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Extensible Battle Management Language as a Transformation Enabler

William P. Sudnikovich

Atlantic Consulting Services, Inc., 167 Avenue at the Common, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702, wsudnikovich{at}acsinc-nj.com

J. Mark Pullen

George Mason University, Computer Science/C3I MS4A5, Fairfax, VA 22030

Martin S. Kleiner

Northrop Grumman Information Technology, 12000 Research Pkwy, Orlando, FL 32826

Scott A. Carey

Northrop Grumman Information Technology, 12000 Research Pkwy, Orlando, FL 32826

This article addresses a new approach to the longstanding problem of interoperating military command and control with combat simulations. There is great potential benefit in such a capability, both for more effective training and as a "what if" capability during military operations. The authors describe the Battle Management Language (BML), an unambiguous means of describing military operations to people, simulations, and robotic forces. The process that developed the BML and its extension into the realm of Web services are described. The new capability is projected to be an enabler for the ongoing transformation activities in the U.S. Department of Defense. Integrated with the Command and Control Information Exchange Data Model (C2IEDM), BML, as extended through Web services, provides a path to improved interoperability within and among U.S. military services and their allied/coalition partners.

Key Words: Battle Management Language (BML) • Extensible Modeling and Simulation Framework (XMSF) • Command and Control Information Exchange Data Model (C2IEDM) • command and control (C2) • doctrine

SIMULATION, Vol. 80, No. 12, 669-680 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0037549704051194
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