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DON SNYDER, KATHERINE C. HASTINGS, BART E. BENNETT, DANIEL CUNNINGHAM, LANCE MENTHEOn the Use of Digital Engineering Artifacts for Integrating Processes in Acquisition ProgramsObservations from the Sentinel Program and Recommendations for Future ProgramsThis publication has completed RAND’s research quality-assurance process but was not professionally copyedited.Research ReportFor more information on this publication, visit www.rand.org/t/RRA2182-1.About RANDRAND is a research organization that develops solutions to public policy challenges to help make communities throughout the world safer and more secure, healthier and more prosperous. RAND is nonprofit, nonpartisan, and committed to the public interest. To learn more about RAND, visit www.rand.org.Research IntegrityOur mission to help improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis is enabled through our core values of quality and objectivity and our unwavering commitment to the highest level of integrity and ethical behavior. To help ensure our research and analysis are rigorous, objective, and nonpartisan, we subject our research publications to a robust and exacting quality-assurance process; avoid both the appearance and reality of financial and other conflicts of interest through staff training, project screening, and a policy of mandatory disclosure; and pursue transparency in our research engagements through our commitment to the open publication of our research findings and recommendations, disclosure of the source of funding of published research, and policies to ensure intellectual independence. For more information, visit www.rand.org/about/research-integrity.RAND’s publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors.Published by the RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, Calif.© 2024 RAND Corporation is a registered trademark.Limited Print and Electronic Distribution RightsThis publication and trademark(s) contained herein are protected by law. This representation of RAND intellectual property is provided for noncommercial use only. Unauthorized posting of this publication online is prohibited; linking directly to its webpage on rand.org is encouraged. Permission is required from RAND to reproduce, or reuse in another form, any of its research products for commercial purposes. For information on reprint and reuse permissions, please visit www.rand.org/pubs/permissions. iii About This Report The research reported here was commissioned by the Commander of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center and Program Executive Officer for Strategic Systems. It was conducted within the Force Modernization and Employment Program of RAND Project AIR FORCE as part of project entitled “Transforming U.S. Air Force to Realize the Benefits of Digital Acquisition Initiatives” that was completed in fiscal year 2024. The focus of the project was revectored during execution to address two questions: (1) What decisions, artifacts, data, and processes from nuc