Pentagon criticized for management of simulations.

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The Defense Department needs to better manage its simulation programs, said David W. Duma, the Pentagon's acting director for operational test and evaluation.

"I think we've kind of lost our way as a department with modeling and simulation," Duma told a defense industry conference. He said multiple agencies are buying duplicate technologies, rather than coordinating efforts. "We are using more modeling and simulation. But it's not focused, it's scattered. Everybody is building their own."

Another hitch in the current approach to buying simulations is...