SIMDIS

Under direction of the Office of Naval Research, the Naval Research Laboratory’s Code 5770 has prototyped, produced, and delivered the SIMDIS 3-D Analysis and Display Toolset to the US Department of Defense community. Offering an affordable analysis and display capability, SIMDIS provides support for high-fidelity analysis and display of test and training mission data to a growing user base of more than 4000 users. This highly specialized visualization tool provides unique capability for two and three dimensional interactive data analysis and display. The SIMDIS toolset is designed for Windows, Linux, and Sun workstations with hardware accelerated 3-D graphics and provides identical execution and "look and feel" for all supported platforms. Since SIMDIS requires no additional COTS products or license fees, the Range Commanders Council (RCC) currently lists SIMDIS as a cost savings/avoidance program for the US Department of Defense.

By leveraging technological advances in accelerated computer graphics hardware, SIMDIS provides powerful capability for interactively visualizing and analyzing simulation and field test data from any and every viewpoint. SIMDIS provides either a 2-D or a 3-D display of the normally "seen" data such as platform position and orientation, as well as the "unseen" data such as the interactions of sensor systems with targets, countermeasures, and the environment. The SIMDIS toolset includes custom tools for interactively analyzing and displaying data for equipment modes, spatial grids, ranges, angles, antenna patterns, line of sight and RF propagation. Capability for viewing time synchronized data from either a standalone workstation or multiple networked workstations is also provided.

To meet the demanding needs of today’s range operators, simulation users, analysts, and decision makers SIMDIS provides multiple modes of operation including live display, interactive playback, and scripted multimedia modes. SIMDIS also provides capability for manipulation of post-processed data and integration with charts, graphs, pictures, audio and video for use in the development and delivery of high impact three dimensional visual presentations.

At the Naval Research Laboratory and other sites, SIMDIS has been used for numerous simulation, test and training applications. The high-fidelity analysis and visualization capability provided by the SIMDIS toolset is an invaluable asset for analyzing disparate test data in a common frame of reference. SIMDIS has been independently accredited and certified by Commander Operational Test and Evaluation Force (COMOPTEVFOR) and Joint Forces Command (JFCOM). SIMDIS has a DoD DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A, meaning it is approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. SIMDIS has also been approved for use on the Navy/Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI).

SIMDIS is currently a key operational display system for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC), the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), the Southern California Offshore Range (SCORE), and the Central Test and Evaluation Investment Program’s (CTEIP) Test and Training Enabling Architecture (TENA). In addition to the Department Defense community, SIMDIS has also gained acceptance in various other US government organizations and in the foreign community.

ee also

*Interactive Scenario Builder

External links

* [https://simdis.nrl.navy.mil/ SIMDIS Web Site]
* [http://www.nrl.navy.mil/Review05/images/05Information(Doughty).pdf 2005 NRL Review Article]
* [http://www.nrl.navy.mil/content.php?P=02REVIEW143 2002 NRL Review Article]
* [http://www.tec.army.mil/td/tvd/survey/SIMDIS.html TEC Army Survey]
* [http://www.vterrain.org/Def/ Defense / Military Virtual Terrain Projects]

NMCI Information

*Defense Automated Document Management System ID 18223
*Integrated Solutions Framework Tools ID 89088