Virtual Mission and Training Areas at the Dutch Land Training Centre

Science and Innovation Interoperable by Design at the Front Line

Marco Welleman Frido Kuijper Royal Netherlands Army TNO Land Training Centre Defence, Security Simulation Centre Land Warfare and Safety

ITEC, Stockholm, mei 2019 Mission Simulation Centre Land Warfare

• Support our troops by improving the quality of their education and training • Support our commanders by improving the quality of their decision-making (process) • Contribute to the acquisition of new materiel and the development of new concepts • Subject matter expert for knowledge and innovation for simulation

2 Royal Netherlands Army Simulation Centre Land Warfare Organization RNLA

CLAS

OTCO

LTC

SIMCEN

EC-SIM

MCTC SG TACTIS CST

EC-SIM 92 FTEs M&S A&A

KKW-Sim

R&D

3 Royal Netherlands Army Simulation Centre Land Warfare Simulation suite

Live Virtual Constructive

KKW - VBS3 & MCTC SUIT TACTIS CST Sim SB Pro (SAAB) (Re-Lion) (THALES) (ELBIT) (THALES) (Bohemia Int, eSim Games)

C2 SYSTEM / ELIAS (BMS)

Terraindatabase 3D Entities Scenario’s l ORBAT Data Bases

4 Royal Netherlands Army Simulation Centre Land Warfare Mobile Combat Training Level 3-5 Centre (MCTC)

5 Royal Netherlands Army Simulation Centre Land Warfare Small Arms Shooting Simulator Level 1

6 Royal Netherlands Army Simulation Centre Land Warfare Small Unit Immersive Trainer Level 2 (SUIT)

7 Royal Netherlands Army Simulation Centre Land Warfare Driving simulator Level 1

8 Royal Netherlands Army Simulation Centre Land Warfare FAC Trainer Level 1-2

9 Royal Netherlands Army Simulation Centre Land Warfare Tactical Indoor Simulator Level 1-4 (Tactis)

10 Royal Netherlands Army Simulation Centre Land Warfare Serious Gaming Level 1-4

Public Order Management

Virtual Battlespace 3

11 Royal Netherlands Army Simulation Centre Land Warfare Command and Staff Trainer Level 5-6 (CST)

12 Royal Netherlands Army Simulation Centre Land Warfare Train as you fight Train where you fight Marnewaard

Assen Havelte

‘t Harde Stroe Wezep Amersfoort Ermelo Soesterberg Apeldoorn Rotterdam Harskamp Vught Exersise area Schaarsbergen Reek De Peel Curaçao Breda Oirschot Roosendaal Mission area

13 Royal Netherlands Army Simulation Centre Land Warfare "How do we get all these systems into virtual mission and training areas..."

Royal Netherlands Army 14 15 mei 2019 Simulation Centre Land Warfare Needs and bottlenecks Simulation users • all have their specific requirements for scenario and terrain • have a tendency to put forward their requirements last-minute

Simulation centre needs to • react quickly and adequate to user needs • realize short turn-around times of terrain generation

"For purpose, on time"

15 Royal Netherlands Army Simulation Centre Land Warfare Needs and bottlenecks Limited resources • personnel capacity • restricted budgets

Need for efficiency • interoperable by design, single work flow serves all • direct influence on work flow, be 'in control'

"For purpose, on time"

16 Royal Netherlands Army Simulation Centre Land Warfare dataset databases geodata preparation database generation elevation VBS geodata database geodata processing generation editors imagery tools system SBPro

surface NL-CST

vector source data OpenFlight content content conversion content preparation system TACTIS