Engineering Science and Technology (S&T)
Abstract
This Program Element (PE) advances engineering state of the practice, and complex defense systems challenges through development of engineering capabilities to improve acquisition quality. Engineering science and technology, including systems engineering (SE) research, supports the cost-effective acquisition of complex systems. This PE increases lethality and supports Department business reform (National Defense Strategy Lines of Effort one and three respectively). Improvements to the Department's systems engineering capabilities ensure we quickly and affordably field a lethal Joint Force by addressing dependencies in system and mission capabilities, rapidly evolving technologies, lifecycle considerations, and resource limitations in the face of dynamic threats and missions. In FY 2021, DoD Modeling and Simulation Management Office (MSMO) funding Modeling and Simulation (M&S) activities transition to Systems Engineering (Program Element 0605142D8Z). The Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC) is a University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) established in 2008 as a strategic resource to conduct systems research and improve the Department’s ability to develop and deploy complex weapon systems. The SERC consists of a network of 22 research universities from across the U.S. working collaboratively to bring the best academic talent in the nation to bear on DoD’s systems engineering research problems. The Engineered Resilient Systems (ERS) project reduces the risk in development of future weapon systems and ensures warfighter success through better-informed acquisition decisions. ERS integrates high-fidelity, physics-based modeling with advanced analytic tools to enable rapid design and analysis of current and future weapon systems. Through the use of high-performance computing, optimized computational tools, and improved processes and methods, ERS enables faster evaluation of system performance, systems-of-systems analysis, and system evaluation within operationally relevant environments to complement and reduce costly physical testing. In order to focus ERS efforts on the Department’s modernization priorities, in FY 2021, ERS project funding transitions to Systems Engineering (Program Element 0605142D8Z). With further ERS advances from a development project to an enduring support capability, this shift better aligns with the purpose of research funded by projects associated with Systems Engineering. This change directly orients the previously developed capabilities to address modernization efforts driven by the National Defense Strategy.
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2022
- Source ID
- 0603833D8Z_3_0400_PB_2022
- Change Summary Explanation
- In FY 2021, funding realigned to the Systems Engineering (SE) Program Element (0605142D8Z) to support enhanced engineering expertise and assessments for mission-oriented prototypes focused on modernization priorities, and a reduction for other DoD priorities.
- Service Agency Name
- Office of the Secretary Of Defense
Entities
Organizations
- Office of the Secretary of Defense
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