Initiatives

Modeling and Simulation (M&S)

The Modeling and Simulation (M&S) initiative is focused on ensuring that the Defense acquisition community understands and uses M&S to help define, develop, test, produce, operate, and sustain defense systems and systems-of-systems across the entire acquisition life cycle. The initiative is led by the Acquisition Modeling and Simulation Working Group, chartered by the DoD Systems and Software Engineering Forum. Its purpose is to assist program managers and acquisition professional by improving the utility of M&S in the acquisition of defense capabilities and products delivered to ultimately benefit the warfighters. These diagrams depict how the DoD acquisition community relates to the modeling and simulation community and industry M&S resources as well as the DoD M&S framework.

The Acquisition M&S Master Plan is an action plan to improve modeling and simulation (M&S) support to the DoD acquisition process. This plan defines specific actions to improve M&S policy and guidance, technical framework, capabilities and use, and knowledge and training resources. These steps will foster better tools and processes to support systems engineering, acquisition decision making, development of joint capabilities, and realization of cost efficiencies. The Acquisition M&S Master Plan Progress Report provides the latest information regarding the status of underway actions.

Visit related M&S policy, guidance and tools, and education and training sections of the website for the latest information available in those areas.