NDIA WORKSHOP ON SIMULATION BASED ACQUISITION, EVENT #879, MARCH 16 -- 19, 1998 NDIA's Systems Engineering Committee,in coordination with the office of the Director of Test, Systems Engineering & Evaluation, OUSD (A&T), will present a workshop on Simulated Based Acquisition (SBA) at the Adams Mark Hotel, Orlando, FL, on March 16 -- 19, 1998. The purpose of the workshop is to present the concept as defined by the documents to a broader industry and government audience to obtain a thorough evaluation and entertain detailed discussion of their value and potential effectiveness in achieving the SBA goals. The draft documents will be provided as a read-ahead package to Workshop registrants. We intend the Workshop to produce specific recommendations on how Industry and Government should proceed to achieve both near-term and long-term benefits of SBA. This is not a modeling and simulation workshop. This workshop is intended for Program Executive Officers (PEO)/Program Managers, Project Managers, Functional Design Managers who are responsible for product acquisition and/or development, and are interested in forming the Department of Defense vision and policy to develop a tool set to help achieve DoD cycle time and Total Ownership Cost (TOC) reduction goals. Prospective attendees should contact Angie De Kleine at NDIA, 2111 Wilson Blvd., Ste. 400, Arlington, VA 22201, (703) 247-2588, email: ADeKleine@NDIA.org. Registration for this workshop costs $395.00 for NDIA members; $275.00 for government/academia; and $525.00 for non-members. WEB: "click here to learn more about the NDIA", http://www.ndia.org. E-MAIL: "click here to contact the POC via e-mail, or to learn more about the meeting., ADeKleine@NDIA.org.

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