Holistan revisited: demonstrating agent- and knowledge-based capabilities for future coalition military operations

As a fundamental research program, the International Technology Alliance (ITA) aims to explore innovative solutions to some of the challenges confronting US/UK coalition military forces in an era of network-enabled operations. In order to demonstrate some of the scientific and technical achievements of the ITA research program, we have developed a detailed military scenario that features the involvement of US and UK coalition forces in a large-scale humanitarian-assistance/disaster relief (HA/DR) effort. The scenario is based in a fictitious country called Holistan, and it draws on a number of previous scenario specification efforts that have been undertaken as part of the ITA. In this paper we provide a detailed description of the scenario and review the opportunities for technology demonstration in respect of a number of ITA research focus areas.