NETWARS is the Joint Net-Centric Modeling & Simulation Tool

NETWARS can assess end-to-end communication network capabilities and performance

Focus areas

• Evaluate emerging technologies
• Support to rapid contingency planning
• Support to wargaming (force-on-force)

Usability objectives

• Provide common modeling environment
• Model military and commercial communication systems
• Be readily accessible to C4 community
• Reduce time to conduct analyses
• Use Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS)

The NETWARS software will provide network engineers and technicians the ability to plan, evaluate, optimize, and study military communications networks and supporting commercial networks. Studies could be focused on the following areas:

• Communication Network Performance Study: the ability to assess the effects, on the tactical information exchange processes, of full operational combat traffic loading on the tactical communications networks
  
• Contingency Study: the ability to conduct quick-turn communications planning for small regional conflicts or peacekeeping scenarios
  
• Emerging Technology Study: to be able to evaluate new communications systems and technologies.

Study results will be used to enhance and/or develop the operation of military communications networks.

NETWARS Functional ArchitectureI.