SIMNET: an insider's perspective

L. Neale Cosby

doi:10.1117/12.204229

19 April 1995 SIMNET: an insider's perspective

L. Neale Cosby

Proceedings Volume 10280, Distributed Interactive Simulation Systems for Simulation and Training in the Aerospace Environment: A Critical Review; 1028006 (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.204229
Event: SPIE's 1995 Symposium on OE/Aerospace Sensing and Dual Use Photonics, 1995, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Simulator Networking (SIMNET) began with a young scientist's idea but has ended up changing an entire industry and the way the military does business. And the story isn't over yet. SIMNET began as an advanced research project aimed at developing a core technology for networking hundreds of affordable simulators worldwide in real time to practice joint collective warfighting skills and to develop better acquisition practices. It was a daring project that proved the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) mission of doing “what cannot be done.” It was a serious threat to the existing simulation industry. As it turned out, the government got what it wanted—a low-cost, high-performance virtual simulation capability that could be proliferated like consumer electronics. This paper provides an insider's view of the program history, identifies some possible lessons for future developers, and opines future growth for SIMNET technology.

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L. Neale Cosby "SIMNET: an insider's perspective", Proc. SPIE 10280, Distributed Interactive Simulation Systems for Simulation and Training in the Aerospace Environment: A Critical Review, 1028006 (19 April 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.204229

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