
HLA Evolves Again
By Jim Kogler, VP of Products (originally posted on LinkedIn)
The HLA standard has advanced once more—perhaps without much fanfare, but in a significant way. The latest version, IEEE HLA 1516-2025, is being referred to as HLA 4, to distinguish it from IEEE 1516-2010, which was nicknamed HLA Evolved. The "4" signifies that this is essentially the fourth major revision of the standard. It has been a large, collaborative effort involving coordination across the industry. MAK’s own Doug Wood, a Principal Engineer on our Link team, was deeply involved in this latest revision—as he has been with previous ones—but the work was carried out by a team of outstanding individuals from many organizations, including competitors, coming together to improve interoperability.