RDA includes all M&S used for design, development, and acquisition of weapons systems and equipment. M&S in the RDA domain are used for scientific inquiry to discover or revise facts and theories of phenomena, followed by transformation of these discoveries into physical representations. RDA also includes test and evaluation (T&E) where M&S are used to augment and possibly reduce the scope of real-world T&E. [Army]
I-RDA iquka zonke ii-M&S ezisetyenziselwe ukuyila, ukuphuhlisa, kunye nokufunyanwa kweenkqubo zezixhobo. Ii-M&S kumhlaba we-RDA zisetyenziselwa imibuzo yobunzululwazi ekufumaneni okanye ekuvavanyeni kwakhona okuyinyani kunye neethiyori zesenzeko, olulandelwa lutshintsho oluya kumelo oluphathekayo. I-RDA ikwaquka uvavanyo kunye nohlolo (T&E) apho ii-M&S zisetyenziselwa ukuxoxa kunye nokucutha ithuba lehlabathi lokwenene lwe-T&E. [Umkhosi]