THE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT


This exploded view of a Soldier and equipment illustrates the utility of CAD, in this case SolidWorks, an industry-standard CAD package. The Soldier in the image is actually a digitized, semiarticulated man- nequin. CAD capabilities allow for the rapid exchange of ideas in a virtual environment. (Image by Matthew Hutcherson, Office of Project Manager Soldier Warrior, PEO Soldier)


CM process. Te model is a delta with inte- grated product and process development; a collaborative design environment; and analytics-based decision-making at each vertex. (See Figure 1 on Page 109.) Each of these components of the equipping and inte- gration process is essential to understanding the envisioned process, its implementation and how it will be accomplished.


To address and promote collaborative design, PEO Soldier has developed a col- laborative design environment at Fort Belvoir, VA, called the Warrior Integra- tion Site (WinSite), informed by ANSI 649 B. Te WinSite forms the lower left vertex of the PEO Soldier integration delta and gives the enterprise a signifi- cant new way to maximize operational capability while seeking to reduce the Soldier’s burdens. WinSite fulfills four major functions:


1. Serves as a collaborative design environment to support the further evolution of PEO Soldier products.


2. Serves as a system-level reposi- tory of the current Soldier and squad configuration.


3. Fosters cross-product and stake- holder collaboration.


4. Supports decision-making. Design environment—WinSite fur-


thers the focused, deliberate evolution of Soldier and squad capabilities by arming product management and design teams with full, system-level visualization of the set of problems cen- tered on the Soldier and squad. Tis enables the Soldier development and acquisition community—both the pub- lic and private sectors—to initiate and evaluate future design solutions from a far more holistic perspective.


WinSite will have fully equipped man- nequins representing the nine-Soldier infantry squad,


along with attached


medic and forward observer, as well as two virtual environments by early 2015. One of the two virtual environments will use computer-aided design (CAD), with sufficient CAD platforms to sup- port design and collaboration. Te second enables rapid “what if” analyses to see potential impacts on the Soldier configuration of component changes and permutations.


Data repository—WinSite will also


function essentially as a physical and virtual system-level representation of the current Soldier and squad configurations. It will not only serve as the starting point for future design efforts, but also will document and describe the work done to date in equipping Soldiers.


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