Live, Virtual, Constructive, Architecture Roadmap Implementation and Net-Centric Environment Implications

Abstract : In 2008 the DOD Modeling and Simulation Coordination Office (M&SCO) published the Live, Virtual, Constructive, Architecture Roadmap (LVCAR) study. LVCAR focused on four important dimensions of simulation interoperability: technical architecture, business models, the standards evolution, and management processes. A key product from the LVCAR study was nineteen recommendations for future efforts. The purpose of this article is to describe how those recommendations are being implemented under the M&SCO High Level Task SC2. The article includes a description of each task area, how the task is being addressed, and current results. The article also describes efforts to look at potential advanced technologies like service oriented architectures (SOA) and their application to the DOD modeling and simulation (M&S) environment.