The Joint Warfare System is a campaign-level model of military operations currently being developed by the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) for use by OSD, the Joint Staff, the Services, and the Warfighting Commands.
An Overview of the Joint Warfare System (JWARS)
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The Joint Warfare System (JWARS) is a campaign-level model of military operations that is currently being developed under contract by the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) for use by OSD, the Joint Staff, the Services, and the Warfighting Commands. The goal of JWARS is to provide these users with a simulation of joint warfare that will support operational planning and execution, force assessment studies, system trade analyses, and concept and doctrine development. Accomplishing this for analyses of the early 21st century requires a simulation that provides a "balanced representation of Joint Warfare". This balanced representation will have visibility into: 1) the C4ISR systems and processes that area an integral part of US CONOPS; 2) the impact of logistics, both strategic and intra-theater, on the warfight; and 3) maneuver warfare, at the operational level. These capabilities respond to known deficiencies in the current state-of-the-art in military modeling. They also form the core modeling contributions of the simulation.