Modelling & Simulation in Advancing NATO NEC - Loughborough Participation in MSG-062.

为了应对能力需求的快速变化，英国国防条款正在经历两大转变，涉及提高武装部队的敏捷性（基于效果的作战）和国防供应链。其他国家也面临着类似的挑战，网络使能能力（NEC）和网络中心作战（NCO）已经成为解决这些问题的概念。这些概念涉及信息和知识共享的进步，以实现更有效的决策。但是，这些期望的交付需要在技术和社会层面的互操作性、网络的安全含义、管理能力生命周期的一般系统工程过程和工具，以及系统和所谓的系统的系统的体系结构方面进行大量的研究工作。这也暗示了对自主系统进步的强烈依赖。这些领域的研究成果也将导致其他领域（例如运输）的重大进展，在这些领域，必须更有效地管理大型复杂系统。NECTISE项目（EP/D505461/1）由EPSRC和BAE系统公司联合发起，旨在开发新的系统工程概念，以支持这些挑战中工程解决方案交付的根本性变化。该活动于2005年11月开始，将持续到2011年4月。该项目支持一个由10所英国大学组成的联盟，对生命系统管理、系统架构、决策支持、控制和监测等相关主题进行研究。拉夫堡大学领导整个研究项目，并负责跨这一多学科活动的整合。这种整合的一个主要部分是制定和构建一套大规模的复杂实验，植根于M&S。2006年4月，Henshaw教授支持了北约关于M&S作为NEC/NCO关键推动者的发展的探索性会议。这项活动（现在被称为MSG062）已经得到北约的批准，将由加拿大国防研发的安德鲁·瓦勒兰博士领导。捐款将来自11个北约国家。拉夫堡NECTISE活动将直接支持7个TAP主题中的两个，并为第三个主题做出贡献，如下：-能力和模型的概念，实验和实验技术，以支持第1章：M&S支持NEC的能力设计和全寿命管理。-实验和综合项目输出，以支持第4章：M&S支持NEC的采购，测试和评估和物流。事实上，NECTISE项目所基于的问题是，你准备好参加NEC了吗？这在很大程度上解决了第4章的目标，即能够评估网络就绪平台和系统。-我们关于使用面向服务的体系结构方法、支持标准的度量和措施以及系统生命周期管理的集成实验的组成部分将对第6章：支持NEC的M&S演变和NEC对M&S演变的影响做出重大贡献。参与TAP将有利于整个NECTISE计划，其他联盟成员将充分了解拉夫堡在TAP中的活动，并在适当的时候鼓励他们为TAP做出贡献。特别是，NECTISE计划在2008年秋季和2009年秋季有主要的示范阶段，而TAP将在2009年秋季进行示范。各自的演示将提供有用的学习，相互支持。TAP将举行4次为期2天的工作会议和4次为期0.5天的进展会议（与适当的会议挂钩），在北美和欧洲平均分配，并在北美举行示范活动。

The UK defence provision is undergoing two major transformations concerned with improving the agility of the armed forces (effects based operations) and the defence supply chain in order to respond to rapid changes in capability requirements. Other nations are facing similar challenges and Network Enabled Capability (NEC) and Network Centric Operations (NCO) have emerged as concepts to address them. These concepts are concerned with advances in information and knowledge sharing to achieve more effective decision making. But delivery of these aspirations requires considerable research effort into interoperability at both technological and societal levels, security implications for networks, general systems engineering processes and tools to manage capability life cycles, and the architecting of systems and of so-called systems of systems. A strong reliance on advances in autonomous systems is also implied. The outputs of research in these areas will also lead to major advances in other domains (e.g. transport) where large complex systems must be managed more effectively.The NECTISE programme (EP/D505461/1) is jointly sponsored by EPSRC and BAE Systems to develop new systems engineering concepts that will support such radical changes in the delivery of engineering solutions to these challenges. It began in Nov 2005 and will run until Apr 2011. The programme supports a consortium of ten UK universities carrying out research into the pertinent themes of through life systems management, system architectures, decision support, and control and monitoring. Loughborough lead the overall research programme and are responsible for integration across this multi-disciplinary activity. A major part of this integration is the formulation and construction of a set of large-scale complex experiments, rooted in M&S. In April 2006, Prof. Henshaw supported a NATO exploratory meeting concerned with the development of M&S as a key enabler of NEC/NCO. This activity (now called MSG062) has been approved by NATO and will be led by Dr. Andrew Vallerand of Defence R&D, Canada. Contributions will come from 11 NATO nations. The Loughborough NECTISE activity will directly support two of the 7 TAP themes and contribute to a third, as follows:- Concepts of capability and models, experiments, and experimental techniques to support chapter 1: M&S to support capability design and through-life management of NEC.- Experiments and integrated programme outputs to support chapter 4: M&S to support acquisition, test and evaluation and logistics for NEC. In fact, the question upon which the NECTISE programme was predicated was are you ready for NEC? which largely addresses the chapter 4 objective of being able to assess net-ready platforms and systems.- Components of our integrated experiments concerning the use of service oriented architectural approaches, metrics and measures to support standards, and life cycle management of systems will contribute substantially to chapter 6: M&S evolution to support NEC and NEC impact on M&S evolution.Involvement in the TAP will be beneficial to the whole of the NECTISE programme and other consortium members will be kept fully informed of the Loughborough activity within the TAP and, when appropriate, encouraged to contribute towards the TAP. In particular, the NECTISE programme has major demonstration phases in autumn 2008 and 2009, and the TAP a demonstration in autumn 2009. The respective demonstrations will provide useful learning in support of each other.The TAP will have four 2-day working meetings and four 0.5 day progress meetings (tied to appropriate conferences) split equally between North America and Europe, and a demonstration activity in North America.