Software Engineering Institute (SEI)
Abstract
Software Engineering Institute is key to meeting the Department of Defense's (DoD's) increasing demand for high-quality, affordable, and timely national defense systems. There is a critical need to rapidly transition state-of-the-art technology and best practices to improve the acquisition, engineering, fielding, and evolution of software-intensive DoD systems. The SEI enables the exploitation of emerging software technology by bringing engineering discipline to software acquisition, development, and evolution. The SEI focuses on software technology areas judged to be of the highest payoff in meeting defense needs. Private sector investment has created rapid advances in technology primarily in information technology and related electronic components and devices. Obtaining an early, accurate understanding of the technological advances that are emerging from small, innovative companies has been problematic for the DoD due to these types of companies either overlooking or even avoiding federal sales opportunities. Further, once such innovative technologies become commercially available they can be rapidly obtained by insurgents for terrorist actions. DoD needs opportunities to discover emerging technologies, evaluate their potential to fit DoD needs, and where appropriate conduct critical tests of the components or software under DoD conditions. Facilitating early interactions and meaningful information exchanges between the innovative companies and DoD users will accelerate the application of emerging technical solutions to DoD needs, reduce development costs, and avoid potentially disastrous technological surprises from insurgent use of such new technology. Based on workshops and interactions with these companies and the DoD acquisition community in 2007 and 2008, the need emerged for funding to support rapid evaluation and test of these technologies that can't be accommodated by the normal acquisition program budget process.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- P781_0603781D8Z_3_0400_PB_2011
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