The DADSim air defense simulation environment

DADSim is a distributed air defense simulation environment, being made compliant with the High Level Architecture (HLA) (http://www.hla.dmso.mil) runtime, a distributed environment used for defense simulations. DADSim simulates modern day combat dynamics of air defense engagements involving multiple targets and multiple platforms enforced using a multi-tier command and control structure. DADSim consists of a pre-processor for battle scenario definition and simulation data set up, a main processor for triggering battle field events and advancing simulation time, and a post processor to record simulation histories. Application scenarios involve detecting enemy targets such as fleets of military aircraft using distributed sensors, transporting such sensory information to the highest level of command which assigns local command centers with the responsibility of interrupting or engaging parts of enemy activity. These local command centers assign duties for platforms such as surface-to-air missile sites to comply with the global plan. Examples are provided to show how such modeling provided useful combat engagement parameters that can be used to enhance the understanding of future battles