Acquisition Policies
The AAF seeks to integrate the content from the major policies and guides into each of the acquisition pathways.
The following are the policies and guides in their entirety.
Overarching Policies
DODD 5000.01
The Defense Acquisition System
July 2022
DOWI 5000.02
Operation of the Adaptive Acquisition Framework
April 2026
DODD 7045.14
PPBE Process
Aug 2017
CJCSM 5123.01
Manual for the Joint Requirements Oversight Council and the Joint Force Requirements Process
Jan 2026
DOD 7000.14-R
DOD Financial Management Regulation
May 2019
CJCSI 5123.01J
Charter of the Joint Requirements Oversight Council and the Joint Force Requirements Process
Jan 2026
Acquisition Pathway Policies
DODI 5000.81
Urgent Capability Acquisition
Dec 2019
DODI 5000.87
Software Acquisition
Oct 2020
DODI 5000.80
Middle Tier of Acquisition
Nov 2024
DODI 5000.75
Defense Business Systems
Jan 2020
DODI 5000.85
Major Capability Acquisition
Nov 2021
DODI 5000.74
Acquisition of Services
June 2021
Functional Policies
DODD 5000.71
Rapid Fulfillment of UON’s
Oct 2022
DODI 5000.83
Technology and Program Protection
May 2021
DODI 5000.88
Engineering of Defense Systems
Nov 2020
DODI 5000.91
Product Support Management
Nov 2021
DODI 5000.98
Operational Test and Evaluation and Live Fire Test and Evaluation
Dec 2024
DODI 5000.73
Cost Analysis Guidance and Procedures
Oct 2024
DODI 5000.84
Analysis of Alternatives
Aug 2020
DODI 5000.89
Test and Evaluation
Nov 2020
DODI 5000.95
Human Systems Integration
April 2022
DODI 5010.44
Intellectual Property
Oct 2019
DODI 5000.82
Acquisition of Information Technology
Jun 2023
DODI 5000.86
Acquisition Intelligence
Sep 2020
DODI 5000.90
Cybersecurity for Acquisition
Dec 2020
DODI 5000.97
Digital Engineering
Dec 2023
All DODIs
WHS Executive Services Directorate
Service and Agency Acquisition Policies
Dept of the Air Force DAFI 63-101/20-101
Integrated Lifecycle Management
Oct 2024
All Air Force Publications
Air Force E-Publishing
Dept. of the Navy SECNAVINST 5000.2G
DON Implementation of the DAS and the AAF
Apr 2022
All Navy Publications
Navy Instructions
USSOCOM Directive 70-1
Acquisition Management System
Army Pamphlet 70-1
Army Operation of the Adaptive Acquisition Framework
Nov 2023
Army Pamphlet 70-3
Army Acquisition Procedures
Sep 2018
All Army Publications
Army Publishing Directorate
Recently Published Memoranda
Policy Memos
- “Directing Modern Software Acquisition to Maximize Lethality“, USD(A&S), 6 Mar 2025
- “President’s Budget 2026 Modernized Selected Acquisition Report (MSAR) for Major Defense Acquisition Programs“, ASD(A)/ADA, 04 Nov 2024
- “Guidance on Acquisition Data for Managing and Overseeing Department of Defense Acquisition Programs” USD(A&S), 22 Sept 2023
- “Accounting for Program Costs When Acquisition Framework Pathways Are Used Sequentially or in Combination Memo”, USD(A&S), 19 Jul 2022