Department of Defense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 5000.70
May 10, 2012
Incorporating Change 2, October 25, 2017
USD(AT&L)
SUBJECT: Management of DoD Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Activities
References: See Enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE. This Instruction:
a. Implements DoD M&S management activities of DoD Directive (DoDD) 5000.59
(Reference (a)), pursuant to DoD Directive 5134.01 (Reference (b)).
b. Assigns responsibilities for the DoD Modeling and Simulation Steering Committee (M&S
SC) pursuant to the provisions of Reference (a).
c. Establishes the Director, DoD Modeling and Simulation Coordination Office (M&SCO),
as the focal point for coordinating all matters related to DoD M&S, with the advice and
recommendation of the M&S SC, and as Secretariat for the M&S SC.
d. Extends discovery metadata policy consistent with DoD Instruction 8320.02 (Reference
(c)) to those DoD M&S tools, data, services, data assets (as defined in Reference (c)), models,
and simulations (hereinafter collectively referred to as “M&S assets”) that are key.
e. Authorizes the publication of the DoD M&S Glossary at http://www.msco.mil.
f. Cancels DoD 5000.59-M (Reference (gf)).
2. APPLICABILITY. This Instruction applies to OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the
Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD
Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the DoD (hereinafter referred to
collectively as the “DoD Components”).
3. DEFINITIONS. See Glossary.
