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 uses to develop and integrate the support strategy into the system engineering process to ensure a design can be supported throughout its life cycle.
b. Identifies the framework (ten Integrated Logistics Support 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 DODD 5000.1 and DODI 5000.2.
NOTE: This version becomes superseded 7 November 2014 – After that date see AR 700-127 Integrated Product Support (Also available on this site)
