“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