DOD MANUAL 5000.102
M
ODELING AND SIMULATION VERIFICATION, VALIDATION,
AND
ACCREDITATION FOR OPERATIONAL TEST AND
EVALUATION AND LIVE FIRE TEST AND EVALUATION
Originating Component: Office of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation
Effective: December 9, 2024
Releasability: Cleared for public release. Available on the Directives Division Website
at https://www.esd.whs.mil/DD/.
Incorporates and Cancels: Director of Operational Test and Evaluation Memorandum, “Modeling
and Simulation,” June 4, 2002
Director of Operational Test and Evaluation Memorandum, “Guidance on
the Validation of Models and Simulation Used in Operational Test and
Live Fire Assessments,” March 14, 2016
Director of Operational Test and Evaluation Memorandum, “Clarifications
on Guidance on the Validation of Models and Simulation Used in
Operational Test and Live Fire Assessments,” January 17, 2017
Approved by: Douglas C. Schmidt, Director of Operational Test and Evaluation
Purpose: In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive (DoDD) 5141.02 and the policy in DoD
Instructions (DoDIs) 5000.61 and 5000.98, this issuance implements policy, assigns responsibilities, and
provides procedures for verification, validation, and accreditation (VV&A) of modeling and simulation
(M&S) tools critical to meeting the operational test and evaluation (OT&E) and live fire test and
evaluation (LFT&E) objectives of DoD systems and services (referred to in this issuance as “DoD
systems”) acquired via the Defense Acquisition System or via other non-standard acquisition systems.
