SHIP COMBAT SYSTEM SIMULATION (SCSS)

Abstract

ABSTRACTThis paper will describe a combat system integration and analysis tool called the Ship Combat System Simulation (SCSS). The SCSS was designed as an analysis tool to study sensor command and control and weapon system integration for shipboard combat systems. The simulation represents the combat system components as nodes in a network. Data flows between the nodes through the links.SCSS is a structured program simulation written in Simscript II.5. The structured program feature allows for ease of combat system reconfiguration into different types of architectures. Consequently, SSCS can be used to study and analyze different combat system architectures.Currently the model has an antiairwarfare (AAW) capability and a partial antisurface warfare (ASUW) capability. The model has been used in ship vulnerability and survivability studies, individual combat system component studies, component trade‐off analysis; and total system reaction time analysis. Figure 1 presents a sample of a SCSS link‐node diagram. Figures 8 and 9 present combat system sequence and timing diagrams. The model boasts a postprocessing capability that includes both statistics and graphics packages.The SCSS has been developed jointly by the Naval Weapons Center, Naval Ocean Systems Center, Naval Surface Weapons Center, Naval Ships Weapons Systems Engineering Station, and CACI, Inc. SCSS is supported by naval and industrial laboratories throughout the country. The users of the simulation belong to the SCSS User's Group which meets periodically throughout the year. Members of the User's Group develop equipment nodes and exchange ideas. The User's Group maintains SCSS configuration management allowing for Simscript II.5 code written by any one user to be used by all other users.