Military commanders and their staff need to be prepared to operate in complex, mission-critical environments and make quick, informed decisions based on the information they have available. A constructive simulation environment is ideal for the planning, testing and training of critical decision-making.
CAE and ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES (R&A), a Valkyrie Enterprises wholly owned subsidiary, have collaborated to develop a federated constructive simulation solution called GlobalSim. The GlobalSim solution combines CAE's GESI command and staff training system with R&A's Joint Theater-Level Simulation - Global Operations (JTLS-GO). The combination of the two constructive simulation solutions brings together a theater-level constructive simulation (JTLS-GO) with a high-resolution, entity-level constructive simulation (GESI) to create a comprehensive federation that offers command leadership a single, realistic, multi-resolution view of the complete operational environment.
Federating CAE GESI and JTLS-GO allows supporting multi-level exercises thus enabling a user-selectable resolution of the simulated forces. By using this federation to represent the real world in multiple levels of detail both an effective simulation of theater/operational-level elements (such as maritime and air operations) as well as operational/tactical elements (such as urban operations, small-unit operations) can be achieved. In addition, using this federation provides the possibility to use the very detailed tactical ground model of GESI, but still maintain the theater level representation of JTLS-GO for the remainder of the joint environment, including air and naval.
The Joint Theater Level Simulation - Global Operations (JTLS-GO) is an interactive, internet-enabled simulation that models multi-sided air, ground, and naval civil-military operations with logistical, Special Operation Force (SOF), and intelligence support. Today, JTLS-GO is frequently used as a training support model that is theater-independent and does not require knowledge of programming to operate effectively.
The primary focus of the JTLS-GO system is conventional joint and combined operations at the Operational Level of War as defined by the Joint Staff's Universal Joint Task List. JTLS-GO explicitly models air, land, sea, amphibious, and SOF operations. The simulation supports limited nuclear and chemical effects, low-intensity conflict, pre-conflict operations, as well as support of Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HA/DR) operations. (https://valkyrie.com/sectors/c5i/warfighter-readiness)
Today, JTLS-GO is used in 25 countries, including NATO.
