Developing Defensive Aids Suite technology on a virtual battlefield

John L. Rapanotti; Annie DeMontigny-Leboeuf; Marc Palmarini; Andre Cantin

doi:10.1117/12.474910

15 July 2002 Developing defensive aids suite technology on a virtual battlefield

John L. Rapanotti, Annie DeMontigny-Leboeuf, Marc Palmarini, Andre Cantin

Proceedings Volume 4716, Enabling Technologies for Simulation Science VI; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.474910
Event: AeroSense 2002, 2002, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Modern anti-tank missiles and the requirement of rapid deployment are limiting the use of passive armour in protecting land vehicles. Vehicle survivability is becoming more dependent on sensors, computers and countermeasures to detect and avoid threats. The integration of various technologies into a Defensive Aids Suite (DAS) can be designed and analyzed by combining field trials and laboratory data with modeling and simulation. MATLAB is used as a quick prototyping tool to model DAS systems and facilitate transfer to other researchers. The DAS model can be transferred from MATLAB or programmed directly in ModSAF (Modular Semi-Automated Forces), which is used to construct the virtual battlefield. Through scripted input files, a fixed battle approach ensures implementation and analysis meeting the requirements of three different interests. These three communities include the scientists and engineers, military and operations research. This approach ensures the modelling of processes known to be important regardless of the level of information available about the system. A system can be modelled phenomenologically until more information is available. Further processing of the simulation can be used to optimize the vehicle for a specific mission. ModSAF will be used to analyze and plan trials and develop DAS technology for future vehicles. Survivability of a DAS-equipped vehicle can be assessed relative to a basic vehicle without a DAS. In later stages, more complete DAS systems will be analyzed to determine the optimum configuration of the DAS components and the effectiveness of a DAS-equipped vehicle for specific missions. These concepts and approach will be discussed in the paper.

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John L. Rapanotti, Annie DeMontigny-Leboeuf, Marc Palmarini, and Andre Cantin "Developing defensive aids suite technology on a virtual battlefield", Proc. SPIE 4716, Enabling Technologies for Simulation Science VI, (15 July 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.474910

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Missiles

Systems modeling

Laser countermeasures

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