TABLE OF CONTENTS Electronic warfare (EW) simulation is a serious game of make-believe. A situation is artificially created so that equipment can be tested and operators can be trained under realistic conditions without both the expense and danger associated with training in the real world. EW engagements are typically complex, with many threat emitters seen in constantly changing relationships as either the threat platforms or the EW-protected platform maneuver. The operation of equipment and the performance required of operators cannot be adequately tested under static conditions with only one threat emitter present. This has led to the development of simulators that can simulate many threats grouped and maneuvered in realistic ways.
Simulation is the creation of an artificial situation or stimulus that causes an outcome to occur as though a corresponding real situation or stimulus were present.
Any of several levels of simulation can be applied to any kind of stimulus. For example, in a flight-simulator computer program, the computer screen shows what a pilot would see through the windshield and on the instrument panel of a particular type of aircraft. The view and the instrument readouts change in response to the manipulation of simulated controls. In a more elaborate flight simulator, the pilot sits in a fully simulated cockpit, which tilts and moves to simulate the g forces created by aircraft movement. The visual cues may include a full hemispherical view from the cockpit (including attacking enemy aircraft), and the cockpit sounds will also be provided. All of these displays are...
