SE Modernization

Systems Engineering (SE) establishes the technical framework for delivering materiel capabilities to the warfighter. It provides the foundation upon which program technical activities are built and supports program success. SE seeks to ensure the effective development and delivery of capability through a balanced approach to cost, schedule, performance, and risk, using integrated, disciplined, and consistent activities and processes regardless of when a program enters the acquisition life cycle. SE enables the development of resilient systems that are trusted, assured, and easily modified. 

Systems Engineering Modernization

Systems Engineering Modernization (SEMOD) brings an integrated approach across independent guidance provided down to the DoD SE and acquisition communities related to Digital Engineering, Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA), Mission Engineering, and Software Engineering/ Agile/DevOps across the multiple pathways of the Adaptive Acquisition Framework.  

The DoD uses data-centric approaches to inform decision making. Modernizing the traditional approach to developing systems (systems engineering) requires digital methodologies, technologies, and practices (digital engineering). This fusion of traditional engineering rigor with digital data strengthens the comprehensive engineering process, as digital models and the underlying critical data advance the Department’s ability to design, develop, deliver, operate, and sustain systems. 

SE Modernization promotes implementing the digital transformation in systems engineering technical reviews and process flows that support the acquisition decision process. Moreover, using MOSA to build systems that can be upgraded to incorporate new technology and respond to emerging threats is an imperative for modernizing the SE practice.

The vision of SE Modernization is to use data and models to create a more agile and responsive acquisition system that can quickly and effectively meet the needs of the warfighter.