MTC performs detailed analysis of Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) defense and security system architectures to provide risk mitigation information to DoD and DHS program managers and procurement officials.

MTC’s particular focus is high fidelity evaluation of proposed command, control, communications, and surveillance architectures for ensuring security of the homeland and for operating in defense coalitions overseas.

MTC uses a state-of-the-art modeling and simulation (M&S) tool to develop the architecture risk mitigation analysis data. This tool is the High Detail Architecture Analysis Tool (HDAAT), which reuses algorithms derived from verified legacy DoD high fidelity software.

MTC system engineering personnel use HDAAT to perform Concepts of Operations (CONOPs) evaluation, sensor and communications functional allocation, overall system synthesis, and architecture predictive assessments.

Key HDAAT features that support risk mitigation analysis for DoD and DHS command, control, communications (C3), and surveillance architectures include:

• HDAAT algorithms are perception based – Bias, uncertainty, and errors associated with sensors and communications networks are modeled, contributing to how the systems represented in the simulation perceive what is happening. This enables HDAAT to simulate the real-world processes of decision-making based on imperfect data.
• HDAAT models C3 and surveillance in high detail – Command and Control are represented in high detail by flexible rulesets. Communications message format, content and timeline allocations are modeled. Surveillance sensors including radio frequency (RF) and Infrared (IR) are modeled in high fidelity, while other Electro-Optical (EO), visual, acoustic, and seismic sensors are modeled in lower fidelity.
• HDAAT is broad scope – Land, sea, air and space elements are modeled. Scenarios range from local to global depending on the requirements.