Defense Contractors
Phoenix software solutions are used by 9 of the top 10 U.S. Defense contractors. Applications include:
Future Combat Systems (FCS)
Future Combat Systems (FCS) is a DARPA/Army collaborative program that employs a network centric system-of-systems architecture made up of manned and unmanned ground and air platforms. The FCS program goal is to design a strategic force that provides an optimum balance between critical performance factors, including ground platform strategic, operational and tactical mobility; lethality; survivability; and sustainability. Using a system-of-systems design architecture made up of modeling, simulation and experimentation, the FCS corps will be able to adjust according to a changing set of missions as the deployment progresses. Achieving the FCS goal is an exercise in exploring a design space of numerous options, brought about by combining multiple capabilities with multiple threats. Phoenix Integration's ModelCenter software provides the ideal environment for merging multiple variables into a cohesive model to determine the optimum solution. To achieve the FCS goal, Phoenix developed a model that selected the appropriate military technology while using cost as a key driver. Within the example model, platforms become nodes in a grid that can be engaged based on tactical command and control. Designers can then utilize the model to understand how their system (platform/sensor/shooter) fits into an overall grid and the sensitivity of that system to cost and performance.
Example applications:
CAIV Analyis for Future Combat Systems
Phoenix Integration
CAIV Analyis for Future Combat Systems
Raytheon and Phoenix Integration
Missile Defense
As foreign missiles continue to become available on a wider scale, the U.S. Department of Defense has made Missile Defense research and development a top priority. Collaborative design teams at SGI and NASA Langley Research Center used ModelCenter for multi-disciplinary optimization and process integration for an Air Borne Laser (ABL) Optical Bench. ABL, a laser weapon system that autonomously detects, tracks and destroys hostile ballistic missiles in the boost phase, operates above the clouds, where it destroys a missile before the separation of its warheads.
Alternate Sampling Methods for Use with MDO in a High Performance Computing Environment
SGI and NASA
Network Centric Systems
NAVAIR, FORCENet: "Network Centric Warfare — Moving away from platform-centric operations and toward networking the decision makers regardless of location, networking sensors regardless of platform, and networking shooters regardless of service." Explore a design space of numerous options that combine multiple capabilities with multiple threats. Phoenix developed a Network Centric System architecture within ModelCenter with a grid framework. Within ModelCenter, platforms become nodes in a grid that can be engaged based on tactical command and control. Use our solutions to:
- Leverage genetic algorithm optimizer which makes discrete system component choices
- Integrate numerous dissimilar platforms and systems into a unified scenario
- Factor each system’s unique analysis or simulation tool into the engineering decision-making process
- Assess cost and performance
Example applications:
A Simulation Based Design Environment for Network Centric Warfare Using Distributed Analysis
Phoenix Integration
Cost and Performance Optimization for Complex Systems of Systems
Phoenix Integration
Design for Network Centric Systems: Solving the System of Systems Problem in ModelCenter
Phoenix Integration
Discrete System Optimization Using CAIV Techniques With Distributed Analysis Models
Phoenix Integration
Logistics and Support Tradeoff Studies Using Integrated Simulations and Cost Models
Phoenix Integration
