Evolving modeling and simulation technology into fieldable products

The US Army Communications-Electronics Command Research, Development and Engineering Center´s Space and Terrestrial Communications Directoriate (S&TCD) has a long history of developing computer simulation models of complex command, control, communications (C3) and intelligence systems to assist in concept exploration, feasibility studies, requirements analysis, design evaluations, and test planning. As these computer models have been completed, spin-off applications have been identified and S&TCD has evolved these applications into products fieldable to the Army for use on the battlefield. This paper discusses the methodology and capabilities employed by S&TCD in developing/implementing such products using its evolution of a portion of the Mobile Subscriber Equipment (MSE) System Performance Model into the C3 Network Planner (C3NP) as an example. The C3NP fielding was imminent as part of the Network Planning Terminal (NPT) program managed by the Program Manager, Joint Tactical Area Communications Systems (Provisional)