scope:

This instruction amplifies other existing DoD and DON regulations and instructions governing the design, development, use, and disposition of M&S including related systems and software. This instruction applies to:

a. All new DON models and simulations, i.e., M&S which will be completed after the effective date of this instruction, and which satisfy one or more of the following criteria derived from reference (c):

(1) M&S for which at least five work-years of effort has been, or will be, invested for development, modification, or enhancement.

(2) M&S which are used significantly in supporting the development of either the DON Program Objectives Memorandum (POM) or Analysis of Alternatives (AOA).

(3) M&S which are essential for human or system safety or whose interaction leads to the control and movement of real warfare systems in real-time (e.g., live forces and military hardware in formal systems testing, training exercises, or combat operations).

(4) M&S which the Navy or Marine Corps will release or otherwise make available to other DoD components or contractors, or M&S which will interoperate directly with M&S systems developed outside the DON.

b. Legacy and commercially developed M&S if their use meets one or more of criteria 2 through 4.

c. Legacy M&S which are enhanced or modified, and the enhancement, or the M&S as a result of the enhancement, meets one or more of criteria 1 through 4.