Working Group III Multi-National Experimentation

1. Working Group IIIMulti-National Experimentation 19 Dec 2002

2. Task 1 How to Apply NCW/NEC Conceptual Framework to Experimentation IF Group 1/2 agree that the Framework is acceptable AND it survives detailed scrutiny once the Nations get it home AND we can identify areas of common agreement AND we can agree how we will manage and develop it THEN The Framework should be used as a basis for developing multinational experiments and sharing information on national experiments

3. Sweden Australia US Capability Capability Capability Experimentation Experimentation Experimentation Acquisition Acquisition Acquisition Acquisition Research Research Research Research Experimental Cooperation UK Capability Experimentation ** National imperatives will differ

4. Framework Use • Basis for: • Sharing information on national experiments • Developing multinational experiments • Recording the scope, design, limitations etc of experiments (eg associated metrics) • Instrumenting reality • Developing a common ontology

5. Task 2 • What benefits are derived from a Multinational Experimentation Campaign? • What downsides and challenges exist in conducting multinational experiments? • How can we implement metrics into these campaigns?

6. Risk reduction for Multinational Operations Identifies solution sets to interoperability issues Increases understanding of other nations culture and DOTMLPF issues Increases the probability of execution when multiple nations have bought in Furthers shared understanding of NCW/NEC/etc. operations Promotes a shared understanding of Experimental Techniques Metrics Experimental Design Analytical techniques Data treatment Reduce the individual countries costs and increase the efficiency Furthers shared understanding of NCW/NEC/etc. operations Promotes a common knowledge base of Experimental Techniques Metrics Experimental Design Analytical techniques Data treatment Allows for leveraging of national efforts Broadens the base for peer review of results May result in faster requirements to solutions cycle Allows for early identification of like efforts and facilitates collaboration Task 2 Benefits Multinational Experiments Shared Information on National Experiments

7. National imperatives will differ It is Expensive IT is PAINFUL Politically VERY Difficult Compromise on objectives System Engineering efforts are more difficult Security Issues Level of military effort necessary to do scenario, etc. Single scientific lead is necessary No persistent environment Decreases flexibility to respond to emergent events Determining what to share increases the work for experimentation May result in a competitive advantage to others Increase the costs of meta-data organization w/o direct benefit to individual projects Increased opportunity for security leaks Task 2 Downsides/Challenges Multinational Experiments Shared Information on National Experiments

8. Task 3 Implementation Recommendations • For the Conceptual Framework • Continue to develop the framework and coordinate it among the experimentation communities of the various nations • Add narrative to support the framework • Continue to develop scenarios • Recommend that the BOD include appropriate multinational participation • Make the framework openly available to those who want to participate in multinational experimentation activity • For Application to National and Multinational Experimentation • Use the framework to provide a basis for the conduct of national experimentation campaigns. • Use of the framework will facilitate synergism among national campaigns. • Some means of multinational configuration management of the framework will be necessary to accomplish this • Consistently use the ontology/relationships in the Framework to facilitate knowledge sharing among participating nations • that is reusable. • Use the terms, measures, influences, metrics, and interrelationships, (and other stuff) described in the framework to document experiments, in order to allow them to be compared and combined.

9. Task 3 Implementation Recommendations (cont) • For LOE-2 • Encourage participation of Framework team in LOE-2 • Map LOE metrics to the framework as possible • Consider using LOE-2 data (post experiment) to populate a case study • Engage early in LOE-3… planning for more substantive use of the framework in the analytical effort • Expand existing opportunities for multinational cooperation in exercises, demonstrations, experiments. • Investigate and document technical and functional interoperability solutions as part of the output of these efforts. • Investigate and document co-operability solutions as part of the output of these efforts.

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12. National Imperatives for Experimentation will Differ • UK (Benefits of NEC are a given) • NEC is an enabler not a concept • Develop requirements for systems • Co-evolve all lines of development (DOTMLPF) • US • Assess benefits of NCW • Refine Concepts of Operations • Help Guide Investment • SW • Size of Defense Budgets

13. Products • Recommended adds to LOE-2? • What is the realistic scope of a cooperation in a MN experimentation campaign? And how should we cooperate? • Identify the different campaigns that are underway or envisioned and their overlaps. • What are the major components of a NCW Experimentation Campaign? • National Perspectives on Big Picture Perspective of NCW Experiments • Shared Results/Data Opportunities

14. Multinational Experimentation Campaign Objective • To conduct a series of experiments • Develop shared understanding of each others military modus operandi • Resolve key issues that achieve interoperability/co-operability • Experiment and resolve those issues incrementally culminating in a combined joint experiment which will demonstrate our ability to conduct both national and multinational operations. (Experiments must look at all lines of development (DOTMLPF))