C2 Simulation Interoperability

As we are living in a world where this training have to include people from different Nations or branches within a coalition, it is required to work in some standards to enable interoperation of Command and Control and Simulation systems. NMSG has worked in two standards in the past to allow this interoperability. Coalition-Battle Management language (C-BML) is an standard that defines an unambiguous language to describe order, report and request for the exchange of digitized military information among command and control (C2), simulation and autonomous systems. In parallel to the development of C-BML, NMSG has worked in Military Scenario Definition Language (MSDL) standard to develop the scenario and to reduce scenario development time and cost, with the additional goal of being able to use the resulting scenario across multiple simulations. So, it is necessary to merge both standards in only one (C2SIM). This group has started their activity to exploit C2SIM through an operational, conceptual and executable scenario development process. This new standard will allow to enhance realism and overall effectiveness by faster, more consistent information exchange among systems, to decrease cost and risk by reducing manual input (the swivel chair effect), to reduce the number of supporting personnel and equipment, and to reduce the preparation and response time with rapid configuration, initialization of systems and validation of scenario.