In March 2008, under the Mounted Maneuver Battle Lab (MMBL) leadership, the Army's Training and Doctrine Command's (TRADOC), Battle Lab Collaboration and Simulation Environment (BLCSE) federation executed the Complex Web Defense (CWD) experiment. Parallel to multipurpose OneSAF Testbed (OTB) baseline's main entity driver functionality, OneSAF Objective System was used to examine the effectiveness of systems and tactics of a force composed of a Combined Arms Bn (CAB), one Stryker Infantry Battalion, Force Design Update (FDU) Reconnaissance Squadron, supported by appropriate joint and army enablers against a predominately-dismounted enemy that was embedded in a semi-urban environment. The expected result of OneSAF usage was to provide an integral simulation service for a BLCSE federation which has a wide and varied group of simulations to include those involved in analysis of advanced military concepts, requirements, research and development. The CWD was the first to fully evaluate the usability of OneSAF for BLCSE experimentation.

This paper describes all aspects of using OneSAF in the CWD experiment. These include, employment separately in both the DIS and the HLA protocols, configuration with classified performance data, development of CWD-specific component and entity compositions, development of BLCSE-specific models, verification of correct simulation modeling, integration with the other BLCSE federates, and operational usage in the experiment.

In addition, other topics covered include the ongoing interactions between PM OneSAF, Joint Army Models and Simulation Division (JAMSD) Integration Section and MMBL Engineers, lessons learned concerning OneSAF's design and models, integration challenges, and employment strategies for using OneSAF in future BLCSE experiments.