Development of a novel family of military campaign simulation models

Abstract

Dstl has sponsored the development and use of a family of campaign level models of military operations. The models are required to provide an insight into force structure assessment, procurement decisions and doctrinal developments. The family comprises CLARION (land/air war-fighting), COMAND (maritime/air war-fighting) and DIAMOND (non-war-fighting). The two key features of the family are the core role played by the representation of C3I (command, control, communications and information) and the classification of combat units by their interactions with one another at an aggregated level rather than by treating them as a collection of specific combat platforms.

Keywords:

• campaign
• simulation
• combat
• validation
• rapid planning
• aggregation