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Naval aviation has historically led the military training community in the field of modeling and simulation. Most research and development in this area has focused on hardware and software solutions to address issues such as visual fidelity and physics-based modeling. However, there is a clear need to integrate principles of learning with hardware and software solutions for tools to enhance training devices. Modeling and simulation techniques, specifically Object-Oriented (OO) Intelligent Agents (IA), provide technological advances well suited for assisting instructors in accomplishing training goals. I. Introduction HE naval aviation community faces evolving training challenges. Legacy simulation systems were not developed to support a Distributed Mission Training (DMT) environment, nor are they suited to support growing DMT requirements. In particular, legacy systems typically address the operations of a single platform, and they optimize physical fidelity rather than instructional effectiveness 1 . The Air Warfare Training Development (AWTD) program offers promising solutions to begin to address these issues. AWTD is an advanced R&D program underway in the U.S. Navy that investigates, demonstrates, and integrates strategies and technologies for distributed and deployable simulation-based aviation training. This effort focuses on rapidly transitioning mature technologies to the Fleet by developing prototype products for specific simulation and training applications. In addition, this effort investigates elements that have been called out by acquisition efforts as areas in need of R&D for future transitions as well as strategies and technologies that can be transitioned into existing platforms in the short-term. Two areas of investigation within AWTD include the Common Distributed Mission Training Station (C-DMTS) and Intelligent Training Support Tools (ITST). The first thread, C-DMTS, aims to improve simulator control stations used by instructor/operators by developing a common framework for a multitude of platforms 1 . The second thread, ITST, supports the development of a C-DMTS by pursuing tools and strategies related to distributed performance measurement and debrief preparation. The remainder of this paper will describe the C-DMTS and ITST work, and discuss how Object-Oriented (OO) techniques facilitate this effort. |
