Digital engineering can become a critical component in the Pentagon's test and evaluation efforts but only in the context of a sound T&E infrastructure, a Defense Science Board task force argues in a recently published report . “Digital engineering, when properly applied, can improve cost, schedule and performance of complex projects and programs. However, DE is not a panacea for ill-formed acquisition strategies, poorly executed systems engineering, overly optimistic cost and schedule predictions or contractor compliance issues,” the task force...