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STATUS OF ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF DIGITAL

ENGINEERING INFRASTRUCTURE AND WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
House Report 117-118, page 69, accompanying H.R. 4350, the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022

Mr. Thomas W. Simms

Acting Principal Deputy Director, Systems Engineering & Architecture
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
October 1, 2022

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BRIEFING OUTLINE

Executive Workforce Best Adoption Funding

Summary (10 slides) Practices Efforts (6 slides)
(12 slides) (22 slides)

• Glossary
• Executive Summary
• Workforce Development Required
• Implementation of Best Practices
• Efforts to Increase Adoption of Digital Engineering
• The Amount of Funding Provided

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GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS (PAGE 1 OF 4)

A B D
• A&GT: Analysis and Gaming Tools • BE: Basic Encyclopedia • D/SET: Digital/Systems Engineering Transformation
• ABS: Air Base Simulation • BMD: Ballistic Missile Defense • DACM: Director of Acquisitions and Career Management
• ACE-CSI: Air and Space Constructive Environment – • BOK: Body of Knowledge • DAF: Department of the Air Force

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C2 Systems Integrator
ACE-IOS: Air and Space Constructive Environment – C •
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DARPA: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DASN: Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Information Operations Suite • C-ATO: Continuous Authority to Operate • DE: Digital Engineering
• ACS: Aggregate Combat Service • C2: Command and Control • DE2: Distributed Experimentation Environment
• ADTR: All Domain Test Range • CACCTUS: Combined Arms Command and Control Training Upgrade • DES: Digital Engineering Strategy
• AECT: Air Education and Training Command System • DESS: Distribution Environment Support System
• AFC: Army Futures Command • CAT: Core Analysis Task • DEWG: Digital Engineering Working Group
• AFIT: Air Force Institute of Technology • CCDC: Combatant Capabilities Development Command • DIA/MSIC: Defense Intelligence Agency / Missile and Space
• AFLCMC: Air Force Life Cycle Management Center • CCF: Central Clearance Facility Intelligence Center
• AFMSTT: Air Force Modeling and Simulation Training Toolkit • CCS: Combat Convoy Simulator • DIADS: Digital Integrated Air Defense Systems
• AFRL: Air Force Research Library • CCTT: Close Combat Tactical Trainer • DISA: Defense Information Systems Agency
• AFSERS-MUSE: Air Force Synthetic Environment for Reconnaissance • CDS: Cross Domain Solution • DIS: Distributive Interactive Simulations
and Surveillance - Multiple Unified Simulation Environment • CE2: Command Exercise Engagement • DISR: DoD Information Technology Standards Registry
• AFSIM: Advanced Framework for Simulation, Integration, and Modeling • CFFT: Call for Fire Trainer • DLA: Defense Logistics Agency
• AHP: Army Hypersonic Project Office • CI/CD: Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery • DMSCO: Defense Modeling and Simulation Coordination Office
• AI: Artificial Intelligence • CONEMP: Concept of Employment • DoD: Department of Defense
• AM or AAM: Advanced/Additive Manufacturing • COP: Community of Practice • DoDD: DoD Directive
• AMIE: Architecture Management Integration Environment • COP(2): Common Operating Procedure • DoDI: DoD Instruction
• AR: Augmented Reality • COTS: Commercial Off-The-Shelf • DON: Department of the Navy
• ARV: Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle • CPS: Conventional Prompt Strike • DSP: Digital Standardization Program
• ASA(ALT): Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, • CRC: Concept Required Capabilities • DT&E: Digital Test & Engineering
Logistics, and Technology • CSIAC: Cyber Security Information Systems Information Analysis • DTIC: Defense Technical Information Center
• ASALT: Advanced Small Arms Lethality Trainer Center • DTO: Digital Transformation Office
• ASW: Anti-Submarine Warfare • CVTS: Combat Vehicle Training Systems • DTRA: Defense Threat Reduction Agency
• AVCATT: Aviation Combined Arms Tactical Trainer • DVTE: Deployable Virtual Training Environment
• AWS: Amazon Web Services • DWO: Digital Warfare Office
• AWSIM: Air Warfare Simulation

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E •
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GEG: GPS Environment Generator
GEMS: Gaming, Exercising, Modeling and Simulation
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ITASE: Integrated Threat Analysis and Simulation Environment
ITE: Integrated Tactical Environment
• EAAGLES: Extensible Architecture for the Analysis and • GFT: Games for Training • ITW/AA: Integrated Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment
Generation of Linked Simulations • GIAC: Graphical Input Aggregate Control • IVAS: Integrated Visual Augmentation System
•
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EADSim: Extended Air Defense Simulation
EDCSS: Environmental Data Cube Support System
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GIANT: GPS Interference and Navigational Tool
GMD: Ground-Based Midcourse Defense Program J
• EPP: Environmental Protection Programs • GPS: Global Positioning System • JADC2: Joint All Domain Command and Control
• ER-GMLRS: Extended Range Guided Multiple Launch • GTS: Ground Training Simulation • JAMWIG: Joint Additive Manufacturing Working Group

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Rocket System
ERS: Engineered Resilient Systems H •
•
JAWS: JLVC Analysis Workstation
JBUS: Joint Simulation Bus
• ESAMS: Enterprise Safety Application Management System • H4H: High Operational Tempo for Hypersonics • JCAS: Joint Close Air Support
• EST: Engagement Skills Trainer • HAMRS: Hypersonic Architectures, Modeling, • JCATS: Joint Conflict and Tactical Simulation
• ETM: Engineering Technical Management Requirements and Simulation • JCMS: Joint Cryptologic Mission Simulation
• EW: Electronic Warfare • HARRT: Hypersonic Missile Defense Architecture and • JDLM: Joint Deployment Logistics Model
• ExCIS: Extensible Command, Control, Communications, Risk Reduction Testing • JECS: Joint Exercise Control Station
Computers and Intelligence (C4I) Instrumentation Suite • HASC: House Armed Services Committee • JESC: Joint Enterprise Standards Committee
• EZJA: Engineering Directorate, Analysis and Training Systems Division, • HEMTT: Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck • JFO: Joint Fires Observer
Combat Effectiveness & Vulnerability Analysis Branch • HLA: High Level Architecture • JITC: Joint Interoperability Test Command

F •
•
HMMWV: High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle
HOT: High Operational Tempo
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JLCCTC: Joint Land Component Constructive Training Capability
JLOD: JCATS Low Overhead Driver
• FACE: Future Airborne Capability Environment • HPCMP: High Performance Computing Modernization Program • JLVC: Joint Live, Virtual and Constructive
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•
FIT: Federated Information Technology
FOM: Federation Object Model I • JMECS: Joint Master Scenario Event List (MSEL)
& Exercise Control Station
• FSS: Fire Support Specialists • IAMD: Integrated Air and Missile Defense • JMEM: JLVC Master Enumeration Manager
• FTS: From The Sea • IDDE: Integrated Digital Data Environment • JMSEL: Joint Master Scenario Events List
• FTU: Formal Training Unit • IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers • JSWAM: Joint Staff Wargaming Analysis Model
• FVEY: Five Eyes Alliance • IITSEC: Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and • JSPA: Joint Simulation Protocol Analyzer
• FVL: Future Vertical Lift Education Conference • JTDS: Joint Training Data Services

G •
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IME: Integrated Modeling Environment
IOT&E: Initial Operational Test and Evaluation
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JTIMS: Joint Training Information Management System
JTT: Joint Training Tool
• GAO: Government Accountability Office • IR&D: Independent research and development • JWE SyEn: Joint Wargaming & Experimentation
• GBAD: Ground Based Air Defense • ISim: International Simulation Synthetic Environment
• GBSD: Ground Based Strategic Deterrent • ISMT: Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainer • JWICS: Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communication System
• GCIA: GCS Common Infrastructure Architecture • ISR: Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
• GCS: Geographic Coordinate System • ITAR: International Traffic in Arms Regulations

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L N O
• LMS: Learning Management System • NASIC: National Air and Space Intelligence Center • OBS: Order of Battle Service
• LOE: Lines of Effort • NAVAIR: Naval Air Systems Command • OCSMP: Object Certified System Modeling Professional
• LOTS: Low Overhead Training System • NAWCAD: Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division • OMF: Optimistic Modeling Framework
• LSE: Lightweight Sim Ecosystem • NC#: Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications • OMFV: Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle
• LVC: Live, Virtual, Constructive • NCAMS: Navy Center for Advanced Modeling and Simulation • OMG: Object Management Group
• LVC-G ITE: Live Virtual Collective-Ground Integrated Training • NCM3: Non-Rated Crew Member Manned Module • OneSAFE: One Semi-Automated Forces
Environment • NCTE: Navy Continuous Training Environment • ONI: Office of Naval Intelligence

M •
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NDAA: National Defense Authorization Act
NDISC: Naval Digital Integration Support Cell
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OPIR: Overhead Persistent Infrared
OSM: Open System Architecture Sensor Model
• M&S: Modeling and Simulation • NGI: Next Generation Interceptor • OT&E: Operational Test & Evaluation
• MAGTF: Marine Air Ground Task Force • NGIC: National Ground Intelligence Center • OTA: Operational Test Agency
• MBD: Model Based Definition • NGTS: Next Generation Threat System • OUSD: Office of the Undersecretary of Defense
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MBSE: Model Based Systems Engineering
MBT: Main Battle Tank
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NIPRNet: Non-classified Internet Protocol (IP) Router Network
NIWC: Naval Information Warfare Center P
• MCDT: Marine Common Driver Trainer • NMESIS: Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System • PDU: Protocol Data Unit
• MCIA: Marine Corps Intelligence Activity • NMSC: National Merit Scholarship Corporation • PE: Program Element
• MCL: Master Class List • NRO: National Reconnaissance Office • PEO: Program Executive Officer
• MCSC: Marine Corps Systems Command • NSA: National Security Agency • PinT: Protocol Data Unit (PDU) Injection Tool
• MDA: Missile Defense Agency • NSANet: National Security Agency Network • PLM: Product Lifecycle Management
• MDAP: Major Defense Acquisition Program • NSWC: Naval Surface Warfare Center • POM: Program Objectives Memorandums
• MDD: Missile Defense System • NTSA: National Training and Simulation Association • POR: Plans of Record
• MDST: Missile Defense Space Warning Tool • NVIG: Night Vision Image Generator • PPBE: Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution
• ME: Mission Engineering • NWARS-NG: National Wargaming System Next Generation • PrSM: Precision Strike Missile
• MEDE: Mission Engineering Digital Ecosystem • NWDC: Navy Warfare Development Command • PTN: Pilot Training Next
• ML: Machine Learning
• MMT: Methods, Models, and Tools
• MOSA: Modular Open Systems Approach
• MOSAIC: More Situational Awareness for Industrial Control Systems
• MOTAR: Member, Operations, Training, Analytics, Reports
• MPF: Mobile Protected Fire
• MRTFB: Major Range and Test Facility Base
• MSE: Modeling & Simulation Enterprise
• MTWS: Marine Tactical Warfare Simulation

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R T X
• RADGUNS: Radar-Directed Gun System Simulation • T&E: Test and Evaluation • XML: Extensible Markup Language
• RDT&E: Research, Development, Test, & Evaluation • TDACS: Tactical Data Analysis and Connectivity System
• ROTC: Reserve Officers’ Training Corps • TDP: Technical Data Package
• RTI: Runtime Infrastructure • TECOM: Marine Corps Training and Education Command
• RVTT: Reconfigurable Vehicle Tactical Trainer • TENA: Test and Training Enabling Architecture
• TES: Theater Event System
S • TGS: Terrain Generation Service
• S&TI: Scientific & Technical Intelligence • TGx: Threat Generator, External
• SAVT: Supporting Arms Virtual Trainer • TPS: Thermal Protection System
• SAW: Semi-Automatic Weapon • TRANSCOM: Transportation Command
• SESG: Systems Engineering Stakeholders Group • TRASYS: USMC Training Systems
• SIM: Simulation • TRMC: Test Resource Management Center
• SIPRNet: Secure Internet Protocol Router Network • TS/SCI: Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information
• SISO: Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization • TTP: Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
• SIU: Simulation Interface Unit • TWG: Technical Working Group
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SME: Subject Matter Expert
SOAR: State-of-the-Art Report V
• SOS: System of Systems • VAT: Virtual Air Threat
• SSBN: Ballistic Missile Submarine • VBS3: Virtual Battlespace 3
• SSCARS: Simulator Common Architecture and Standards • VDI: Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
• SSG: Space Systems Generator • VIPERS: Vignette Planning and Rehearsal Software
• STORM: Synthetic Theater Operations Research Model • VOC: Volatile Organic Chemicals
• STS: Synthetic Training Systems • VR: Virtual Reality
• SUT: System Under Test • VRSG: Virtual Reality Scene Generator
• SWIFT: Standard Wargame Integration Facilitation Tool • VV&A: Verification, Validation, and Accreditation
• SWP: Software Acquisition Pathway
• SYSCOM: Systems Command W
• WARS: Wargaming and Advanced Research Simulation
• WARSIM: Warfighter's Simulation

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BRIEFING OUTLINE

Executive Workforce Best Adoption Funding

Summary Practices Efforts

• Glossary
• Executive Summary
• Workforce Development Required
• Implementation of Best Practices
• Efforts to Increase Adoption of Digital Engineering
• The Amount of Funding Provided

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 Executive Summary of Brief to U.S. House Committee on Armed Services:
Digital Engineering Infrastructure and Workforce Development

Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering

Pages 69 – 70 of House Report 117-118, accompanying H.R. 4350, the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (TAB B), requests the Under Secretary of Defense for
Research and Engineering (USD(R&E)) to provide a brief to the House Committee on Armed
Services, on:

“…status of the Department’s adoption and implementation of digital engineering, including,

but not limited to:
(1) The workforce skill development required;
(2) Implementation best practices from across the Department’s research and
development ecosystem, grouped by domain, enterprise, or functional area;
(3) Efforts to increase adoption and improve the use of digital engineering across the
Department and the defense industrial base; and
(4) The amount of funding provided across the Department for this effort.”

The digital engineering ecosystem combines model-based techniques, digital practices, and
computing infrastructure, Enabling delivery of high pay-off solutions to the warfighter, at the
speed of relevance. Whereas the digital engineering enterprise connects people, processes, data,
and capabilities, improving technical, contract, and business practices through an authoritative
source of truth and digital artifacts
To build the digital engineering infrastructure, the Department of Defense workforce requires
appropriate skill sets and education. The Department has an ongoing initiative modernizing the
Defense Acquisition Workforce.
A “Back-to-Basics” program is implemented in the Engineering & Technical Management
(ETM) Functional Area, including digital engineering skills. This program includes a curriculum
ensuring competencies with certification, and credentials supporting digital engineering. The
certification courses are available to all DoD, federal, and industry employees.
The Services and the Missile Defense Agency have all implemented digital workforce initiatives,
based on guidance provided in the Department of Defense Digital Engineering Strategy,
published in 2018. These efforts include a combination of establishing digital transformation
offices, Service-level digital engineering strategies, supplemental education and certification for
career accession planning.
To promote best practices, the Department established a baseline through the Digital
Engineering Strategy, releasing new and updated DoD policies, directives, and Instructions,
establishing a forward-looking culture of innovation through digital engineering disciplines, and

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maintaining an ecosystem of forums, councils, working groups, and communities of practice,
across the DoD and the defense industrial base.
The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering created and
maintains the Digital Engineering Body of Knowledge (DEBoK), is implementing a similar
Modeling and Simulation Body of Knowledge (MSBoK), and is developing a DoD Modeling
and Simulation Strategy.
This foundation of strategy, policy, and governance is critical to driving the successful planning
and execution of digital engineering modernization.
The depth and breadth of digital engineering is enterprise-wide and is being incorporated into
programs and systems, including the system-of-systems and all components.
There is continuous improvement across the Department and the defense industrial base in
communications, risk assessment and reduction, design optimization, and shortened acquisition
timelines. The stakeholders are evolving collaborative, integrated digital environments guiding,
orchestrating, and delivering access to data, functions and elements and executing in a purely
digital environment.
Assessing the amount of funding provided across the Department for digital engineering
infrastructure and workforce development is still imperfect in that the Services and Agencies are
at different levels of organization and implementation of their digital engineering modernization.
There are a variety of funding methods for tracking programs, not all of which contain budget
elements dedicated purely to digital engineering efforts. Of those services and agencies
specifically tracking the funding for digital engineering infrastructure:
• The U.S. Navy reports eight (8) current Program Elements (PE) that have funding
specifically designated for digital engineering, totaling over $28 million in Fiscal Year
2022
• The U.S. Marines similarly identifies $800 thousand dedicated to digital engineering
concepts as part of its Model-Based Enterprise in Fiscal Year 2022
• The Missile Defense Agency is moving aggressively in the direction of digital
engineering with the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) program and, as of July 2022,
the NGI program is $13.7 million funding.
Model-based systems engineering, as part of digital engineering practices, offers the Department
transparency, flexibility, rigor in communication, analysis, quality control, and an increase in the
efficiency in engineering and acquisition practices. The Department resourced the digital
engineering infrastructure and workforce skill development needed to practically implement
digital practices, and uses state-of-the-practice methods and techniques.
The Department established partnerships with academic institutions to create consortia, acting as
centers of excellence, promulgating best practices across the Department’s research and
development programs.

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DE INFRASTRUCTURE & WF: WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT REQUIRED

Executive Workforce Best Adoption Funding

Summary (11 slides) Practices Efforts

• Executive Summary
• Workforce Development Required
- ETM Competency Model
- ETM Certification Training Courses
- ETM Credential Development Status
- CENG 001 – Digital Engineering for DoD Consumers
- Service Digital Workforce Initiatives
• Implementation of Best Practices
• Efforts to Increase Adoption of Digital Engineering
• The Amount of Funding Provided

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WHAT IS DIGITAL ENGINEERING?

• DIGITAL ENGINEERING:
- Combines model-based techniques, digital practices,
and computing infrastructure

- Enables delivery of high-payoff solutions to the

warfighter at the speed of relevance

• REFORMS BUSINESS PRACTICES

- Digital enterprise connects people, processes, data,
and capabilities

- Improves technical, contract, and business practices

through an authoritative source of truth and digital
artifacts

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DE INFRASTRUCTURE & WF: WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT REQUIRED

Digital Engineering Infrastructure and Workforce Development

“The committee urges Department components to embrace and resource their digital engineering infrastructure and workforce skill development needed to
practically implement practices using state-of –the-practice methods and techniques.”

“….provide a briefing…on the status of the Department’s adoption and implementation of digital engineering, including, but not limited to:

(1) The Workforce skill development required;”

Bottom Line Up Front Status

 The Department has an ongoing initiative (i.e., “Back-to-Basics” (BtB)) to modernize the Defense Acquisition Workforce
 The Engineering & Technical Management (ETM) Functional Area*, which includes Digital Engineering skills, has developed:
 Competencies
 Certification courses
 Credentials (currently under development)
 The certification courses and one digital engineering credential are currently available to all DoD, federal, and industry employees
 Two additional credentials are under development

* The Components have been part of the Back-to-Basics and ETM Functional Area development
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ENGINEERING & TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT COMPETENCY MODEL (TIERS 2 & 3)

COMPETENCIES DRIVE TRAINING FOR THE FUNCTIONAL AREA

Tier 2: ETM Core Readiness Competencies
[drivers for certification requirements]

Leading Mission & Systems Requirements Definition & Technical Design Product Digital Software Technical Perspective on
Change Thinking Analysis Management Considerations Realization Literacy Literacy Defense Contracting

Tier 3: ETM Specialty Competencies

[drivers for credentials]

Requirements Analysis Adversity-Driven Test, Digital Environment Process Capability

Mission Capability Analysis, Cyber Acumen for Engineering Evaluation, Verification, & Control
Operations & Support
Definition, & Characterization & Validation
Implementation
Modeling, Simulation, Quality Management
Technology Portfolio
Mission Engineering Integration Adversity-Driven & Analysis
Management
Approach Requirements Derivation Surveillance Activities
Verification & Technology Protection Software Assurance
Manufacturing Planning,
Mission Engineering Validation
Analysis of Adversity & Scheduling, & Control
Documentation Adverse Effects DevSecOps
Technology Transition/Transfer
Transition
Systems Engineering Software Configuration Industrial Workforce Planning
Management Adversity-Driven Design Software Engineering/
System of Systems / Management
Design
Family of Systems Materials Management
Stakeholder Requirements Adversity-Driven Digital Environment Technology & the Industrial
Definition Architecture Design Design Realization Development Base Facilities

Notes:
- Each Tier 2 and Tier 3 competency is substantiated with task statements
- Digital Engineering related competencies highlighted in red
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ENGINEERING & TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT DIGITAL ENGINEERING COMPETENCIES

DIGITAL LITERACY (TIER 2)

• Considering digital behaviors and practices to support implementations of digital concepts (e.g., IT, cybersecurity, and digital engineering)

ARCHITECTURE DESIGN (TIER 3)

• Create a system or mission architecture design using digital models that satisfies the documented requirements for hardware, software, and human
elements; their enabling processes; and related internal and external interfaces

DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT (TIER 3)

• Develop a digital enterprise environment which is an integrated digital development framework in which digital models and representations are
interconnected such that the content and activities within it are managed to accomplish the organizational objectives of the enterprise

DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT (TIER 3)

• Operate within and supporting a digital enterprise environment

MODELING, SIMULATION, AND ANALYSIS (TIER 3)

• Create and analyze a digital prototype of a physical model to predict its performance in the real world. Models and simulations are used to help
system designers and engineers understand whether, under what conditions, and in which ways a system component could fail and what loads it can
withstand through analysis

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ENGINEERING & TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION TRAINING COURSES

ETM FOUNDATIONAL CERTIFICATION COURSES ETM PRACTITIONER CERTIFICATION COURSES

Course Title Course Title
ACQ 1010 Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition Management ETM 2010V Leading Change for Practitioners

ETM 1010 Leading Change Fundamentals ETM 2020V Mission and Systems Thinking for Practitioners
ETM 2030V Requirements Definition and Analysis for Practitioners
ETM 1020 Mission and Systems Thinking Fundamentals
ETM 2040V Technical Management for Practitioners
ETM 1030 Requirements Definition and Analysis Fundamentals
ETM 2050V Design Considerations for Practitioners
ETM 1040 Technical Management Fundamentals ETM 2060 Product Realization for Practitioners
ETM 1050 Design Considerations Fundamentals ETM 2070V Digital Literacy for Practitioners
ETM 1060 Product Realization Fundamentals ETM 2080V Software Literacy for Practitioners
ETM 1070 Digital Literacy Fundamentals ETM 2090V Technical Perspectives on Defense Contracting for Practitioners
ETM 1080 Software Literacy Fundamentals

ETM 1090 Technical Perspectives on Defense Contracting Fundamentals Note: Digital Engineering related courses highlighted in red

Required certification training for all ETM personnel (courses open to all DoD personnel)
ETM covers approximately 43% (72,700) of the Acquisition Workforce

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ENGINEERING & TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION TRAINING COURSES (CONT.)

ETM 1070 – DIGITAL LITERACY FUNDAMENTALS

• This Online Training (OLT) course introduces digital literacy concept and strategies. Students will understand digital behaviors and practices to
support implementations of digital concepts. Students gain foundational level skills to understand the importance of identifying, communicating,
and preserving information when operating within a digital environment. Students learn digital approaches that use authoritative sources of
systems’ data and models as a continuum across disciplines to support lifecycle activities from concept through disposal.
[Approximately 2.5 hours]

ETM 2070V – DIGITAL LITERACY FOR PRACTITIONERS

• This virtual instructor-led training (VILT) course builds upon Digital Literacy Fundamentals (ETM 1070). Students learn how to apply digital
engineering behaviors and practices to support implementations of digital concepts. Students gain practitioner level skills for identifying,
communicating, and preserving information when operating within a digital environment. Students learn how to integrate digital approaches that
use authoritative sources of systems’ data and models as a continuum across disciplines to support lifecycle activities from concept through
disposal. As a group, students discuss best practices and lessons learned that will help them overcome barriers when implementing digital
concepts within their own organizations. [Approximately 4.5 hours]

These courses were made available in February 2022

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ENGINEERING & TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT CREDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT STATUS

Analysis/Planning Design Development Deployment Sustainment

Credentials Identified for Topic Areas: • CENG 003: Artificial • CCYB 001: Program
• Technology Portfolio
• Advanced DevSecOps Intelligence Foundations Protection*
Management 2
• Intermediate Software Engineering in the DoD*
• Intermediate Mission • CCYB 002:
• Advanced Software Engineering • Technology Project Cybersecurity for PMs*
Engineering 1
• Intermediate Software Assurance Management 2
• Advanced Mission • CENG 001: Digital
• Advanced Software Assurance • Fundamental Secure
Engineering 1 Engineering for DoD
• Intermediate Secure Cyber-Resilient Cyber-Resilient
Engineering 2 Consumers*
Engineering • Intermediate
• Advanced Secure Cyber-Resilient DevSecOps 2 • Fundamental Mission • CENG 002: Data
Engineering Engineering 1 Analytics for DoD Acq
• Advanced Systems Engineering • Intermediate Systems Managers*
Engineering 1 • Intermediate
Digital Engineering 1 • CENG 004: Agile – DoD
Credentials Added to Queue: • Advanced Digital Team Member*
• Human Systems Integration Engineering 1
DE credential
Topic Areas Under Analysis:
• Manufacturing Engineering
available
• Quality Assurance

DE credentials under Legend:

Pre-BtB credential
development 1 Type 1 credential – completely new development of learning assets (most

resource intensive)
2 Type 2 credential – Combination of new development and existing learning

assets
3 Type 3 credential – Uses only existing learning assets

One DE credential available, two DE credentials are in the development process; collaboration with DoD Components occurs throughout
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CENG 001 – DIGITAL ENGINEERING FOR DoD CONSUMERS

• The Digital Engineering for DoD Consumers credential promotes the learning of key digital engineering information and perspectives. It
establishes how models, simulations, and digital engineering can be a benefit over the entire system life cycle and how models, simulations and
digital engineering support systems engineering processes. It is expected to provide an understanding of the role of Model-Based Systems
Engineering (MBSE), the needs for digital artifacts related standards, how to define a finite set of digital artifacts, and the ability to develop
constructs for assembling digital artifacts.

• In addition, this credential addresses digital engineering across the Department of Defense (DoD) Acquisition Lifecycle and DoD's digital
engineering fundamentals, strategic goals, and policies. Concepts explored include, but are not limited to, DoD's shift toward an acquisition
environment that relies on models, simulations, and digital engineering that identify with the DoD Digital Engineering Strategy, DoD Digital
Engineering Fundamentals, and DoDI 5000.02. [Approximately 26 hours]

• Made up of two courses:

1. CLE084 – Models, Simulations, and Digital Engineering
2. MBSE: Model-Based Systems Engineering (through Coursera)

As of June 30, 2022; 680 people have earned the Digital Engineering for DoD Consumers credential
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SERVICE DIGITAL WORKFORCE INITIATIVES

ARMY
• Digital Workforce Board of Advisors (BoA) to develop organic digital skill sets through an integrated and comprehensive approach to acquire, develop,
employ, and retrain Army digital talent.

• In order to improve training alignment with technical requirements, the Army Functional Area Leader has been re-assigned from the Director, Acquisitions
Career Management (DACM) to the Army Chief Systems Engineer.

NAVY
• As part of a Systems Engineering Transformation effort, the Naval Systems Commands are developing a curriculum supporting training, development, and
sustainment of a model-centric workforce for all required skill areas and required skill levels.
- Courses include, but are not limited to: Basic and Intermediate SysML, MIT Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) Certificate Program, Systems
Engineering Transformation for PMs, and Object Management Group (OMG) Certified System Modeling Professional (OCSMP) Prep Series

• Naval Postgraduate School - integrated MBSE into its resident Master of Science in Systems Engineering curriculum and offers a Digital Engineering
certificate.

MARINE CORPS
• Marine Corps Systems Command Digital Engineering and Model-Based Systems Engineering training is a combination of 10 courses – some completed
virtually, others in-person – covering concepts such as courses covered Artificial Intelligence, Model Based Systems Engineering, Agile Software
Development, and Digital Engineering Foundations.

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SERVICE DIGITAL WORKFORCE INITIATIVES

AIR FORCE
• Established a Digital Transformation Office (DTO)
- Training is one of the DTO’s five priorities – the Digital Transformation Initiative will provide the high-quality educational resources and accompanying communications our workforce
needs to proficiently leverage the full suite of tools available to them, including focused training tracks for functional practitioners (e.g., engineering, program managers, contracting
specialists).

• Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT)

- AFIT is incorporating digital literacy into its graduate programs, continuing education curriculums, short courses, and workshops. Topics being addressed include model-based
engineering, model-based systems engineering, multidisciplinary design analysis and optimization, and model-based simulation and analysis.

MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY

• Digital Engineering training is segmented into three learning paths:
- Leadership: where leaders and staff who review, approve and use technical data to make program, technical and sustainment decisions
- Developer: which will enable engineers, configuration management specialists, analysts, logisticians and other staff whose primary role is to implement technical processes within the
systems development lifecycle.
- Information Technology: for staff whose primary role is developing and maintaining the integrated digital development environment.

• Each learning path will fall into two broad categories:

- Method focused - to provide the skills needed to execute a specific skill set.
- Tool focused - to provide staff who already have a basic understanding of a technical skill with the knowledge they need to use a specific software tool.

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Executive Workforce Best Adoption Funding

Summary Practices Efforts
(12 slides)
• Executive Summary
• Workforce Development Required
• Implementation of Best Practices
- Foundation for Implementation
- Strategy
- Policy
- Governance
- Planning
- Execution
- Service-Specific Best Practices
• Efforts to Increase Adoption of Digital Engineering
• The Amount of Funding Provided

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DE INFRASTRUCTURE & WF: IMPLEMENTATION OF BEST PRACTICES

Digital Engineering Infrastructure and Workforce Development

“The committee urges Department components to embrace and resource their digital engineering infrastructure and workforce skill
development needed to practically implement practices using state-of-the-practice methods and techniques.”
“….provide a briefing…on the status of the Department’s adoption and implementation of digital engineering, including, but not limited to:
(2) Implementation best practices from across the Department’s research and development ecosystem, grouped by domain,
enterprise, or functional area;”

Bottom Line Up Front Status

The Department established a baseline for best practices through:
 Releasing the Digital Engineering Strategy
 Reinforcing the DE Strategy with policies addressing implementation and use of Digital Engineering
 Establishing of a forward-looking culture of innovation through the Services, Directorates and Agencies
 Maintaining an ecosystem of councils, working groups and communities of practice
 Creating and maintaining a Digital Engineering Body of Knowledge to curate and preserve best practices

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BEST PRACTICES: LAYING THE FOUNDATION

Execution Joint Live Virtual Constructive (JLVC)

Planning Digital Engineering & Modeling & Simulation

Bodies of Knowledge (BoKs)

Digital Engineering Working Group (DEWG), Enabling success

Governance Modeling & Simulation Community of Practice (CoP) throughout the
Enterprise at all levels

DoDI 5000.DE Digital Engineering

Policy Implementation

DoD Digital Engineering

Strategy Strategy, [Released 2018]

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BEST PRACTICES: DIGITAL ENGINEERING STRATEGY STRATEGY

• TITLE: Digital Engineering Strategy

• PUBLISHED: June 2018

• OBJECTIVE: Guide the planning, development, and implementation of digital

engineering across the DoD’s services and agencies

• EXPECTED IMPACT:
‒ To increase technical cohesion and awareness of engineering system
in lifecycle activities
‒ To reform the Department’s business
practices for greater performance and agility

• MODELING AND SIMULATION STRATEGY IN DEVELOPMENT

https://ac.cto.mil/digital_engineering/

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BEST PRACTICES: DIGITAL ENGINEERING POLICY POLICY

• (Draft) DoD Instruction 5000.DE, Digital Engineering Implementation

• DoD Instruction 5000.02, Operation of the Adaptive Acquisition Framework

• DoD Directive 5000.59, DoD Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Management

• DoD Instruction 5000.61, DoD Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Verification, Validation, and Accreditation (VV&A)

• DoD Instruction 5000.70, Management of DoD Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Activities

• DoD Instruction 5000.88, Engineering of Defense Systems

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BEST PRACTICE: DIGITAL ENGINEERING GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE

Collective, collaborative governance through the Digital Engineering Working Group Armed Services

(DEWG)

DoD Components

• PURPOSE: Explore transitioning traditional acquisition processes to a digital

model-centric environment.
Interagency

• SCOPE: Spans the DoD systems engineering community.

Industry/OEMs/ Industrial Orgs

• OUTCOME: Reduce acquisition time and risks, increase cost avoidance for
programs, and contribute to a data-supported cost environment for the weapon
system development.

Academic

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DE GOVERNANCE OUTREACH – COLLABORATORS & PARTNERSHIPS GOVERNANCE

• REGULAR & ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT Industry/OEMs/Industry Orgs

WITH COLLABORATION PARTNERS:
- Working groups
- Forums, workshops
- Brown bags Interagency

- Conferences

• BENEFITS: DoD Components

- Increase research and development
- Build a network of SMEs
- Obtain community support and acceptance
- Advance engineering practice Armed Services

- Observe trends to inform next steps

• PRODUCTS: Academic
- DE Strategy, Model-Based Assessment Matrix, White
Papers, DE Measurement Guide, Digital View Model,
etc.

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DE GOVERNANCE OUTREACH – COLLABORATORS & PARTNERSHIPS GOVERNANCE

Below is a sampling (not comprehensive) of forums, working groups, councils, and committees
driving best practices across the Community:

• Air Force/Space Force Digital Engineering Forum • Geospatial Working Group

• Air Force/Space Force Digital Guide meeting • Joint Additive Manufacturing Working Group (JAMWG)
• Navy/Marines Digital/Systems Engineering Transformation • Joint Enterprise Standards Committee (JESC) M&S Technical
(D/SET) Working Group
- D/SET hosts brown-bag sessions via teleconference - Governs DoD Information Technology Standards Registry
(DISR) - mandated change requests for M&S equities
• Navy/Marines Systems Engineering Stakeholders Group
(SESG) - The JESC also has 12 other TWGs that could be loosely
tied to digital engineering
• OSD R&E sponsors the Digital Engineering Working Group
(DEWG) • Digital Engineering Metrics Group

• OSD R&E sponsors the Modeling and Simulation COP • DoD Data Council and Working Group
Working Group • Model-Based Safety Engineering Analysis (MBSEA) Working
Group

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BEST PRACTICES: PLANNING PLANNING

Digital Engineering, Modeling and

Simulation (DEM&S) provides the
collaborative planning tools, sponsorship,
and knowledge- base curation necessary
to support the Department’s digital
engineering and modeling and simulation
growth, in partnership with the defense
industrial base.

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BEST PRACTICES: U.S. AIR FORCE AND U.S. SPACE FORCE EXECUTION

The Department of the Air Force (DAF) developed a “Digital Guidebook” that provides programs and
practitioners with best practices and lessons learned. The guide is available to all DAF personnel and is
under review for sharing with industry partners. To ensure continued momentum, the DAF established a
Digital Transformation Office (DTO), aligning and synergizing digital transformation efforts.

• The DTO will be a central nexus across the USAF (and in coordination with the USSF) to accelerate our
evolution and unify our efforts.
• Working to increase funding efforts and expand DE.

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BEST PRACTICES: U.S. ARMY EXECUTION

• Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) is leveraging Digital Engineering from inception to capture requirements and communicate
them with industry.
• Future Vertical Lift (FVL) is incorporating digital engineering and MBSE into development of all variants, including reference
architecture for platforms, and vendors are responding.
• Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) incorporated Model Based Systems Engineering and Agile Software Development into their
acquisition strategy.
• SoS Architecture Framework supports major experimentation efforts, systems analysis, and modeling and simulation as part of a
federated SoS methodology. SoS models and framework leverage Project Convergence as the formal data collection mechanism and
an agile development methodology.
• Echelon is a pilot program funded by OSD to establish a Digital Twin for radars including reference systems, software, and electronic
architectures.
• Advanced/Additive Manufacturing (AM) - the Army has invested in the development of an Additive Manufacturing Digital Thread,
enabling access to additive manufacturing files in theatre and at the Army's Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence.
• UH-60 Digital Twin – The Army in coordination with the Defense Strategic Capabilities Office is developing a digital twin of the airframe
of a UH-60.

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BEST PRACTICES: U.S. NAVY AND U.S. MARINES EXECUTION

To expedite the implementation of Digital Engineering, the Marine Corps Systems Command is working closely with
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research Development Test and Evaluation (DASN RDT&E) as a core
member of the Naval Digital / Systems Engineering Transformation Working Group (D/SET WG).

The goal of this body is to create an environment that enables sharing digital data and leveraging D/SET initiatives
throughout the Navy. This D/SET WG serves as the single integrator of digital requirements, implementation, and
products. A foundational document of this body is the United States Navy & Marine Corps Digital Systems Engineering
Transformation (D/SET) Strategy signed in June 2020. This document aligns with DoD Digital Engineering Strategy,
dated June 2018.

The D/SET Strategy has five objectives:

1. Formalize the development, integration and use of models

2. Provide an enduring authoritative knowledge source
3. Incorporate technological innovation to improve the engineering practice
4. Establish the supporting infrastructure and environments for the Digital Engineering practice
5. Transform the culture and workforce to adopt and support Digital Engineering across the lifecycle

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Executive Workforce Best Adoption Funding

Summary Practices Efforts
(22 slides)
• Executive Summary
• Workforce Development Required
• Implementation of Best Practices
• Efforts to Increase Adoption of Digital Engineering
- Key DE Implementation Policy and Guidance Documents
- OSD R&E efforts
- Army Efforts
- Navy Efforts
- Air Force Efforts
- Space Force Efforts
- Missile Defense Agency Efforts
- Test Resource Management Center (TRMC) Efforts
- Joint Service (J7) Efforts
• The Amount of Funding Provided

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DE Infrastructure & WF: Efforts to Increase Adoption

Digital Engineering Infrastructure and Workforce Development

“The committee urges Department components to embrace and resource their digital engineering infrastructure and workforce skill
development needed to practically implement practices using state-of –the-practice methods and techniques.”
“….provide a briefing…on the status of the Department’s adoption and implementation of digital engineering, including, but not limited to:
(3) Efforts to increase adoption and improve the use of digital engineering across the Department and the defense industrial
base; and

Bottom Line Up Front Status

 DoD and the defense industrial base are expanding digital engineering across the enterprise by incorporating it into a
wide range of programs, systems, and components and subsystems
 DE methods, processes and tools across the Department and defense industrial base are improving communication,
lowering risk, optimizing designs in the virtual world, and shortening acquisition timelines
 DoD and the defense industrial base continue to evolve collaborative, integrated digital environments that guide,
orchestrate, and deliver the means stakeholders to access data, functions and elements necessary to do their job in a
digital manner

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KEY DE IMPLEMENTATION POLICY AND GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS

DoD DIGITAL ENGINEERING STRATEGY (2018)

• Guides the planning, development, and implementation of digital engineering across the Services and DoD agencies

DoD INSTRUCTION 5000.88 (2020)

• Establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides procedures to implement engineering of defense systems
• Make digital models and computationally consumable data, created from engineering, analysis, test, modeling, and simulations, available
• Programs required to develop digital engineering implementation plans
• The modular and open systems approach will be documented in the digital authoritative source of truth

DEPSECDEF MEMO - CREATING DATA ADVANTAGE (2021)

• All leaders must ensure all DoD data is visible, accessible, understandable, linked, trustworthy, interoperable, and secure

• Data Decrees

- Maximize secure data while sharing and provisioning rights for data use: All DoD data is an enterprise resource
- Publish data assets in the DoD federated data catalog along with common interface specifications
- Use automated data interfaces that are externally and machine-readable; ensure interfaces use industry-standard, non-proprietary,
preferably open source, technologies, protocols and payloads
- Store data in a manner that is platform- and environment-agnostic, uncoupled from hardware or software dependencies
- Implement industry best practices for secure authentication, access management, encryption, monitoring and protection of data at rest,
in transit and in use

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KEY DE IMPLEMENTATION POLICY AND GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY - DIGITAL SYS ENG TRANSFORMATION STRATEGY (2020)

• Specifies activities necessary to enhance engineering acquisition practices within our enterprise

• Strategy aligns with DoD Digital Engineering Strategy goals

• Shifts from traditional document-centric activities to digital-centric activities, and informs designers, developers, managers, and technical authority stakeholders with continuous access
to authoritative data

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY - ASA(ALT) DE POLICY (2022)

• Establishes guidance for incorporating Digital Engineering (DE) practices to develop, field and sustain the world's best equipment at the speed of relevance, in order to provide our
Soldiers a decisive advantage in Multi-Domain Operations

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE - AFMC DIGITAL CAMPAIGN (DE) ACQUISITION GUIDANCE (2020 – 2022)
• Air Force Digital Campaign is a coordinated effort to move the activities of our enterprise, government and industry to modern digital capabilities and processes. The desired end
state is a collaborative, integrated digital environment that guides, orchestrates, and delivers the means for each individual across the enterprise to access the data, functions and
elements needed to do a his or her job in a digital manner. This includes all functions, from acquisition to sustainment and beyond, not just engineering

DEPARTMENT OF THE SPACE FORCE - VISION FOR A DIGITAL SERVICE (2021)

• Describes an aspirational Vision of what it means to be a Digital Service, including introducing and defining key concepts forming the foundation of our collective digital fluency
• Explains the four digital focus areas, their scope and importance, and how they relate
• Provides a framework for implementation, which will shape a forthcoming roadmap for digital transformation

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OSD R&E EFFORTS TO INCREASE ADOPTION AND IMPROVE THE USE

OF DIGITAL ENGINEERING - DIGITAL ENGINEERING BODY OF KNOWLEDGE

VISION SCOPE

Provides a digital instantiation of authoritative Focus on topics relative to implementing Digital

resources for the DoD engineering community Engineering to include the underlying
fundamentals, enablers, guidance, and
to use in implementing Digital Engineering
examples. The DEBoK will serve the Defense
(DE), starting with systems engineering and Enterprise (industry, academia, and
expanding to specific disciplines, engineering government) by providing:
domains, and specialty areas.

• Systems Engineering (SEBoK) • Access to best practices

• Software Engineering (SWE BoK) • Access to a community of practitioners
• Modeling and Simulation (ModSim BoK) • Accepted terms and definitions
• Manufacturing and Quality (M&Q BoK) • Collaboration environment
• Cyber Resilient Weapon Systems • Publicly available content
(CRWS-BoK) • A basis for training
• Reliability and Maintainability (R&M BoK)
• Human Systems Integration (HSI-BoK)
• SE Modernization (SEMod BoK)

The Digital Engineering Body of Knowledge (DEBoK) focuses on the underlying

fundamentals, enablers, guidance, and examples of digital engineering implementation

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OSD R&E EFFORTS TO INCREASE ADOPTION AND IMPROVE THE USE

OF DIGITAL ENGINEERING - MISSION ENGINEERING & INTEGRATION
Mission Threat
Mission Integration brings together the technical infrastructure and expertise for mission engineering Engineering
analysis, including the data, modeling and simulation, and training, to evaluate and address end-to-end Digital Mission
Architecture
mission-based capability gaps in a mission context to guide key enterprise technology investment
decisions.

• Mission Threat Engineering – Gathers data on current and future operational scenarios to
include threats and Orders of Battle; collaborates with warfighters to understand gaps and
needs, and Operations Plans and CONEMPs.

• Digital Mission Architecture – Develop Mission Threads and Mission Engineering Threads in Mission Digital
a digital representation to share across the community and leverage for Mission Engineering Environment
(ME) analyses.

• Mission Analytics – Executes mission-focused, threat-informed analyses that analyze Mission Analytics
capability gaps, evaluate potential mission solutions and inform technology investment
decisions.

• Mission Digital Environment – Identifies digital tools for ME; develops ME database; curates
and shares models and mission threads; establishes a Mission Engineering Digital Ecosystem
(MEDE)

• NC3 / JADC2– Develop mission-level architectures to improve Joint Force integration and
NC3 & JADC2
interoperability with emphasis on Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) and
Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2).

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ARMY EFFORTS TO INCREASE ADOPTION AND IMPROVE

THE USE OF DIGITAL ENGINEERING - OVERVIEW

• Published Army DE Vision, Army Digital Transformation Strategy, ASA(ALT) DE Policy and multiple Program Executive Officer
(PEO) DE Policies

• Established Army Digital Engineering "Team" to serve as an Army DE BoK

• Published Army Directive - Enabling Readiness through Advanced Manufacturing: Provided unified direction to Army for the
maturation of Additive Manufacturing and how to leverage Digital Engineering and the Digital Thread in support

• Development, identification and invocation of Open Standards (e.g. Future Airborne Capability Environment [FACE], VICTORY,
GCIA)

• Currently developing Standard Contract Language for the Procurement of DE Artifacts

• The Army Futures Command stood up an AFC Digital Engineering Community of Practice with 7 subgroups for focus areas:
Domain Inventory, Data, DE Maturity Model, Architecture, Modeling and Simulation, Digital Twin, Digital Transformation

• ASA(ALT) hosted the first of a series of DE Technical Exchange Meetings to identify common DE implementation challenges and
find means to address them

• Collaboration & info sharing through focused working groups on Digital Engineering, Digital Thread, Architecture, Product
Data, M&S and T&E etc.

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ARMY EFFORTS TO INCREASE ADOPTION AND IMPROVE

THE USE OF DIGITAL ENGINEERING - OVERVIEW

• The Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle is leveraging DE from inception to capture requirements for communication back to
industry
• Future Vertical Lift is incorporating DE and Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) into the development of all variants
including the development of reference architecture for platforms for vendors
• Integrated Air and Missile Defense incorporated MBSE and Agile Software development into their Acquisition Strategy
• System of Systems (SoS) architecture framework supports major experimentation efforts, systems analysis, and modeling and
simulation as part of a federated SoS methodology. SoS models and frameworks leverage Project Convergence as the formal
data collection mechanism and an agile development methodology
• Echelon is a pilot program funded by OSD to establish a digital twin for radars including reference systems, software, and
electronic architectures
• Advanced/Additive Manufacturing: The Army has invested in the development of an Additive Manufacturing Digital Thread
enabling access to additive manufacturing files in theatre and at the Army’s Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence
• The Army, in coordination with the Defense Strategic Capabilities Office is developing a digital twin of the airframe of the UH-60

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ARMY EFFORTS TO INCREASE ADOPTION AND IMPROVE THE

USE OF DIGITAL ENGINEERING – DEVCOM DE ECOSYSTEM

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NAVY EFFORTS TO INCREASE ADOPTION AND IMPROVE

THE USE OF DIGITAL ENGINEERING - OVERVIEW

• The Navy is working to formalize the development, integration and use of models; scale results
from pilot projects across mission areas, collaborate with industry and other Services to capture
best practices, provide an enduring authoritative knowledge source, and establish and share best
practices for the development and assessment of data architectures, data standards and data
strategies

• The Navy is implementing continuous improvement through transformation of the culture and
workforce to adopt and support Digital Engineering across the lifecycle, fostering development of
the MBSE and Digital Engineering workforce, and participating in community forums outside the
Naval and DoD enterprise to capture best practices, drive standards development, and support
common government-industry engineering approaches and best practices

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ENGINEERING - NAVY SYSTEMS ENGINEERING TRANSFORMATION

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NAVAL INTEGRATED MODELING ENVIRONMENT

(IME) “LOWER BARRIER OF ENTRY”

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AIR FORCE EFFORTS TO INCREASE ADOPTION AND IMPROVE

THE USE OF DIGITAL ENGINEERING - OVERVIEW

• Updated Acquisition Policy, Guidance, & Processes

• Created a Digital Campaign & Digital Transformation Office
• Increasing secure and effective transfer & storage capability
• Implementing Enterprise Product Lifecycle Management Tool
• Incorporating digital language into new contracting efforts
• Making early data driven decisions to lower total life cycle costs
• Updated Acquisition policy 63-101 to incorporate digital engineering into the acquisition
process and all program’s acquisition strategy
• Published Digital Building Code, incorporating DE acquisition practices in programs
• Major Milestone events and Reviews now include digital engineering questions and criteria for
program offices to address
• PEOs and Program Offices are leading the digital engineering implementation

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THE USE OF DIGITAL ENGINEERING - DIGITAL LIFECYCLE

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AIR FORCE EFFORTS TO INCREASE ADOPTION AND IMPROVE THE USE OF DIGITAL ENGINEERING -
ADVANCED FRAMEWORK FOR SIMULATION, INTEGRATION, AND MODELING (AFSIM)

– WHAT IS AFSIM?
o A government owned, open source, community-informed, military simulation framework

– WHAT CAPABILITIES DOES IT PROVIDE?

o Multi-domain scenarios from sub-surface to space including Electronic Warfare (EW) and cyber
o Multi-resolution modeling: e.g., basic parametric models to full 6-Degree-Of-Freedom (DOF) models
o Script-based definition of behavior, tactics, and command structures
o Virtual and constructive analysis modes
o A suite of support tools

– WHY WAS AFSIM DEVELOPED?

o Traditional Gov’t sims lacked flexibility for advanced concepts
o Significant costs associated with Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) tools plus
no access to source code
o Difficult to share/collaborate within AFRL and with AF/DoD partners

– WHO CAN USE IT?

o Available to U.S. Gov’t and DoD Industry at no cost (IR&D friendly)
o Available to Five Eyes Alliance (FVEYS) partners under authorized
transfer agreements
o AFSIM is International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)/Export Controlled

Information: [email protected]

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DIGITAL SPACE FORCE EFFORTS TO INCREASE ADOPTION AND

IMPROVE THE USE OF DIGITAL ENGINEERING - VISION

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MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY IS ADOPTING DIGITAL ENGINEERING IN THE

NEXT GENERATION INTERCEPTOR (NGI) PROGRAM

Digital
• CHALLENGES
Engineering
- Common infrastructure with multi-tenancy and dispersed access,
collaboration, and consistency Scope
- Process updates and consistency across the Agency
- Culture change and training
- Data management strategies and implementation
- Integration with other MDS systems

• DIGITAL ENGINEERING VALUE TO MDA'S NGI PROGRAM

- Delivery capability at the speed of relevance
- Interoperable, cyber-protected, and Integrated Digital Data Environment
(IDDE)
- Increased insight and data quality into a single authoritative baseline (for
improved decision making)
- Enhanced collaboration in a single IDDE
- Increased reuse by leveraging existing and emerging Agency capabilities
to cost share (across the Agency)

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MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY NEXT GENERATION INTERCEPTOR (NGI) PROGRAM

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MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY EFFORTS TO INCREASE ADOPTION AND

IMPROVE THE USE OF DIGITAL ENGINEERING – DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE

• INTEGRATED DIGITAL DATA ENVIRONMENT (IDDE) OBJECTIVE:

─ Provide an integrated, managed services technology stack
GM DES IC AB DV CR
─ Support and protect multi-tenancy access
─ Support data sharing between the Government stakeholders and Vendors

• GROUND-BASED MIDCOURSE DEFENSE PROGRAM (GMD) USING MDA’S

FEDERATED IT (FIT) ORGANIZATION FOR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION Cloud 2.0

─ FIT : a Government-Owned hybrid cloud infrastructure composed of fully integrated MBSE Integrated
Environment Development
Environment
fit-for-purpose technical and business IT platforms enabled to connect with industry SDN (DevSecOps)
partner and DoD external clouds

─ Benefits of using FIT:

Program
• Facilitates cross Agency/cross Element collaboration and cooperation M&S Lifecycle
Simulation Management
• Maximizes cost savings and service delivery Environment Environment

• Faster design, seamless assembly, easier upgrades

 Each Environment is Operational with GMD’s Needs for Upgrades or Additional
Functionality Defined/Planned

DoD Industry
External Partner

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TRMC EFFORTS TO INCREASE ADOPTION AND IMPROVE THE USE

OF DIGITAL ENGINEERING – ALL DOMAIN TEST RANGE (ADTR)

• FY 23 Budget
• Initial efforts
underway
ADTR: An operationally realistic environment for rapid experimentation,
testing, training, and mission rehearsal across warfighting domains
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JOINT STAFF EFFORTS TO INCREASE ADOPTION AND IMPROVE THE USE

OF DIGITAL ENGINEERING – JOINT LIVE VIRTUAL CONSTRUCTIVE ENVIRONMENT

KEY FEATURES

• Tier 1 (strategic)
through Tier 3
(operational) level
fidelity, High Level
Architecture (HLA)
federation of Joint
Training models and
simulations

• Joint Training Synthetic

Environment

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DE INFRASTRUCTURE & WF: FUNDING

Executive Workforce Best Adoption Funding

Summary Practices Efforts (6 slides)

• Executive Summary
• Workforce Development Required
• Implementation of Best Practices
• Efforts to Increase Adoption of Digital Engineering
• The Amount of Funding Provided
- Funding by Service
- Funding by Missile Defense Agency

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DE INFRASTRUCTURE & WF: FUNDING

Digital Engineering Infrastructure and Workforce Development

“The committee urges Department components to embrace and resource their digital engineering infrastructure and
workforce skill development needed to practically implement practices using state-of –the-practice methods and
techniques.”
“….provide a briefing…on the status of the Department’s adoption and implementation of digital engineering, including,
but not limited to:
(4) The amount of funding provided across the Department for this effort.

BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT STATUS

The Services and DoD Agencies use a variety of funding methods and tracking for their programs. The following slides
from the Services and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) describe their current status of funding and, where applicable,
intended future state.

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FUNDING: U.S. AIR FORCE / U.S. SPACE FORCE

• The Air Force has not funded Digital Engineering at an enterprise level yet
- It is being established within Program Operations Management

• While individual programs have been funding Digital Engineering initiatives, exact dollar
amount cannot be determined at this time.

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FUNDING: U.S. ARMY

• The Army does not use separate funding lines for establishing Digital Engineering (DE) capabilities within the
Combatant Capabilities Development Commands (CCDCs), Program Executive Offices (PEOs), and Program Offices

• The cost to implement DE is currently aggregated with other costs in organizations’ operating budgets and in program
execution

• The Army is in the process of identifying the current state of DE practice across the acquisition enterprise, and the
hardware, software, network, and tool resources utilized to implement those existing DE practices

• Once the current state of practice and resourcing is identified, the next step is to estimate the costs of implementing
the full scope of DE practices across the Program Objectives Memorandums (POMs) and Environmental Protection
Programs (EPPs)

• The Army is in the beginning stages of formulating an Army-wide resourcing strategy for DE investments to compete
in the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process

• Challenges are funding DE adoption by smaller programs and programs in Operations and Sustainment

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FUNDING: U.S. NAVY AND U.S. MARINES

U.S. NAVY U.S. MARINES

• There are 8 Program Elements (PE) that have funding • The Marine Corps Acquisition Community is implementing
specifically designated for Digital Engineering. The funding Digital Engineering concepts as a part of its Model Based
included reflects the investments being made in the PE overall, Enterprise effort. The Model Based Enterprise efforts aim to
a sub-project, or a sub-task. The total of these in FY22 is create an Integrated Modeling Environment (IME) to support
$28,681K. the utilization of Model Based Definition (MBD) with a
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) tool to control product
• Specific to modeling and simulation, there are 32 PEs that
baselines. The end state will be a digitally connected
have funding specifically designated for M&S. The funding
organization that can leverage modern advances in digital
included reflects the investments being made in the PE overall,
data flow and control. Models will serve as the single point of
a sub-project, or a sub-task. The total of these in FY22 is
truth for an item for all aspects of program development,
$375,713K.
manufacturing, and support, and changes distributed in
real-time. For FY22 Marine Corps Systems Command
(MCSC) has $800K to support this transition

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FUNDING: MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY

• The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is moving aggressively in the direction of Digital
Engineering with the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) program.

In early 2020, the MDA embarked on Digital Engineering Transformation in preparation

for future Acquisitions in accordance with the DoD Digital Engineering Strategy of 2018.

As of July 2022, the NGI program has $13.7M (funding identified in PE 0603882C and
PE 0604874C) planned FY2022 funds for Digital Engineering and Development,
Security and Operations (DevSecOps) to develop prototypes, a Digital Engineering Data
Management and Engineering system, dashboard tools, and an Integrated Digital Data
Environment (IDDE).

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CONTACT

Office of the Under Secretary of

Defense for Research and Engineering
[email protected]
https://www.cto.mil

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