SMART History
“The use of M&S tools has
increased...It is the result of…
powerful new emerging M&S tools to support existing processes and to satisfy emerging requirements…it is clear that a revolution is underway and that the end result will be a new way of doing business.  We will call this new approach to acquisition, ‘Simulation Based Acquisition’…”
Study on the Effectiveness of Modeling and Simulation in the Weapon System Acquisition Process, October 1996
1996...New OSD Simulation Based Acquisition (SBA) Initiative described