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Acquisition and Test & Evaluation M&S Practitioners Panel. 13 Mar 2007. John Carlile Director, Experimentation Advanced Systems Integrated Defense Systems The Boeing Company.
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Acquisition and Test & Evaluation M&S Practitioners Panel 13 Mar 2007 John CarlileDirector, ExperimentationAdvanced SystemsIntegrated Defense SystemsThe Boeing Company This document does not contain technical data within the definition contained in the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), as such is releasable by any means to any person whether in the U. S. or abroad. The Export Compliance log number for this document is RBE0189. (assigned IAW PRO-4527,PRO 3439).
Panel Topic • Background • Acquisition • T&E • M&S • Supported Products • Service, Space, Agency, Commercial, Advanced • Topic • Issues • Pain • Solutions vs. Approaches
General Pain • Intellectual Property & Proprietary Products • Security • M&S for Acquisition Decisions • Industry Involvement
Specific M&S Pain • Rate of Change in Technology • Impacts our models of networks, software, architectures, etc ….they are often inadequate and sometimes inaccurate • Low Tech • High Tech • Solution / Approach • Application of S/W engineering methodologies to M&S software • Impacts cost, development time, obsolescence • Requirements process results in “dumbed down” renditions • Solution / Approach
M&S Pain • Requirements for exclusive use of Government models • May sub-optimize capabilities, delay developments • Common models - lessons learned • Software reuse Benefits/Requirements • Inappropriate application (obsolete/mismatched) • Overstated benefits of Object Oriented Programming • Expands size and modification difficulty
M&S Pain • Requirements capture/communication • Results in acquisition program development difficulties • Failure to reduce T&E costs via M&S • Capability but limited results
Summary • Standards, policies, interoperability, commonality, multi-level security, IP protection are all positive • DoD, Other Government, Commercial, International M&S issues are not identical