Strategies for the accreditation of an air-to-air situationally interactive combat model (SICM)

This paper discusses the strategies that were used for the accreditation of the situationally interactive combat model (SICM). SICM is a user-friendly, air-to-air combat engagement model that is used to perform analyses of offensive and defensive tactics employment, changes to avionics suite components and aircraft capabilities, and changes of air-to-air armament systems. Several strategies were used in accrediting SICM. The strategy chosen depended on what aspect of the model required accreditation. This paper discusses the accreditation strategies for modeling engagement scenarios; the sensor, aircraft, and missile models; the performance models of candidate identification techniques; and the air-to-air tactics models. The paper expands on each strategy providing details and examples. SICM has supported several DoD programs including the Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) Milestone I Cost and Operational Effectiveness Analysis (COEA), the Integrated Electronic Warfare System (INEWS) Milestone I COEA, the Mark XV Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) Milestone II COEA, and a number of marginal utility analyses for the non-cooperative target identification (NCTI) Program Office at Wright Laboratory, WPAFB, Ohio