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.

Applicability. This regulation applies to the Active Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and the U.S. Army Reserve, unless otherwise stated. This regulation is applicable during full mobilization unless otherwise stated.