scope:

Purpose. a. This regulation and DA Pamphlet (Pam) 70-3 implement the Army's acquisition policy for programs in acquisition categories (ACATs) I through III (para 3-2). This regulation assigns responsibilities to Army organizations in accordance with Department of Defense Directive (DODD) 5000.1 and Department of Defense Instruction (DODI) 5000.2. The Army will apply the direction contained in DODD 5000.1 and DOD1 5000.2 to all acquisition programs while streamlining and tailoring the procedures within statutory and program requirements.

b. This regulation also specifies Army's acquisition workforce management responsibilities and defines clothing and individual equipment (CIE) acquisition responsibilities.

Applicability. a. This regulation applies to the Army (the Active Army, the Army National Guard of the United States, and the U.S. Army Reserve). It applies to personnel involved in research, development, acquisition, and support of materiel items and systems. It applies to weapon systems; command, control, communications, and computers/information technology systems; national security systems; special access programs (unless specifically excepted per program charter); computer resources integral to those items or systems; system and nonsystem training aids, devices, simulations, and simulators; embedded training; embedded testing; instrumentation, targets, and threat simulators; and clothing and individual equipment. It applies to command, control, communications, and computers/information technology systems where the Army is the executive agent for another organization or Service or where a command, control, communications, and computers/information technology system is developed cooperatively with other governments unless such organizations can assure their compliance.

b. The portions of this regulation pertaining to the Army's acquisition, logistics, and technology workforce management apply to Active Army, Department of the Army civilians, the Army National Guard of the United States, and Army Reserve personnel serving in designated acquisition positions.