Systems Engineering
Abstract
Project Code 142 activities include the following functions: • Support acceleration of USD(R&E)’s modernization initiatives/critical technology areas and Principal Directors’ Science and Technology (S&T) roadmap investments. • Develop improved DoD-level policy, guidance, and workforce development efforts ensuring systems engineering rigor in defense systems to drive the development of fully capable and supportable weapons systems. • Advance the principles of interoperability, integration, modularity, software engineering, application programming interfaces (API) and open systems to improve requirements, architecture, design, development and overall development and sustainment of weapon systems. • Develop and improve career development for the technical workforce by improving the education and training materials for instructing, maintaining, and enhancing the defense acquisition technical workforce. Activities include: (1) developing and establishing guidance to enhance Engineering and Technical Management (ETM) and Test and Evaluation (T&E) acquisition career planning and progression; (2) monitoring and facilitating Defense Acquisition University (DAU) updates to the engineering, software development, manufacturing, quality, and specialty engineering courses, to ensure the curriculum represents the education and training requirements necessary to be a viable team member in delivering timely and affordable capabilities to the Warfighter; and (3) co-chairing the Digital Talent Management Forum (established in response to National Defense Authorization Act for 2020, Section 230) with OUSD A&S to integrate Department-wide activities for improved approaches to recruiting and retaining key digital talent as well as leading the expansion of the DoD Cyber Workforce Framework (DCWF) to include Software Engineering work roles. • Improve the DoD’s capabilities in specialty engineering (Reliability and Maintainability, Manufacturing and Quality, System Safety, Human Systems Integration, and Value Engineering) and software engineering through policy, program oversight, fostering practice and technology improvements, initiating long-term strategic improvements, and collaborating with industry and academia. • Develop improved and enhanced software Science and Technology strategies consistent with National Defense Authorization Act for 2020, Section 255 to accelerate modernization of software development tools, techniques and capabilities. • Advance and modernize the DoD research, analytics, and engineering practices through knowledge sharing and the development and use of methods, processes, and tools, such as digital engineering, modeling and simulation, modern Software DevSecOps pipelines and model-based systems engineering, for engineering on systems. • Serve as the Defense Standardization Executive and oversee the Defense Standardization Program. Serve as functional experts and approval authority for systems engineering, digital engineering, modeling & simulation, and Modular Open Systems Architecture standardization actions that are related to development of new specifications, standards, and other types of DoD standardization documents. • Support the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) deployment of artificial intelligence on-line courses to ensure AI enabled systems are reliable and safe.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2024
- Source ID
- 142_0605142D8Z_6_0400_PB_2024
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