Department of Defense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 5000.61
December 9, 2009
Incorporating Change 1, October 15, 2018
USD(R&E)
SUBJECT: DoD Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Verification, Validation, and Accreditation
(VV&A)
References: (a) DoD Instruction 5000.61, “DoD Modeling and Simulation (M&S)
Verification, Validation, and Accreditation (VV&A),” May 13, 2003
(hereby canceled)
(b) DoD Directive 5134.01, “Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,
Technology, and Logistics (USD(AT&L)),” December 9, 2005
(c) DoD Directive 5000.59, “DoD Modeling and Simulation (M&S)
Management,” August 8, 2007
(d) DoD Directive 8320.02, “Data Sharing in a Net-Centric Department of
Defense,” December 2, 2004
(e) DoD 8910.1-M, “Department of Defense Procedures for Management of
Information Requirements,” June 30, 1998
(f) Deputy Secretary of Defense Memorandum, “Establishment of the Office of
the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and the Office
of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment,” July 13,
2018
(g) Military Standard 3022, “Documentation of Verification, Validation, and
Accreditation (VV&A) for Models and Simulations,” January 28, 2008
1. PURPOSE. This Instruction:
a. Reissues Reference (a) according to the authority in Reference (b) and the guidance in
Reference (c).
b. Establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures for the VV&A of
models, simulations, distributed simulations, and their associated data.
2. APPLICABILITY. This Instruction applies to:
