ADVANCED FRAMEWORK FOR SIMULATION, INTEGRATION, AND MODELING FOR THE GREATER ENTERPRISE (AFSIM FORGE)

The Advanced Framework for Simulation, Integration, and Modeling (AFSIM) is a government-owned, open-source, and community-informed military simulation framework primarily used by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition, operations analysis, and research and engineering communities. AFSIM provides these communities with an ever-expanding toolset to ease scenario and model creation, strengthen analytical conclusions, and enrich virtual wargaming experiences.

AFSIM benefits from a passionate user community that contributes directly to its development and evolution. With broad representation from all branches of the U.S. military and affiliated U.S. Government (USG) agencies, industry, academia, and international partners, this community increasingly uses AFSIM to assess and compare emerging weapon system concepts, refine operational employment tactics, and ultimately inform research investment and acquisition decisions.

The Aerospace Systems Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (AFRL/RQ) currently manages, develops, maintains, and freely distributes AFSIM to benefit the entire defense innovation base. AFSIM is available to all USG agencies and eligible DoD industry partners at Page 3 of 23 no cost. AFRL shares AFSIM with industry partners through an information transfer agreement, making it the ideal tool to support internal research and development activities.

AFRL also shares AFSIM with other USG agencies through a memorandum of understanding. The purpose of FORGE is to mature and scale AFSIM as an enterprise capability while fostering a vibrant community of users, developers, and maintainers contributing to its evolution.