Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com Chapter 1 General 1–1. Purpose This regulation sets the policy for planning, developing, acquiring and sustaining well-defined, affordable support strategies that meet the war fighter’s requirements for Army materiel throughout its life cycle. The policy — a. Defines a deliberate process that the Program Manager (PM) uses to develop and integrate the support strategy into the system engineering process (SEP) to ensure a design can be supported throughout its lifecycle. b. Identifies the framework (ten Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) elements) that will be used to develop the support strategy. c.
Assigns responsibilities for developing the support strategy. d. Sets the policy for developing support strategies in support of Army materiel. e. Outlines responsibilities for implementing support strategies. f. Implements total life-cycle logistics requirements outlined in Department of Defense Directive (DODD) 5000.1 and DOD Instruction (DODI) 5000.2. 1–2. References Required and related publications and prescribed and referenced forms are listed in appendix A. 1–3. Explanation of abbreviations and terms Abbreviations and special terms used in this regulation are explained in the glossary. 1–4. Responsibilities Responsibilities are listed in chapter 2. Chapter 2 Responsibilities 2–1.
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) The Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller (FM&C)) will— a. Review program and budget requests supporting life-cycle contractor support (LCCS). b. Integrate weapons systems into working capital funds as appropriate. 2–2. Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology) The ASA (Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (ALT) will— a. Oversee the research, development, testing, and evaluation of the acquisition of materiel systems (including ILS for these systems) (see AR 70–1). b. Establish policy and oversee the development and execution of program management. c.
Oversee the acquisition and life cycle logistics management function. d. Ensure that reliability, availability, and maintainability policies are followed during the acquisition process. e. Ensure that logistics considerations are incorporated in the war-fighting U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) analysis in coordination with the Deputy Chief of Staff, G–4 (DCS, G–4). f. Approve Type II BCA for Army Category (ACAT) I/II programs and product support strategy packages prepared and submitted by PMs. 2–3. Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Integrated Logistics Support) The Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Integrated Logistics Support) (DASA (ILS)) will— a.
Develop Army ILS policy and provide oversight of ILS programming, planning, budgeting, and execution (PPBE), to include contractor logistics support (CLS ) that supports the materiel acquisition process. b. Ensure ILS requirements are validated and included in the materiel acquisition process to support full materiel release of programs and systems. c. Develop policy on performance based logistics (PBL). d.
Serve as the Army acquisition logistician (formerly independent logistician) for new, modified, upgraded, and displaced materiel, except for supply class VIII; medical materiel, and strategic communications systems and provide a supportability position on materiel release of ACAT I through III systems. As the Army logistician, the DASA (ILS) will— (1) Establish internal procedures and techniques to assess supportability management and execution for all assigned acquisition programs. 1 AR 700–127 • 27 September 2007