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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.