U.A. Aparovich1, O.B. Giris2

1,2 OJSC «AGAT – Control Systems» – Managing Company of «Geoinformation Control Systems Holding»   (Minsk, Republic of Belarus)

The efficiency of the warfare is determined not only by the combat potential of military units, but also by the validity and quality level of managerial decisions on the use of them. The approaches adopted in the world practice to ensure the formation of managerial decisions in difficult conditions provide for the use by the management bodies of a decision support system, which basis is simulation and modeling systems.

The necessity to use simulation -modeling systems is due to the solution of the contradiction arising in practice in the management bodies. On the one hand, the constant increase in the amount of information required to develop informed decisions and plans for the use of forces and facilities leads to a significant increase in the time for a decision making. On the other hand, a multiple increase in command and control efficiency is required due to new methods and increased rates of combat operations. The influence of the contradiction is intensified by the increased power of the applied weapons, this make it possible to achieve results in individual operations that were previously achieved after long campaigns. For this reason, the negative consequences of shortcomings and oversights in decision-making have sharply increased. Thus, in modern conditions, the use of simulation-modeling system becomes a necessary condition for arrangement of effective command and control of troops (forces). 

The OJSC «AGAT-Control Systems» – Managing Company of the Geoinformation Control Systems holding has developed a simulationmodeling system integrated into the command & control the Air Force and Air Defense Forces in order to improve the system of decision making for the officials of the Air Force and Air Defense Forces commandment.

This system was developed in compliance with the world generally accepted methodological approach to the construction of modeling systems and is intended for as follows:

simulation of the predicted air and ground situation, planning of the warfare of the AF and ADF; select a rational option for using the AF and ADF grouping; simulate the warfare of the AF and ADF grouping in a single virtual air and ground space; make assessment of the warfare potential referring to the AF grouping and ADF. The simulation-modeling system allows as follows: 

• increase significantly the operation efficiency of a  military command and control bodies in search for the best solutions by integrating a large amount of information and presenting it to officials of command bodies in a form that can be perceived;
• set the staff free from manual processing of a large amount of information and solve a number of rigid tasks;
• assess the situation promptly and reasonably, develop an idea and solution options, select the optimal variant of combat operations of forces and facilities of the AF and ADF, as well as a plan the air defense of troops and sites.

make assessment of the contribution of the corps, special forces, new types of weapons to the achievement of the mission goal (warfare by creating a unified system of indicators of the effectiveness of the warfare performance by groupings of troops (forces) during the mission (warfare).

This system can be used for as follows: forecast the course and results of the AF and ADF warfare in a strategic and operational scope; justify the prospects for the development of the war games and other operational training activities.

Aparovich U.A., Giris O.B. Imitation and modeling complex of the decision support system by the government bodies air force and air defense force. Information-measuring and Control Systems. 2021. V. 19. № 6. P. 7−20. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18127/ j20700814-202106-01 (in Russian)

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