Standardized Documentation for Verification, Validation, and Accreditation / Paper 08S-SIW-003

Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) SIW Conference PaperThis paper updates the Modeling and Simulation (M&S) community on the status of the Department of Defense M&S Steering Committee-sponsored project titled, "Standardized Documentation for Verification, Validation, and Accreditation," since the paper 07F-SIW-068, "Automating Standardized Information for the Verification, Validation, and Accreditation Process: An Acquisition Community Sponsored M&S Project," was presented in September 2007

The Science Performance of JWST as Characterized in Commissioning

This paper characterizes the actual science performance of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), as determined from the six month commissioning period. We summarize the performance of the spacecraft, telescope, science instruments, and ground system, with an emphasis on differences from pre-launch expectations. Commissioning has made clear that JWST is fully capable of achieving the discoveries for which it was built. Moreover, almost across the board, the science performance of JWST is better than expected; in most cases, JWST will go deeper faster than expected. The telescope and instrument suite have demonstrated the sensitivity, stability, image quality, and spectral range that are necessary to transform our understanding of the cosmos through observations spanning from near-earth asteroids to the most distant galaxies.Comment: 5th version as accepted to PASP; 31 pages, 18 figures; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1538-3873/acb29

Acquisition M&S Community Sponsored M&S Project: Standardized Documentation for Verification, Validation, and Accreditation - A Status Report to the Systems Engineering Community

Using models and simulations that provide credible results in the systems engineering process is crucial to fielding defense weapon systems more effectively to the warfighter. Employing distributed, live-virtual- constructive synthetic environments that produce results that can be used with confidence is essential to support development and testing of interoperable systems for joint capabilities. Credibility and confidence in the use of modeling and simulation (M&S) results can be achieved only through the implementation of standard Verification, Validation, and Accreditation (VV&A) processes. M&S is a key enabler for systems engineers throughout the acquisition process. VV&A is critical for ensuring an M&S is correct, is used correctly, and can produce results a systems engineer can trust

Standardized Documentation for Verification, Validation, and Accreditation - A Status Report to the Systems Engineering Community (presentation)

National Defense Industrial Association 10th Annual Systems Engineering Conference Track 5 M&S Session 3B5 10:15 am - 12:00 pmPresented by DoD M&S Project (DMSP) Project Management Team (PMT) October 24, 200

The Science Performance of JWST as Characterized in Commissioning

This paper characterizes the actual science performance of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), as determined from the six month commissioning period. We summarize the performance of the spacecraft, telescope, science instruments, and ground system, with an emphasis on differences from pre-launch expectations. Commissioning has made clear that JWST is fully capable of achieving the discoveries for which it was built. Moreover, almost across the board, the science performance of JWST is better than expected; in most cases, JWST will go deeper faster than expected. The telescope and instrument suite have demonstrated the sensitivity, stability, image quality, and spectral range that are necessary to transform our understanding of the cosmos through observations spanning from near-earth asteroids to the most distant galaxies