Executive Summary and Report: Acquisition with Digital Engineering

In June 2018, the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering published the Department of Defense (DoD) Digital Engineering (DE) Strategy.1 Since then, the DoD’s engineering and technical communities have acknowledged and are adopting DE as a transformative, value-added approach to improving weapon system development, capability integration, testing, and sustainment. However, for successful DE implementation in acquisition and sustainment, the broader benefits and the realization of complete Digital Acquisition, must involve all acquisition functions—not just technical ones.