For our colleagues in the Army life cycle logistics community, in case you had not already seen it, the Army issued a newly updated version of Army Regulation 700–142 “Type Classification, Materiel Release, Fielding, and Transfer” on June 2, 2015. The changes contained in this major revision to this Army policy include:

·         Adds strategic satellite communications systems (table 1-1).

·         Adds the Army Enterprise System Integration Program as the system to coordinate nonstandard line item numbers (para 2-14g).

·         Adds policy on using risk management for materiel fielded by another Service or Agency (para 4-2e).

·         Revises the urgent materiel release policy to allow the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7 to approve the missions that an urgent materiel release can support (para 4-10).