simulation-based acquisition

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In the USA the Director for Test Systems Engineering and Evaluation (DTSE&E) commissioned in 1995 a one-year study to assess the effectiveness of the use of M&S in weapon systems acquisition and support processes."Modeling and Simulation in Manufacturing and Defense Acquisition: Pathways to Success", {{ISBN|0-309-08666-3}}, {{ISBN|978-0-309-08666-0}}, National Research Council, 2002 [http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=10425#toc]

The DTSE&E study developed an approach to acquisition which was named simulation-based acquisition (SBA).

DTSE&E was disestablished by the US Secretary of Defense on 7 June 1999; some functions were transferred to the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E)."Federal Funds for Research and Development, Detailed Historical Tables: Fiscal Years 1951–2002", National Science Foundation, August 2003 [https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf03325/pdf/appendix.pdf]