Force level analysis and mission effectiveness simulation (FLAMES)

The FLAMES environment fully utilises state-of-the-art graphics hardware to provide the user with a powerful and highly versatile multi-platform scenario evaluation capability. The environment is multi-faceted, and addresses both the training and simulation aspects of cooperative networked system implementation and usage. Although originally designed for the evaluation of military scenarios, by virtue of its generic framework and modular structure, the FLAMES environment has numerous application areas, from military air, land and naval simulation, through civil air traffic control simulation and emergency planning, to the closed loop training of personnel interacting with such systems. To explain the widescale applicability of the FLAMES environment, the author addresses both the modelling objectives and the potential application areas for the environment. Particular emphasis is placed on identifying analogous modelling specifications in both the military and commercial arenas. This has been done in order to highlight commercial applications which may not be as apparent as their military counterparts