The High Level Architecture (HLA) Certification Advisory Group (CeAG) provides an advisory rose with respect to the evolution of the HLA compliance process and tools in the context of meeting future requirements within NATO and NATO/PfP.
The main objective of the HLA CeAG is to take long term responsibility for the management and maintenance of the established NATO HLA Compliance Certification Process.
The objective of the HLA CeAG is to provide assistance to the following efforts:
- Manage the configuration and implementation of a High Level Architecture compliance certification program within NATO and NATO/PfP nations.
- Sharing of information and experience.
- Determine and approve enhancement proposals for the Federate Compliance Test Suite which is composed of the Federate Test Management System (FTMS) and the Federate Compliance Test Tool (FCTT).
- Determine the procedures for the HLA compliance test.
- Maintain the Federate Compliance Test Suite.
The live version of the M&S Glossary is now available!
The Winter 2011 M&S Journal is now available!
At the request of Congressman J. Randy Forbes and the Congressional Modeling & Simulation Caucus, NTSA has created "A Primer on Modeling and Simulation: The World of M&S," a 25-page booklet intended to give the average layperson an understanding of Modeling & Simulation... read more.









