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1 BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE PAMPHLET 63-128 3 FEBRUARY 2021 Acquisition INTEGRATED LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available on the e-Publishing website at for downloading or ordering. RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication. OPR: SAF/AQXS Policy Supersedes: AFPAM 63-128, 10 July 2014 Certified by: SAF/AQX (Mr. Bailey) Pages: 281 This publication implements Air FORCE Policy Directive (AFPD) 63-1/20-1, Integrated Life Cycle Management and Air FORCE Instruction (AFI) 63-101/20-101 Integrated Life Cycle Management. This DEPARTMENT of the Air FORCE Pamphlet (DAFPAM) provides guidance and recommended procedures for implementing Integrated Life Cycle Management (ILCM) for DEPARTMENT of the Air FORCE (AF) personnel who develop, review, approve, or manage systems, subsystems, end-items and services (referred to as programs throughout this document) procured under DEPARTMENT of Defense Directive (DoDD) , The Defense Acquisition System; DoD Instruction (DoDI) , Operation of the Defense Acquisition System; DoDI , Operation of the Adaptive Acquisition Framework; DoDI , Defense Acquisition of Services.

2 DoDI Business Systems Requirements and Acquisition; DoDI , Operation of the Middle Tier of Acquisition (MTA); DoDI , Urgent Capability Acquisition, DoDI , Major Capability Acquisition (collectively called the DoD 5000 acquisition series). Additional non-mandatory guidance on best practices, lessons learned, and expectations are available in the Defense Acquisition Guidebook. To ensure standardization, any organization supplementing this publication should send the implementing publication to SAF/AQX for review and coordination before publishing. This publication applies to all military and civilian AF personnel, including Air FORCE Reserve (AFR) units and the Air National Guard; other individuals or organizations as required by binding agreement or obligation with the DEPARTMENT of the Air FORCE (DAF).

3 This publication applies to the United States Air FORCE and the United States Space FORCE (USSF) until such time as USSF publications are published. Ensure all records generated as a result of processes prescribed in this publication adhere to Air FORCE Instruction (AFI) 33-322, Records Management of Information Governance Program, and are disposed in accordance with Air FORCE Records Information Management DAFPAM should be periodically reviewed and updated to reflect changes in overarching policy 2 DAFPAM63-128 3 FEBRUARY 2021 directives and incorporate suggested comments from the field. Refer recommended changes and questions about this publication to SAF/AQXS using the AF Form 847, Recommendation for Change of Publication; route AF Form 847s from the field through Major Command (MAJCOM) publications/forms managers.

4 Forward all comments regarding this DAFPAM to: SUMMARY OF CHANGES This revision includes significant updates to the Acquisition Strategy, Acquisition Program Baseline (APB), and Item Unique Identification (IUID) sections to reflect current processes. The revision also adds new sections on Financial Improvement and Audit Remediation (FIAR) activities, and appendices on development planning, engineering certifications, and human system integration. Updates were made throughout the publication to reflect organizational and fact-of-life changes. Chapter 1 INTEGRATED LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT 9 Purpose and Applicability of DAFPAM 9 Program Execution Responsibilities.

5 9 ILCM Purpose.. 11 ILCM Framework.. 11 Key Leadership ILCM Tenets.. 12 Figure Leadership Tenets of ILCM.. 12 ILCM Principles.. 14 Chapter 2 LIFE CYCLE DOCUMENTATION DEVELOPMENT 16 Introduction.. 16 Scoping Documentation.. 16 Preparing the Documentation.. 17 Figure Development Process.. 18 Table Standard Supporting Processes.. 19 Stakeholders.. 19 Coordination and 20 Regulatory Contracting Approval (RCA) Documents.. 21 Solicitation Release.. 21 Preparing Acquisition Documentation.. 21 DAFPAM63-128 3 FEBRUARY 2021 3 Chapter 3 PROGRAM INTEGRATION 24 Overview.. 24 Program Integration Values.. 24 Figure Program Integration Activities.. 25 Chapter 4 PRODUCT SUPPORT AND SUSTAINMENT 31 Background.

6 31 31 Applicability.. 31 Content.. 32 Access.. 33 Configuration Control.. 33 Points of Contact.. 33 Chapter 5 LIFE CYCLE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 34 Primary References.. 34 Standard References.. 35 Additional References.. 35 Assistance.. 36 Chapter 6 HUMAN SYSTEMS INTEGRATION (HSI) 37 HSI Description.. 37 HSI Responsibility.. 37 HSI in Capabilities-Based Planning.. 38 HSI in Materiel Development.. 40 HSI in Operations & Support.. 42 HSI in Disposal.. 42 Best Practice - Tools, Standards, and Samples.. 42 Chapter 7 CONTRACTOR INCENTIVES 43 Purpose of Incentives.. 43 Contractor Motivations.. 43 What to Incentivize.. 43 4 DAFPAM63-128 3 FEBRUARY 2021 Contract Types.

7 44 Figure General Overview of Incentives, Contract Type and Risk.. 46 Selecting an Incentive.. 46 Follow Up/Execution.. 48 Considerations for Successful Implementation of Incentives.. 48 Additional Information and Training.. 49 Chapter 8 ITEM UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION IMPLEMENTATION PLANS 50 Introduction.. 50 Applicability of Item Unique Identification Implementation Plans.. 51 Preparing the IUID Implementation Plan.. 53 Coordination Process for IUID Implementation Plans.. 54 Registration and Implementation.. 55 Foreign Military Sales (FMS) IUID Requirements.. 55 Chapter 9 PROGRAM REALIGNMENT 58 Purpose and Overview.. 58 Background and Framework.. 58 Table Program Realignment Assessment Criteria.

8 58 Program Realignment Process.. 59 Chapter 10 FIELDING PROCEDURES 61 Purpose and Overview.. 61 Background and Framework.. 61 Materiel Fielding Process Overview.. 61 Materiel Fielding Planning and Assessment Criteria.. 61 Table Materiel Fielding Planning and Assessment Criteria.. 61 Materiel Fielding Process.. 65 Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction Phase.. 65 Milestone B Decision.. 66 Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) Phase.. 66 Milestone C Decision.. 67 DAFPAM63-128 3 FEBRUARY 2021 5 Production and Deployment Phase.. 67 Types of Materiel Releases.. 68 Incremental Materiel Releases.. 68 Figure Incremental Materiel Release Review Concept (Notional Example).

9 69 Special Cases.. 69 Chapter 11 PRODUCT AND SOFTWARE DATA ACROSS THE LIFE CYCLE 70 Overview.. 70 Product Data.. 70 Table Product, Product Data and Data Rights Consideration by Program Documents.. 70 Address Data in Program Phases.. 73 Table Data and Data Rights Consideration by Life Cycle Phase.. 73 Address Data in Design Reviews.. 74 Determine Technical Data and Data Rights Needs.. 74 Address Data in Requests for Proposal (RFPs).. 76 Figure How Key Sections of the RFP Relate To Each Other as They Address Data.. 77 Table Resources, Data and Data Rights Consideration RFP Section.. 77 Data Rights Assertions.. 80 Integrated Data Environment (IDE).. 80 Independent Research and Development (IR&D).

10 82 Inspection and Acceptance of Data.. 82 Life Cycle Management of Resources, Data and Data Rights.. 82 Chapter 12 LIFE CYCLE RISK MANAGEMENT 87 Overview of Life Cycle Risk Management.. 87 Five-Step Life Cycle Risk Management Process Model.. 93 Figure AF LCRM Process.. 94 Figure LCRM Risk Matrix.. 100 Table Likelihood Criteria.. 101 Table Standard AF Consequence Criteria Performance.. 101 Table Standard AF Consequence Criteria Schedule.. 102 6 DAFPAM63-128 3 FEBRUARY 2021 Table Standard AF Consequence Criteria Cost.. 103 Figure Translation of MIL-STD-882 Risk Matrix to the OSD Risk Management Guide 104 LCRM across the Life Cycle.. 108 Opportunity Management.