Abstract
 Geospatial Battle Management Language: Bridging GIS, C2 and Simulations Track: Defense and Intelligence Author(s): Martin Kleiner, Scott Carey, Eric Nielsen, Harland Yu, Burhman Gates, Michael Altenau, John Roberts The Command and Control (C2) of military forces now relies primarily on digital systems. Battle Management Language (BML) is the unambiguous language used to command and control forces and equipment conducting military operations and to provide for situational awareness (SA) and a shared, common operational picture. Terrain and weather effects represent fundamental aspects of the battlefield supporting SA and the decision-making processes within the C2 domain. Geospatial Battle Management Language (geoBML) is an extension of BML into the domain of actionable geospatial information and provides a semantic and syntactic bridge between the terrain experts' realm and the Warfighter's decision-making and SA needs. Current geoBML development efforts incorporating C2, GIS and supporting simulation systems have highlighted significant issues and potential solutions that arise with operations planned using real-world terrain data and executed within a Modeling and Simulation (M&S) environment utilizing virtual representations of terrain and weather. Martin Kleiner George Mason University/ USACE TEC Center for C4I 5415 A. Sever St. Ft. Dix, NJ 08640 US Phone: 609 723 2150 E-mail: mkleiner@gmu.edu Scott Carey George Mason University 4400 University Drive Fairfax, VA 22030 US Phone: 703-993-9330 E-mail: scarey2@gmu.edu Eric Nielsen Tech Projects, LLC 9040 South Rita Road Suite 1157 Tucson, AZ 85701 US Phone: 520-249-5305 E-mail: enielsen@techprojectsllc.com Harland Yu U.S. Army Engineer Reserach and Development Center Topographic Engineering Center 7701 Telegraph Road Alexandria, VA 22315 US Phone: 703-428-6798 E-mail: harland.yu@erdc.usace.army.mil Burhman Gates U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory 3909 Halls Ferry Road Vicksburg, MS 39180 US Phone: 0076016343200 E-mail: burhman.Q.Gates@erdc.usace.army.mil Michael Altenau Viecore FSD, Inc. 6G Industrial Way West Eatontown, NJ 07724 US Phone: 732-544-1760 E-mail: maltenau@viecorefsd.com John Roberts Atlantic Consulting Services, Inc. 167 Avenue at the Commons Shrewsbury, NJ 07702 US Phone: 732-460-9419 E-mail: jroberts@acsinc-nj.com |
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