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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 In some cases, a policy or guide may be out of date; however, in our experts’ opinion, the listed version is still a useful resource that may no longer be available elsewhere.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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Cost Estimating/Pricing | Contract Pricing Reference Guide - Volume 3 - Cost Analysis | DAU | 03/08/2021 | PDF | Discusses cost analysis concepts such as allocability and allowability, certified cost and pricing data, direct cost elements, indirect costs, facilities capital cost of money, and profit analysis. |
Cost Estimating/Pricing | Cost Benefit Analysis Guide | United States Army | 01/21/2020 | PDF | Assist analysts in identifying, quantifying, and evaluating the future costs and benefits of alternative solutions in order to recommend the optimum course of action for decision-making purposes. |
Cost Estimating/Pricing | Guidelines and Discount Rates for Benefit Cost Analysis of Federal Programs (Circular A-94) | OMB | 11/09/2023 | PDF | The goal of this circular is to promote efficient resource allocation through well-informed decision-making by the federal government. It provides general guidance for conducting benefit-cost and cost-effectiveness analyses. It also provides specific guidance on the discount rates to be used in evaluating federal programs whose benefits and costs are distributed over time. |
Cost Estimating/Pricing | Contract Pricing Reference Guide - Volume 1 - Price Analysis | DAU | 01/05/2021 | PDF | Discusses several price analysis methods which involve examining and evaluating the reasonableness of a proposed price without evaluating its separate cost elements and proposed profit. |
Engineering | Standard Process for System Engineering Plans | AFLCMC/EZS | 10/21/2021 | PDF | This guide describes the AFLCMC process for capturing program technical planning within a systems engineering plan (SEP). The process guide covers which programs require SEPs, required content and format, approval and signatures, and when to update a SEP. |
Engineering | Systems Engineering Guidebook | OUSD (R&E)
| 02/01/2022 | PDF | The Systems Engineering Guidebook provides guidance and recommended best practices for defense acquisition programs. Much of this information appeared previously in the Defense Acquisition Guidebook (DAG) Chapter 3, Systems Engineering. The DAG was recently canceled, and this guide provides interim guidance while DOD is developing new systems engineering modernization policy and guidance. |
Engineering | Value Engineering - A Guidebook of Best Practices & Tools (SD-24) | OUSD (R&E) | 02/03/2025 | PDF | Value engineering (VE) is an organized/systematic approach that analyzes the functions of systems, equipment, facilities, services, and supplies to ensure they achieve their essential functions at the lowest life cycle cost consistent with required performance, reliability, quality, and safety.
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Engineering | Joint Software Systems Safety Engineering Handbook | DOD | 08/27/2010 | PDF | Within the domain of systems engineering, systems safety engineering identifies and analyzes behavioral and interface requirements, the design architecture, and the human interface within the context of both systems and systems of systems (SoS). This handbook provides management and engineering guidelines to achieve a reasonable level of assurance that software will execute within the system context with an acceptable level of safety risk. |
Engineering | Engineering of Defense Systems Guidebook | OUS(R&E) | 02/01/2022 | PDF | The guidebook describes the activities, processes, and practices involved in the development of Department of Defense (DoD) systems.
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Engineering | Guidebook for Implementing Modular Open Systems Approaches (MOSA) in Weapon Systems | HQ AFMC/EN | 11/07/2023 | PDF | MOSA’s central tenet is that by requiring common standards and interfaces in its major platforms, components, weapons, and systems, future acquisitions of new capabilities and upgrades to legacy systems can be accomplished faster and at lower costs. MOSA can support greater competition, enhanced innovation, and more rapid technological refresh while reducing sustainment costs. |
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