Simulation Based Acquisition SBA Focus Session

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Simulation Based Acquisition(SBA) Focus
Session

• Ron Hofer
• SIW Conference Committee
• Session Chair

Total attendance 85-105 Papers presented
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Goals for this Workshop

• A broad interest forum focused on
• Simulation Based Acquisition (SBA)
• Provide overview and update of the progress and
  status in developing the SBA roadmap
• Highlight new application domains and technical
  areas for continuing SIW interest

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Key Points

• Interest in SBA remains strong - mixed views on
  the way ahead
• SBA enabling technologies provide new areas for
  focus in SIW forums.

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Interest in SBA remains strong - mixed views on
the way ahead
Continue SBA general interest session? Yes
24 No 5 Integrate SBA into current
Forums? Yes 15 No 15 Establish
a new SBA Forum? Yes 17
No 13 User? 9 Specialty Area? 3 Other?
2 Establish ISG?
Yes 16 No 12 Participate in
SBA PRP or ISG ? Yes 15 33
respopnses

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SBA enabling technologies provide new areas for
focus in SIW forums

• Use of Object Models and HLA to form
  collaborative environments provide new
  application domain opportunities.
• Distributed Product Descriptions and Smart
  Product Models offer opportunities for developing
  a new class of interoperability standards