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Purpose. a. The primary objective of this publication is to provide a framework for integrating industrial base considerations into Army planning to provide for the materiel needs of soldiers and organizations to ensure that the U.S. Army remains responsive, deployable, agile, versatile, lethal, survivable, and sustainable.

b. This publication establishes Headquarters, Department of the Army (HQDA) basic policies and responsibilities governing management and operation of the Army industrial base, including production and maintenance of industrial bases. The policies contained herein are focused on the production industrial base.

(1) Activities will be conducted in compliance with all applicable statutes and regulations. This process includes identifying, developing, and sustaining an industrial base, both commercial and Government-owned.

(2) The industrial base must be capable of sustaining approved military operations in support of the national security strategy and achieving Army transformation and readiness goals.

c. This regulation will be revised to address the maintenance industrial base derived from recently released Department of Defense (DOD) policy to maintain depot maintenance core capabilities in Government-owned and - operated facilities using Government equipment and personnel to assure adequate depot maintenance support for DOD operations. (Deputy under Secretary of Defense (Logistics and Materiel Readiness)'s 9 January 2003 memorandum, subject: Implementation of Depot Maintenance Core Policy and Methodology)

Applicability. This regulation applies to the Active Army, the Army National Guard of the United States, including periods when operating in an Army National Guard capacity, and the U.S. Army Reserve.