Simulation of modern electronic combat scenarios by means of a flexible generic computer model

The effectiveness of EW equipment and tactics is becoming more difficult to predict as the level of complexity of ECCM and ECM increases. Simulation, when validated, is an important tool in the evaluation of EW equipment and tactics. It complements traditional methods such as laboratory measurements or trials, providing a cost effective, secure and repeatable means of extrapolating into dense scenarios, performing sensitivity analysis, rapid prototyping of proposed enhancements, quantitative comparisons of alternative designs, and performance evaluation against current or postulated threats. To be most cost-effective, a tool should be flexible. A generic simulation model, with parametric functional models of equipment, provides maximum flexibility if it is based on a framework which imposes no unnecessary limitations. The requirements for such a framework have been given and an implementation of a pulse-by-pulse functional model by Software Sciences outlined. Sample applications of this model and others in the family have been given to demonstrate the simulation of modern electronic combat scenarios by means of a flexible generic computer model