For years, modeling and simulation technology has been used in a variety of applications in the engineering community. More recently, the High Level Architecture (HLA) has been developed to provide a common environment in which distributed simulations and component models can be seamlessly integrated to create a single simulation system. The HLA has been adopted by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) for use by all it's modeling and simulation activities. In addition, The HLA has been adopted by NATO, is being used extensively throughout the international defense community, and is increasingly being accepted by the private sector.

This comprehensive four-day training course uniquely combines HLA basics and theory with actual hands-on Federate and Federation development activities. The AEgis HLA LabWorks tool suite is used to demonstrate how case tools can greatly assist HLA implementers. All aspects of the HLA Federation Development Execution (FEDEP) lifecycle are presented in detail with special emphasis on the utilization of automated tools to assist in the process. Upon completing the course, students will have performed all activities required to design, implement, and test HLA Federates and Federations in a fully integrated environment.