1. References.
a.
Department of Defense (DoD) Instruction 5000.93 (Use of Additive Manufacturing in the DoD), 6 July 2021
b.
Headquarters, Department of the Army General Orders 2020–01 (Assignment of Functions and Responsibilities Within Headquarters, Department of the Army), 6 March 2020
c.
Army Regulation (AR) 10–87 (Army Commands, Army Service Component Commands, and Direct Reporting Units), 11 December 2017
d.
AR 70–1 (Army Operation of the Adaptive Acquisition Framework), 28 November 2023
e.
AR 700–127 (Integrated Product Support), 20 February 2024
f.
Department of the Army Pamphlet 95–9 (Management of Aviation Critical Safety Items), 26 January 2006
2. Purpose.
This directive changes the certification authority for parts created through the advanced manufacturing process.
3. Applicability.
The provisions of this directive apply to the Regular Army, Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and U.S. Army Reserve.
4. Policy.
a.
Effective immediately, the Commanding General, United States Army Materiel Command (USAMC) has the authority to apply advanced manufacturing methods to address issues and challenges in the supply chain to underpin readiness of Army materiel.
This includes the authority to take a risk-informed approach to certify materials, processes, and methods used to produce parts and components and to certify and qualify those parts.
USAMC will leverage the organic industrial base or authorize third-party entities to conduct and execute these functions.
These parts and components will become authorized substitutes for the supply chain.
b.
The life cycle/configuration managers will collaborate exclusively with USAMC to prioritize, fund, and support these processes.
The overall authorities assigned to the design activities and the lifecycle/configuration managers do not change, and USAMC will coordinate accordingly through all the existing Army processes.
5. Proponent.
The Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology) establishes policy related to advanced manufacturing and is the proponent for this policy, responsible for incorporating the provisions of this directive into applicable regulations and policies.
6. Duration.
This directive is effective until rescinded.
DISTRIBUTION:
- Principal Officials of Headquarters, Department of the Army
- Commander
- U.S. Army Forces Command
- U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command
- U.S. Army Materiel Command
- U.S. Army Futures Command
- U.S. Army Pacific
- U.S. Army Europe and Africa
- U.S. Army Central
- U.S. Army North
- U.S. Army South
- U.S. Army Special Operations Command
- Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command
- U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Strategic Command
- U.S. Army Cyber Command
- U.S. Army Medical Command
- U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- U.S. Army Military District of Washington
- U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command
- U.S. Army Human Resources Command
- U.S. Army Corrections Command
DISTRIBUTION: (CONT)
- U.S. Army Recruiting Command
- Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy
- Commandant, U.S. Army War College
- Director, U.S. Army Civilian Human Resources Agency
- Executive Director, Military Postal Service Agency
- Director, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division
- Director, U.S. Army Joint Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office
- Superintendent, Arlington National Cemetery
- Director, U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center
CF:
- Principal Cyber Advisor
- Commander, Eighth Army