Platform Walkthrough

See PARMENION in action

A guided tour of the platform that runs the entire exercise lifecycle — scenario and ORBAT, NATO planning, multi-domain simulation, live exercise control, analysis and the after-action report. One system, six domains, three command levels.

VERSION 2.1.0
01 — Scenario Setting

Build the world, and the order of battle, from anything

Start from a scenario and its sides, then ingest a complete ORBAT from any file — Excel, PDF, Word or plain text — straight into the simulation database. Lay forces on the map with the Force Builder; it feeds MASOF, LandOps, NavOps and the kernel.

  • Echelon hierarchy from theatre to section, standards-based military symbology
  • Units, weapons, sensors, IADS, facilities and ammunition catalogues
  • Strength, readiness, training, morale and technology attributes per unit
parmenion.deffintech.com/orbat-ingest/
ORBAT ingest → simulation database
TheatreFRIENDCombined Joint Task Force
CorpsFRIEND1st (UK) Division
Brigade12 Armoured BCT — 86% readiness
Brigade7 Light Mech BCT — 91% readiness
TheatreHOSTILEOpposing Forces Command
ArmyHOSTILECombined Arms Army
ExcelPDFWordText→ 821 entities parsed
02 — Operations Planning

The NATO planning process, end to end

Work the operational and tactical estimates, then build a full OPLAN with annexes — with AI section drafting to accelerate the staff work. Design the campaign along lines of operation and phases.

  • Operational and tactical planning, worked step by step
  • OPLAN workspace with annexes and AI-assisted drafting
  • Campaign design: lines of operation, decisive conditions, phases
parmenion.deffintech.com/opplan/1
OPLAN — annex builder
1. Situationdrafted
2. Missiondrafted
3. Execution — CONOPSAI drafting…
4. Service Supportpending
5. Command & Signalpending
Campaign — lines of operation
Shape→Deter→Seize→Stabilise
03 — Multi-Domain Simulation

Model the fight across six domains

Optimise and resolve operations in every domain, with a shared 2D and 3D common operating picture. Ground operations now include the full engineering set — gap crossing, mine and route clearance, EOD and assault breaching — alongside air, naval, space, cyber and social.

  • MASOF air optimiser · NAVOPS naval optimiser · LANDOPS ground optimiser
  • Engineering ops: wet/dry gap crossing, mine, route clearance, EOD, assault & strategic
  • Space, cyber and social operations · KIMON theatre simulation · micro-agent kernel
  • Common Operational Picture in 2D and 3D with kernel playback
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Domain engines — live
MASOF · Air
Nash COA · 24 sorties
NAVOPS · Sea
ASW · 3 task groups
LANDOPS · Ground
Wet gap crossing · 2 lanes
KIMON · Theatre
Sustainment · detection
Space / Cyber
CoA → mission → exec
Andrian
micro-agents
2D COP3D COPStandards-based symbologyLand·Air·Sea·Space·Cyber·Social
04 — Wargaming

Three nested levels, with an AI adjudicator

Run a war-game end to end in the Studio — level, type, objectives, strategies, a payoff table and the optimum courses of action. An AI adjudicator assists turn resolution, and every decision is written to a tamper-evident ledger.

  • Strategic frame → operational games → tactical exercises
  • Payoff tables and Nash / optimum course-of-action generation
  • AI adjudication, adversarial AI and attrition modelling
  • Tamper-evident decision ledger
parmenion.deffintech.com/wargame/
Payoff matrix — Blue vs Red courses of action
Blue COA-1
0.72
Blue COA-2
0.88
Blue COA-3
0.61
Decision ledger
#118 ✓→#119 ✓→#120 ✓→#121
05 — Exercise Control

Run the live exercise from one control room

Author the master event and incident lists — by hand or AI-generated from scenario context — then drive the exercise: inject events, adjudicate, and pause, snapshot or rewind the clock. Manage Blue, Red and Grey cells and the chain of command.

  • MEL/MIL builder with AI generation and manual-vs-generated comparison
  • Three-room exercise control; appoint commanders and run orders
  • Inject · adjudicate · pause · snapshot · rewind · resolve
  • Objective management: objectives ↔ events ↔ audience performance
parmenion.deffintech.com/exercise/control
EXCON — master event list
D+01 06:00INJECTBorder incursion — NE sector
D+01 09:30INJECTCBRN alarm — port facility
D+01 11:15RESOLVEDMedia query — press cell
D+01 14:00QUEUEDLogistics shortfall — MSR AMBER
Blue cellRed cellGrey cell⏸ pause⏪ rewind
06 — Analysis

Quantify the outcome, not just watch it

Run the engines many times over for statistical confidence, optimise a minimum-cost capability set against a threat, fuse multi-source contacts into one track picture, and model CBRN and disaster hazards — all feeding targeting and battle-damage assessment.

  • Stochastic experimentation: mean, confidence intervals, P(success)
  • Defence-planning optimiser (LP + sensitivity) and SEAD package comparison
  • nginr track fusion · CBRN/disaster hazard modelling · geostrategic foresight
  • Effects and battle-damage assessment
parmenion.deffintech.com/montecarlo/1
Stochastic experimentation — 1,000 runs
Mission success P0.83
95% CI0.79 – 0.87
Mean blue losses7.4%
P90 time to objective41.5 h
Defence-planning optimiser
Capability set
min-cost
07 — Models Federation

Resolve with the simulators you already run

Export a scenario as MSDL / SISO-OBS enriched for JTLS-GO and connect external simulators over DIS. Exercises can be resolved by VBS, Steel Beasts or any DIS-capable model instead of the internal engine — with federated entities on one shared picture.

  • JTLS-GO export (MSDL / SISO-OBS) with live DIS link
  • Federation status: protocol state, connected exercises, live links
  • Federated entities appear on the common operating picture
parmenion.deffintech.com/jtls-fed/
Federation — connected models (DIS)
● LINKJTLS-GO — theatre resolution
● LINKVBS — tactical vignette
● LINKSteel Beasts — armour engagement
○ IDLESpare DIS endpoint
MSDL exportSISO-OBSDIS PDUs
08 — After-Action & Reporting

From the last inject to the final report

Capture observations and lessons, score them against objectives, and generate the final exercise report — plus COA exports for air, naval and ground, all from the same data you exercised on.

  • After-action review: observations, lessons and scoring
  • Objective management mapped to audience performance
  • Final Exercise Report and PDF COA exports
parmenion.deffintech.com/reports/
Final Exercise Report
Objectives met11 / 14
Observations logged63
Lessons identified19
FER (PDF)Air COANaval COAGround COAExercise report
9 functional areas
90+ integrated tools
6 domains
3 command levels
NSTO exercising methodology
JTLS-GO / DIS federation
Air-gapped self-hosted

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