A digital ecosystem is a collection of networked information technology resources that can function as an integrated entity. The dominant ecosystems today were created by large tech companies, such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Apple, using hyperscale platforms. The underlying computing technology is dominated by mobile and cloud providers that spend billions of dollars per year for software, networks, processors, accelerators, memory, and...

Cyberspace attacks against information technology systems, weapons systems, and critical infrastructure remain a significant threat to the reliability and security of those systems. Cyber test and evaluation (T&E) and acquisition organizations increasingly rely on measuring the cyber performance of those systems using “digital twins” and other virtual versions of those systems and the components in them on cyber ranges of vario...

This year’s MDO workshop will build upon this theme going beyond the classical separation of the lifecycle phases, ie. experimentation, contractor test, developmental test, operational test and training, with each having their own discrete experimentation or test phase to a continuum of test and evaluation from warfighter gap identification through to the operations and sustainment of the gap solution. We will focus on going outside the...

The perceived need to minimize test & evaluation activities within the acquisition community to shorten development and acceptance times is constant; however, test activities are not hindering acquisitions, but rather the lack of reliable information. Evaluation of test events provides the data required to demonstrate technical, functional, and war fighting capability, and affords the opportunity to identify and resolve system deficiencies...