Regulatory. Programs are required to begin input of required data into Defense Acquisition Visibility Environment (DAVE) and the Acquisition Information Repository (AIR) upon submission of the Program Objective Memorandum (POM) or Budget Estimate Submission (BES) that first identifies the program.

STATUTORY for MDAPs after each milestone approval, and for major subprograms of MDAPs after Milestone A.

STATUTORY.  Provides the status of total program cost, schedule, and performance to Congress; provides program unit cost and unit cost breach information for a specific program.

• The first SAR after the MDA's 10 U.S.C. 4252 CERTIFICATION AND DETERMINATION (a row in the Milestone and Phase Information Requirements Table) will include the certification and determination.
• For each MDAP that receives Milestone B approval after January 1, 2019, include a brief summary description of the key elements of the modular open systems approach or, if a modular open systems approach was not used, the rationale for not using such an approach.
• Every SAR must include certification by the Secretary of the Military Department and the Chief of the armed force that program requirements are stable and funding is adequate to meet program cost, schedule, and performance objectives, and the Secretary and Chief must identify and report in the SAR any increased program risk since the last report.

STATUTORY.  Reported via the DAES submission process.  The PM provides the report quarterly to USD(A&S) for the 3 quarters excluding the quarter with the annual SAR submission.  The USD(A&S) provides the report to Congress annually (included in SAR submission).