Major revision to AR 70-1, Army Acquisition Policy (Jan. 30, 2004).

A major revision to Army Regulation (AR) 70-1, Army Acquisition Policy, has been published online and is now available for downloading from the Army Publishing Directorate Web site <http://www.usapa.army.mil/usapa_officialsite.htm>. The revision supersedes AR 70-1, dated Dec, 15, 1997, and rescinds AR 70-35, dated June 17, 1988.

The revised AR 70-1, dated Jan. 30, 2004, implements Department of Defense Directive 5000.1, The Defense Acquisition System, and Department of Defense Instruction 5000.2, Operation of the Defense Acquisition System. It governs research, development, acquisition, and life-cycle management of Army materiel to satisfy approved Army requirements. It applies to major weapon and command, control, communications, and computers/information technology systems, nonmajor systems, highly sensitive classified acquisition programs, and clothing and individual equipment.

This regulation is first in the order of precedence for managing Army acquisition programs following statutory requirements, the Federal Acquisition Regulation, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplements, Department of Defense regulatory direction, and Army Federal Acquisition Regulation supplements. If there is any conflicting guidance pertaining to contracting, the Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense and Army Federal Acquisition Regulation supplements will take precedence over this regulation and Department of Defense guidance.