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ACQUISITION ENCYCLOPEDIA

ACQuipedia serves as an online encyclopedia of common defense acquisition topics. Each topic is identified as an article. Each article contains a definition, a brief narrative that provides context, and includes links to the most pertinent policy, guidance, tools, practices, and training which further augment understanding and expand depth.

ACQuipedia was developed as a collaborative project to create content around Defense Acquisition-related topics. Articles (topics) will be maintained as a collaborative effort of subject matter experts across the Defense Acquisition University (DAU). Future growth may expand the collaboration of subject matter experts beyond DAU.

ACQuipedia provides the acquisition workforce with quick access to information in a succinct and digestible format. Article content aggregates the most relevant references and learning assets to narrowly focus users and quickly provide high value information.

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ACQUIPEDIA/contracting
Background   There is a long history of labor-management relations in the United States. During…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
Leaded solder has been in use for decades, and has a proven technical performance record. It is…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
A LORA is an analytical methodology used to determine at what level of repair an item will be…
ACQUIPEDIA/business - financial management and cost estimating
Life-cycle cost (LCC) can be defined as the cost to the government of a program over its full life…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
Overview Title 10 USC 1721 mandates that “the Secretary of Defense shall designate in regulations…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
Narrative information from these and other pertinent references includes the following: Perhaps…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
(Definition Note: Technology Development is now Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction). The…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
DoD Directive (DoDD) 5000.01,The Defense Acquisition System, provides policy that addresses the…
ACQUIPEDIA/program management
DoD Directive 5250.01, "Management of Intelligence Mission Data (IMD) in DoD Acquisition",…
ACQUIPEDIA/contracting
FAR Subpart 32.2 -- Commercial Item Purchase Financing   "Commercial interim payment" means any…
ACQUIPEDIA/engineering and technical management
LFT&E is the term given to the program which addresses Title 10, Section 2366, of the United…
ACQUIPEDIA/contracting
The subject of this article is property that is owned by the Government that has been loaned to a…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
A Log Demo is conducted by the Program Manager (PM) and the Product Support Manager (PSM) during…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
The Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) addressed the need to reduce the logistics footprint, improve…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
The 2019 LHCS vision is to provide a logistics enterprise that is ready to support any combination…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
Classes of Modeling and Simulation The Defense Science Board in 1992 defined an appropriate…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
The data resulting from the Product Support Analysis (PSA) process is tailored to a specific…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
As can readily be seen from the above definitions, LRT is not consistently defined, and is often…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
A commercial item (CI) sold in substantial quantities in the commercial marketplace and offered to…
ACQUIPEDIA/program management
Section 813 of the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) (Public Law 114-328) required a…