This tutorial outlines the use of the Object Management Group's Data Distribution Service (DDS) standard in distributed LVC simulation, with a focus on the security capabilities provided by DDS. DDS provides a comprehensive middleware solution for data distribution, and its security features are crucial for LVC simulation in sensitive environments. The tutorial covers DDS fundamentals, such as configuring DDS for LVC simulation, designing DDS entities and the DDS data model, and integrating DDS with LVC simulations. It also highlights best practices and case studies for DDS implementation. Additionally, the tutorial emphasizes the security features of DDS, such as authentication, access control, data encryption, and data integrity, which are essential for securing data in distributed simulation environments.

Integrating global simulation training systems can be a formidable challenge. Legacy simulators often use different standards. Modern architectures require the use of cloud-based distributed assets. To top it off, security requirements now force integrators to become experts in information assurance. Winning solutions will be ones who create synthetic training environments that can quickly be assembled and reconfigured from ready-made components. How can simulation systems integrators keep pace by limiting integration time to meet these requirements? Attend this tutorial to learn how the Object Management Group’s Data Distribution Service (DDS) can ease integration, while also delivering National Security Agency tested security for distributed training systems over any transport.

This tutorial introduces the DDS and DDS Security standards. You will learn how to use the DDS Security standard to securely interoperate with real-world systems that already communicate over DDS, to distributed LVC Simulations.

The tutorial will further describe how to integrate DDS with existing simulation standards, simulation object modes, and data models of any kind, allowing for a large suite of ‘qualities of service’ to help fine-tune performance and scalability, while also providing robust security for individual entities and topics of simulation data. Next the tutorial will introduce you to the Real-Time WAN Transport that extends DDS capabilities to enable secure, scalable, and high-performance communication over WANs, TDL, RF and public 5G networks. The Real-Time WAN Transport uses UDP as the underlying IP transport-layer protocol to better anticipate and adapt to the challenges of diverse network conditions.

By following this tutorial, readers will gain a comprehensive understanding of how to implement DDS for secure and reliable data distribution in LVC simulations.

Keywords
AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE, AUTONOMY, C2 SYSTEMS, COMMUNICATIONS, DATA, DISTRIBUTED, EMBEDDED SIMULATION, EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, INTEROPERABILITY, OPEN STANDARDS, REAL-TIME, SCALABILITY, SECURITY, STANDARDS, UUV