The HLA Technical Specifications were adopted as IEEE Standard 1516 in September 2000. IEEE Standard 1516 is available through the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers at http://shop.ieee.org/store/.
HLA Framework and Rules, Version IEEE 1516-2000
- HLA Interface Specification, Version IEEE 1516.1-2000
- HLA Object Model Template, Version IEEE 1516.2-2000
- HLA Federation Development and Execution Process, Version IEEE 1516.3
To validate the implementability of early versions of HLA, DMSO developed prototype RTI software. However, the DoD is no longer distributing RTI software. Please visit the following link for more information:
For copies of the documents below, please contact HLAHelpDesk@dod-msiac.org.
- HLA Rules (Version 1.3)
- HLA Interface Specification Version 1.3
- HLA Object Model Template Specification (Version 1.3)
- HLA Interface Specification Annex A: IDL API
- HLA Interface Specification Annex B: C++ API
- HLA Interface Specification Annex C: Ada 95 API
- HLA Interface Specification Annex D: Java API
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