The Impact of the DoD 5000.97 Directive for Digital Engineering

In this episode, OMG Chairman & CEO Bill Hoffman chats with Steve MacLaird, OMG SVP, Government & Industry Strategy about DoD 5000.97.  This new directive establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides procedures for implementing and using digital engineering in the development and sustainment of defense systems.

Steve walks through the elements of 5000.97 and what it means for the future of digital modeling, and new technologies such as digital twins and augmented reality. He explains the synergies with existing OMG standards such as Unified Architecture Framework (UAF) and Systems Modeling Language (SysML) 2.0.

For reference, a diagram of the DoD 5000.97 Digital Engineering Framework is shown below. (Source : DoDI 5000.97, "Digital Engineering".) Visit the OMG Standards Development Organization at https://omg.org