U.S. Strategic Command Hosts EMS Modeling and Simulation Technical Interchange Meeting

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. -

On 10-11 September, U.S. Strategic Command's (USSTRATCOM) Advanced Warfare Capabilities Division (J81) hosted its second technical interchange meeting (TIM) on the topic of electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) modeling, simulation, and analysis (MS&A).

Maj. Gen. AnnMarie Anthony, Director of the Joint Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations Center (JEC), opened the TIM by welcoming to USSTRATCOM the modeling and simulation experts to the 2024 TIM.

Emphasizing, "the importance of campaign MS&A in helping to identify and qualify requirements for future EMS systems," Anthony noted that, "one model can't do it all for fully understanding the EMS." Focusing on model integration, she said, "We need to find ways to integrate multiple models to better visualize the impacts of a congested and contested EMS environment within a campaign."

Anthony also discussed the analytic consistency needed with integrated models, evolving and standardizing EMS ontologies, and building baselined EMS mission engineering models. And, while a tall order regarding modeling the electromagnetic spectrum, Anthony also keyed in on making future tools easier to use, by stating, "We need a tool where you shouldn't need a Ph.D. in electrical engineering just to run a model."

The two-day meeting addressed the need to improve EMS MS&A by featuring briefings and demonstrations on current efforts. Discussions, led by Mr. Tom Woods, USSTRATCOM's lead for EMS campaign MS&A, focused on current and future challenges and capabilities, including advancements in artificial intelligence, the use of large language models, and the need for standardized EMS data structures among the different models.

"This TIM connected government and industry modeling and simulation thought-leaders and leading practitioners to identify campaign modeling, integration, and visualization challenges for electromagnetic spectrum analysis tools," said U.S. Navy Capt. Travis Wood, USSTRATCOM's J81 Advanced Warfare Capabilities Division Chief.

"A key DoD emphasis area," said Capt. Wood, "is incorporating model-based systems engineering practices. We need to bring this into existing tools so we can prove integrated modeling concepts and then drive spectrum modeling and analysis requirements into future [Department of Defense] DoD campaign tool suites."

Through technical interchanges such as this one, USSTRATCOM is charting the course for EMS MS&A, identifying spectrum interdependencies and bringing these requirements into current and future campaign models and war games.

Moving forward for EMS MS&A, Mr. Woods stated, "We must vastly improve visualization while exploring and defining measures of objectives, performance, and effectiveness. We also need to develop common data structures that will simplify data exchanges within the Department's emerging modeling ecosystems."

U.S. Strategic Command forces operate around the world, around the clock, to deter strategic attack and employ forces when directed to guarantee the security of our Nation and our Allies. For more information about U.S. Strategic Command, visit www.stratcom.mil.

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