MULTI-ROTORCRAFT MULTI-THREAT AIR-TO-GROUND ENGAGEMENT SIMULATION

THE NEED EXISTS FOR A SIMULATION CAPABLE OF EVALUATING THE BENEFITS OF EMERGING ROTORCRAFT TECHNOLOGIES IN THE CONTEXT OF MULTI-ROTORCRAFT, MULTI-THREAT AIR-TO-GROUND COMBAT ENGAGEMENT. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PHASE I EFFORT IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF INNOVATIVE ANALYTICAL/PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES TO MEET THIS NEED AND TO PROVIDE A FIRM BASIS AND DIRECTION FOR FORMULATION OF A PHASE II DEVELOPMENT PLAN. THE APPROACH INVOLVES: (1) ESTABLISHMENT OF BASIC SIMULATION REQUIREMENTS AND DEFINITION OF A GENERIC FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION; (2) IDENTIFICATION OF EXISTING USEFUL ALGORITHMS, MODULES OR EXPLOITABLE IDEAS APPLICABLE TO MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS; (3) IDENTIFICATION OF ONE OR MORE SPECIFIC ANALYTICAL/PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES THAT HOLD PROMISE FOR PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH A SIMULATION; (4) CONCEPTUALIZATION OF A SIMULATION APPROACH; AND (5) IMPLEMENTATION OF A PROTOTYPE APPLICATION WITHIN A SELECTED EXISTING AIR-TO-GROUND SIMULATION.