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DOD Defense Acquisition Library
Below, our experts have curated a collection of valuable, publicly available, defense acquisition-related resources. In some cases, a policy or guide may be out of date; however, in our experts’ opinion, the listed version is still a useful resource that may no longer be available elsewhere.
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CATEGORY | Title | AUTHOR | RELEASE DATE | FILE TYPE | DESCRIPTION |
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Product Support | Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) Guidebook | DOD-DSPO | 12/01/2025 | PDF | Provides best practices for implementing a robust and proactive diminishing manufacturing sources (DMS) and material shortages (MS) management program. |
Product Support | Condition-Based Maintenance Plus (CBM+) Guidebook | DOD | 08/08/2024 | PDF | Assists logistics managers with CBM+ project development, implementation and execution; illustrates various complementary components of successful CBM+ implementation and describes management actions necessary to integration all technologies in order to increase reliability, availability, operational effectiveness, and maintenance efficiency. |
Product Support | Standard Process for Product Support Business Case Analysis (PS-BCA) | AFLCMC | 07/20/2023 | PDF | Defines the AFLCMC PS BCA process—a structured methodology that aids decision making by identifying and comparing Course of Action (COA) options by examining the mission and business impacts (both financial and non-financial), risks, and sensitivities. |
Product Support | Supply Chain Risk Management Guidebook | DOD | 07/24/2025 | PDF | This guidebook provides an overview of recommended roles, best practices, and strategies for managing supply chain risk, aligning with the existing program risk management framework outlined in the DoD Risk, Issue, and Opportunity Management Guide. |
Product Support | Operating and Support (O&S) Cost Management Guidebook | DOD | 03/10/2016 | PDF | Assists program managers and PSMs in structuring and conducting O&S cost analysis to inform early life cycle decisions, impact reliability trades, and identify should cost initiatives having the greatest impact on future costs. The guidebook provides a foundational understanding of the distinctions between affordability and cost and between "will cost" and "should cost." |
Product Support | Performance Based Logistics (PBL) Guidebook - A Guide to Developing Performance Based Arrangements | DOD | 10/06/2023 | PDF | A consolidated resource that leverages DOD instructions and other guidebooks and uses the product support business model (PSBM) as an organizing construct for PBL best practices, processes, and supporting documentation needed to craft effective PBL arrangements.
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Product Support | Air Force Sustainment Center Strategic Plan | AFSC | 01/01/2026 | PDF | From depot floors to global supply chains, the Air Force Sustainment Center
(AFSC) powers the Air Force’s ability to fly, fix and fight. This Strategic
Plan is the Center's blueprint for delivering airpower—clear priorities, disciplined
execution, and measurable results. |
Product Support | Independent Logistics Assessment (ILA) Guidebook | DOD | 04/07/2023 | PDF | ILAs are a disciplined, tailored review of a program’s supportability and are conducted prior to key acquisition decision points (including milestone decisions). Program managers (PMs) and product support managers (PSMs) use ILAs to ensure system design and product support performance are integrated to achieve sustainment objectives and identify corrective actions needed to prevent degraded materiel readiness or O&S cost growth.
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Product Support | Contract Sustainment Support Guide (CSSG) | AF/LG | 08/01/2013 | PDF | The CSSG provides recommendations based on best practices (BPs) that are mapped to Air Force Product Support Elements (PSEs) and Air Force Cost Analysis Improvement Group (AF CAIG) elements. The updated guide is DOD Distribution C and cannot be posted. This version is retained for historical reference only. The current guide is available on the WARAU website for DOD personnel and DOD contractors only. |
Product Support | Product Support Business Case Analysis (BCA) Guidebook | DOD | 06/24/2024 | PDF | Provides a standardized process and methodology for writing, aiding decision making, and providing analytical decision support for a product support BCA, including research, data analysis, and delivery of a product support BCA report. |
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