Army Acquisition Procedures

1 UNCLASSIFIED Department of the Army Pamphlet 70 3 Research, Development, and Acquisition Army Acquisition Procedures Headquarters Department of the Army Washington, DC 17 September 2018 SUMMARY of CHANGE DA PAM 70 3 Army Acquisition Procedures This mandated revision, dated 17 September 2018 o Implements Army Directive 2017 22, Implementation of Acquisition Reform Initiatives 1 and 2, dated 12 September 2017 (chap 9). o Replaces Manpower and Personnel Integration with Human Systems Integration (throughout). o Replaces the System Safety Management Plan with the Human Systems Integration Plan (throughout). *This publication supersedes DA Pam 70 3, dated 11 March 2014. DA PAM 70 3 17 September 2018 UNCLASSIFIED i Headquarters Department of the Army Washington, DC *Department of the Army Pamphlet 70 3 17 September 2018 Research, Development, and Acquisition Army Acquisition Procedures History.

2 This publication is a mandated revision. The portions affected by this man-dated revision are listed in the summary of change. Summary. This pamphlet provides dis-cretionary guidance on materiel Acquisition management. It is to be used with DODD , DOD I , and AR 70 1. It contains information relevant to research, development, and Acquisition , and life cycle management of Army materiel to satisfy approved Army requirements. This revision adds clothing and individual equipment in-formation and Procedures for Configuration Steering Boards. It replaces type classifica-tion and materiel release information and updates Acquisition program baseline, ter-minology, and organizational information.

3 Applicability. This pamphlet applies to the Regular Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and the Army Reserve, unless otherwise stated. Also, it applies to person-nel involved in research, development, ac-quisition, and support of materiel items and systems. Proponent and exception authority. The proponent of this pamphlet is the As-sistant Secretary of the Army ( Acquisition , Logistics and Technology). The proponent has the authority to approve exceptions or waivers to this pamphlet that are consistent with controlling law and regulations. The proponent may delegate this approval au-thority, in writing, to a division chief within the proponent agency or its direct reporting unit or field operating agency, in the grade of colonel or the civilian equivalent.

4 Activ-ities may request a waiver to this regulation by providing justification that includes a full analysis of the expected benefits and must include formal review by the activ-ity s senior legal officer. All waiver re-quests will be endorsed by the commander or senior leader of the requesting activity and forwarded through their higher head-quarters to the policy proponent. Refer to AR 25 30 for specific guidance. Suggested improvements. Users are invited to send comments and suggested improvements on DA Form 2028 (Recom-mended Changes to Publications and Blank Forms) directly to the Office of the Assis-tant Secretary of the Army ( Acquisition , Logistics and Technology), 2800 S.

5 Clark St. (SAAL PA), Suite 500, Arlington, VA 22202. Committee management. AR 15 39 requires the proponent to justify establish-ing/continuing committee(s), coordinate draft publications, and coordinate changes in committee status with the Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army, Special Programs Directorate, 9301 Chapek Road, Building 1458, fort Belvoir, VA 22060 5527. Further, if it is determined that an established "group" identified within this regulation later takes on the characteristics of a committee as found in AR 15 39, then the proponent will follow AR 15 39 requirements for estab-lishing and continuing the group as a com-mittee.

6 Distribution. This pamphlet is available in electronic media only and is intended for the Regular Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and the Army Reserve. Contents (Listed by paragraph and page number) Chapter 1 Acquisition Management Process, page 1 Section I General, page 1 Purpose 1 1, page 1 References and forms 1 2, page 1 Explanation of abbreviations and terms 1 3, page 1 Section II Army Acquisition , page 1 Applicability 1 4, page 1 Overview 1 5, page 2 Categories of Acquisition programs and milestone decision authority 1 6, page 3 ii DA PAM 70 3 17 September 2018 Evolutionary Acquisition 1 7, page 3 Section III Modifications, page 3 General modification provisions 1 8, page 3 Modification management 1 9, page 4 Section IV Areas of special coordination/consideration, page 4 Special coordination 1 10, page 4 Assigning popular names 1 11.

7 Page 9 Section V Program Office and Program Management, page 11 Establishing program/project/product management offices 1 12, page 11 Disestablishing product/project manager offices 1 13, page 16 Terminating a program 1 14, page 18 Section VI Science and Technology Maturation, Demonstration, and Transition Information, page 21 Science and technology introduction 1 15, page 21 Army Science and Technology Master Plan 1 16, page 22 Science and technology vision 1 17, page 22 Science and technology strategy 1 18, page 22 Army Science and Technology Advisory Group; Army Science and Technology Working Group; and the Army Science and Technology Working Group Councils 1 19, page 22 Science and technology Procedures 1 20, page 24 Small business innovation research and small business technology transfer programs 1 21, page 29 Human and animal use in research 1 22, page 31 Technology maturity and transition 1 23, page 31 International cooperative programs 1 24, page 32 Technology information papers 1 25, page 32 Section VII Critical Program Information Protection Planning, page 33 Program protection plans 1 26, page 33 Program protection plan submittal 1 27, page 35 Section VIII Technical Controlled Unclassified Information Security.

8 Page 38 Guidelines for the disclosure of technical controlled unclassified information 1 28, page 38 Guidelines for the disclosure of technical critical unclassified information 1 29, page 39 Policy considerations 1 30, page 39 Military considerations 1 31, page 40 Controlled unclassified information reference terms 1 32, page 40 Chapter 2 Program Goals, page 41 Goals 2 1, page 41 Objectives and thresholds 2 2, page 41 Cost as an independent variable 2 3, page 41 Acquisition program baseline 2 4, page 43 Chapter 3 Acquisition Strategy, page 43 DA PAM 70 3 17 September 2018 iii Section I Overview, page 43 Introduction 3 1, page 43 Acquisition strategy report staffing 3 2, page 44 Section II Modeling and Simulation, page 44 Simulation support planning Procedures 3 3, page 44 Effective modeling and simulation planning 3 4, page 45 Section III Transportability and Deployability, page 45 Introduction and purpose 3 5, page 45 General 3 6, page 46 Procedures 3 7, page 46 Materiel capabilities documents 3 8, page 46 Transportability and deployability assessments 3 9, page 47 Transportability reports, transportability engineering analyses, and transportability approvals 3 10, page 47 Force deployability analyses 3 11, page 48 Airdrop, external helicopter air transport, and shelter certification 3 12.

9 Page 48 Transportability modeling and simulation 3 13, page 49 Transportability testing 3 14, page 49 Transportability guidance documentation 3 15, page 49 Transportability guidance pamphlets/references 3 16, page 49 Transportability characteristics data 3 17, page 50 Section IV Support Strategy, page 50 Integrated logistics support 3 18, page 50 Supportability strategy 3 19, page 50 Performance based logistics 3 20, page 51 Total systems approach 3 21, page 52 Source of repair 3 22, page 52 Section V Manpower and Personnel Integration/Human Systems Integration, page 52 Manpower and personnel integration considerations 3 23, page 52 Manpower considerations 3 24, page 52 Personnel capabilities 3 25, page 53 training considerations 3 26, page 53 Soldier survivability 3 27, page 53 Human factors engineering 3 28, page 53 System safety and health hazards 3 29, page 53 Section VI Environment, Safety, and Occupational Health, page 53 Environment, safety and occupational health requirements 3 30, page 54 System safety program 3 31, page 60 environmental , safety, occupational, and health as part of Acquisition milestone reviews 3 32, page 66 environmental , safety, occupational, and health as part of Army Cost Review Board reviews 3 33, page 66 Section VII Commercial and Non-Developmental Items.

10 Page 67 Commercial and non-developmental items considerations 3 34, page 67 Commercial and non-developmental item guidance 3 35, page 67 iv DA PAM 70 3 17 September 2018 Section VIII Small Business Strategy, page 67 Small business strategy development 3 36, page 67 Small business strategy references 3 37, page 68 Section IX International Cooperative Research, Development, and Acquisition , page 68 International cooperative research, development, and Acquisition determinations 3 38, page 68 Documenting international cooperative research, development, and Acquisition determinations 3 39, page 68 Chapter 4 Test and Evaluation, page 68 Overview 4 1, page 68 Test and evaluation roles and responsibilities 4 2, page 68 Modeling and simulation 4 3, page 70 Continuous evaluation 4 4, page 71 System evaluation 4 5, page 71 Developmental test 4 6, page 71 Operational test 4 7, page 72 Interoperability testing 4 8, page 73 Anti-tampering testing 4 9, page 73 Foreign comparative testing 4 10, page 73 International Cooperative Test and Evaluation Program 4 11, page 73 Joint Test and Evaluation Program 4 12, page 74 Test schedule and review committee 4 13, page 74 Test and evaluation key documents 4 14, page 74 Test and evaluation budget and financial considerations 4 15.