This software application, however, is not a substitute for ABCS or a replacement for CBS,
JCATS, or other constructive training simulations.
"What
JCATS gives you is entity-level resolution, which means the individual soldier, the individual Stryker vehicle, is modeled in the simulation," said Lt.
Through USJCOM's Joint Theater Level Simulation (JTLS), the tactical maneuvers performed by the various services, using
JCATS or any other simulation program, can be woven together using a high-level-architecture (HLA) programming language, said Brian Gregg of USJCOM's
JCATS program management office.
However, this software application is not: hardware or computer, a substitute for ABCS, or a replacement for CBS,
JCATS, or other constructive training simulations.
As for
JCATS, at a June brigade staff exercise observed by National Defense, there were 40 students, split into two brigade staffs, on the second floor of a college building.
JCATS provided the constructive backbone for Ramrod Trials.
"If a constructive aircraft in AWSIM [an Air Force model] engages a constructive land target in
JCATS [an Army simulation], the models should figure out what the damage actually was," Johnson said.
Today, constructive simulations like Corps Battle Simulation (CBS), Joint Conflict and Tactical Simulation (
JCATS), or Tactical Simulation (TACSIM) drive the TCC, and over time, these will migrate to the objective systems Warfighters' Simulation (WARSIM) 2000 and One Semi-Automated Forces (OneSAF) simulation as part of the Army Constructive Training Federation (ACTF).
Examples of current simulation programs which support major command post (CP) training exercises are the Corps Battle Simulation (CBS) and the Joint Conflict and Tactical Simulations (
JCATS).
Constructive simulations include the Joint Conflict and Tactical Simulation (
JCATS).
The IOC phase of the IEWTPT program receives run-time state variables from the Tactical Simulation (TACSIM) that originated from either the Corps Battle Simulation (CBS) or the Joint Conflict and Tactical Simulation (
JCATS) constructive simulations.