Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Applied Research
Abstract
This program supports the Department's initiative to Build Sustainable and Long-Term Advantage. The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) was established in 1984 as an integral part of the Department of Defense's (DoD) initiative to identify, evaluate, and transition software engineering technologies and practices. The mission of the SEI is to provide the DoD with technical leadership and innovation through research and development to advance the practice of software engineering and technology. The SEI works across government, industry, and academia to improve the state of software engineering from the technical, acquisition, and management perspectives. The SEI engages in research and development of critical software technologies and tools and collaborates with the larger software engineering research community. It facilitates the rapid transition of software engineering technologies into practice and evaluates emerging software engineering technologies to determine their potential for improving software-intensive DoD systems. Since its inception, the SEI has helped to transform the fields of software engineering and acquisition, network security, real-time systems, software architectures, and software-engineering process management. Software is critical to meeting the DoD increasing demand for national defense systems that are high quality, affordable, and deployed in a timely way. With growing global parity in software engineering, the DoD must maintain leadership in all aspects of software-based system development, operation, defense, and evolution to avoid strategic surprise. To assist the DoD in retaining a long-term differential advantage over potential adversaries, the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Applied Research program develops and evaluates the feasibility and practicality of software and computer science concepts, with the potential to improve future DoD systems. The research conducted by this program directly benefits the technical domains Autonomous Systems and Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cyber, and Engineered Resilient Systems. The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Applied Research Program Element (PE) develops and evaluates the feasibility and practicality of software and computer science concepts at the applied research level, with the potential to improve future Department of Defense (DoD) systems through research, development, and application in the SEI Advanced Technology Development PE 0603781D8Z. Promising projects proceed into advanced technology development through this PE.
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2025
- Source ID
- 0602751D8Z_2_0400_PB_2025
- Change Summary Explanation
- Reduction of $0.114 million in FY 2025 was applied to meet DoD overall funding reductions, which were spread to mitigate impact. Funding increase of $0.023 million in FY 2025 for Economic Assumptions.
- Service Agency Name
- Office of the Secretary Of Defense
Entities
Organizations
- Office of the Secretary of Defense
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