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New
USJFCOM super computer will enhance command efforts
A
new super computer, assigned to U.S. Joint Forces Command,
arrived at the Joint Training and Experimentation Center
recently. Armed with the power of more than 1,000 individual
computers, the new system will help joint operators enhance
modeling and simulation experimentation
and training efforts in support of the warfighter. Robert Pursell
has the story.
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Narrated by Robert Pursell, USJFCOM Public Affairs
Featuring: Jack Winger, technical director for experimentation
engineering at the Joint Concept Development and Experimentation
Directorate (J9)
Pursell: A new super computer, assigned to U.S. Joint Forces
Command arrived at the Joint Training and Experimentation
Center here recently to enhance experimentation and training
efforts in modeling and simulation.
The super computer, known as the Scalable Parallel Processor
or SPP system, is much larger and more powerful than most
machines used today which allows it to yield finer details
when it comes to modeling at a faster speed.
Jack Winger,
the technical director for experimentation engineering at
the Joint Concept Development
and Experimentation Directorate,
said the SPP be used to simulate future and current battlespace
environments, homeland defense and homeland security scenarios,
and other experimental situations. It will also be used to
support training objectives.
When
a user simulates a Baghdad rush hour using the SPP, one
can see thousands of people
actually getting up and going
to work, along with their habits and behaviors. If a soldier
sees this in an experimentation and training environment,
they’ll have an accurate depiction of what to expect
once they actually get to Baghdad.
Winger explained the advantage
of this.
Winger: When you’re in the fog of war, what’s
the thinking enemy going to do? The Scalable Parallel Processor
allows us to do the ‘what if’ – type comparisons.
If this happens, how can this flow actually go to give the
commander a decision making tool.
Pursell: Winger said that beginning early next year, the SPP will
have its first opportunity
to showcase its effectiveness.
Its first use will be for the Noble Resolve 2008 – 1
campaign, where officials will look to properly simulate
a large urban environment. After that, look for the SPP to
play a major role in all USJFCOM M&S events.
For more
information on this and other ways U.S. Joint Forces Command
is supporting the warfighter, visit us on the web
at www.jfcom.mil.
For U.S.
Joint Forces Command, I’m
Robert Pursell.
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