Modeling and Simulation in Manufacturing and Defense Acquisition: Pathways to Success - Softcover

National Research Council; Division On Engineering And Physical Sciences; Board On Manufacturing And Engineering Design; Committee On Modeling And Simulation Enhancements For 21st Century Manufacturing And Acquisition

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309084822 ISBN 13: 9780309084826

Publisher: National Academies Press, 2002

Synopsis

The Committee on Modeling and Simulation Enhancements for 21st Century Manufacturing and Acquisition was formed by the NRC in response to a request from the Defense Modeling and Simulation Office (DMSO) of DOD. The committee was asked to (1) investigate next-generation evolutionary and revolutionary M&S capabilities that will support enhanced defense systems acquisition; (2) identify specific emerging design, testing, and manufacturing process technologies that can be enabled by advanced M&S capabilities; (3) relate these emerging technologies to long-term DOD requirements; (4) assess ongoing efforts to develop advanced M&S capabilities and identify gaps that must be filled to make the emerging technologies a reality; (5) identify lessons learned from industry; and (6) recommend specific government actions to expedite development and to enable maximum DOD and U.S. commercial benefit from these capabilities. To complete its task, the committee identified relevant trends and their impact on defense acquisition needs; current use and support for use of M&S within DOD; lessons learned from commercial manufacturing; three cross-cutting and especially challenging uses of M&S technologies; and the areas in which basic research is needed in M&S in order to achieve the desired goals for manufacturing and defense acquisition.

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• Executive Summary
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Modeling and Simulation in Defense Acquisition
• 3 Lessons Learned from Commercial Manufacturing
• 4 Systems-of-Systems, Distributed Simulations, and Enterprise Systems
• 5 Modeling and Simulation Research and Development Topics
• 6 Conclusions and Recommendations
• References
• Appendix A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
• Appendix B Summary of 10 Acquisition-Related Studies on Modeling and Simulation
• Appendix C Authors and Titles of Briefings to the Committee
• Appendix D Acronyms

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Committee on Modeling and Simulation Enhancements for 21st Century Manufacturing and Defense Acquisition, National Research Council

About this edition

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0309084822
• ISBN 13: 9780309084826
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 197