AAF Pathway Resources

Acquisition Policy & Framework

Curated courses, credentials, and workshops organized by pathway.

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AAF Pathways

Acquisition Policy & Framework

Urgent Capability, Middle Tier, Major Capability, Software, Defense Business Systems, and Services.

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Adaptive Acquisition Framework portal

Acquisition Policy & Framework

Pathway-by-pathway policy, guides, and tools. The practical entry point.

Live — confirmed HTTP 200 on 1 Nov 2026. aaf.dau.edu redirects to aaf.waru.edu, so the WarU host recorded here is canonical.

DoWI 5000.02 — Operation of the Adaptive Acquisition Framework

Acquisition Policy & Framework

The governing instruction for the six acquisition pathways.

Effective 23 January 2020; Change 2 effective 8 April 2026 — re-confirmed 1 Nov 2026: ESD/WHS index lists DoWI 5000.02 as 1/23/2020 with CH 2 dated 4/8/2026, and the PDF's Last-Modified header is 8 April 2026. No newer change. Change 2 is administrative: JCIDS disestablishment, DoW naming, reference currency.

ESD/WHS Issuances Library

Acquisition Policy & Framework

Authoritative source for all DoW/DoD instructions. Always pull from here rather than a mirror.

Live — loaded 1 Nov 2026 and the issuance table rendered. No 5000-series instruction changed (5000.02 CH 2 4/8/2026 and 5000.73 10/24/2024 unchanged). The only DoWI dated since 25 Oct is outside acquisition cost policy: DoWI 3200.22 (10/29/2026, laboratory and test organization funding). Page is JavaScript-rendered; a plain fetch can return an empty shell.

OSD DPC Integrated Program Management (EVM) Policy & Guidance

Acquisition Policy & Framework

Earned value management policy and guidance: EVM under OMB Circular A-11, the FAR and DFARS; data item descriptions, CDRLs and standards; the 27 EVMS Guidelines. Not a general pricing and contracting policy page — for class deviations, go to the DPCAP Revolutionary FAR Overhaul class deviation index.

Live — page re-read 1 Nov 2026; still states '27 EVMS Guidelines'. Page Last-Modified moved to 26 Oct 2026 (from 23 Jul); the visible content still lists IPMDAR DID Rev D (March 2026) with its change log 'Pending', and no EVM policy change was found. Watch item: the 14 September 2026 'Fostering One Strong Industrial Base' memorandum directs that EVM be confined to major development programs and, where the Government retains cost risk, major long-duration production programs. No implementing class deviation yet (DFARS Part 234 is still 2026-O0011, Revision 1 of 5 August 2026).

Comptroller Budget Materials

Budget & Financial Management

President's Budget justification books by fiscal year.

Updated annually — loaded 1 Nov 2026, still defaulting to FY2027. No change since last week.

DoD Financial Management Regulation (7000.14-R)

Budget & Financial Management

The FMR. Appropriations, cost, and accounting policy.

Live — confirmed HTTP 200 on 1 Nov 2026. Domain moved from comptroller.defense.gov to comptroller.war.gov.

Inflation and Escalation Rates (Comptroller)

Budget & Financial Management

Official escalation indices for constant-year dollar conversion. Published with the annual budget materials by fiscal year.

Confirmed resolving 1 Nov 2026. Standing watch item (decided 24 Sep 2026 by Chris: landing-page pointer stays, monitor weekly). Re-read 1 Nov 2026: neither 'inflation' nor 'escalation' appears on the Budget Materials page; the only rate link is still rates2027 (reimbursable and composite pay rates, not escalation indices). No FY2027 inflation guidance file has posted.

OMB Circular A-11

Budget & Financial Management

Preparation, submission, and execution of the budget.

Live — page loaded 1 Nov 2026; A-11 still listed dated 8/29/2025. No 2026 edition has posted. Link updated 5 Aug 2026; the former /information-for-agencies/ path redirects here.

DFARS Revolutionary FAR Overhaul Class Deviations (DPCAP)

Contracting & Regulation

The authoritative index of DoW class deviations implementing EO 14275, EO 14265 and OMB M-25-26. Each entry is the revised DFARS part with its provisions and clauses, followed by the revised PGI, plus a line-out document marking changes against the codified text. Cite deviation numbers from here, not from WarU, which has mislabelled at least one entry. This is where the class deviations directed by the 14 September 2026 industrial base memorandum will appear.

Live — loaded 1 Nov 2026, HTTP 200. Page footer still 'last updated October 22, 2026' (Last-Modified 22 Oct); no new RFO class deviation since 2026-O0028, Revision 1 (DFARS Part 212). DFARS Part 234 is still 2026-O0011, Revision 1, so none of the business-system, EVM or CAS deviations directed by the 14 September memorandum have issued. The non-RFO class deviations page still shows last updated 8 Oct 2026, top entry 2026-O0051. New in the DPCAP Policy Vault this week (not class deviations): the USW(A&S) implementing memo of 14 Oct 2026 (posted 28 Oct) and the DPCAP-DCAA Efficiency Assurance (USA003070-26-DPCAP-DCAA, signed 27 Oct).

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS)

Contracting & Regulation

The defense supplement to the FAR.

Live — confirmed HTTP 200 on 1 Nov 2026 (footer Last Updated 10/26/2026). Link updated 5 Aug 2026; former /browse/index/dfars path returns 404.

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

Contracting & Regulation

Current FAR text.

Live — undergoing overhaul. Confirmed HTTP 200 on 1 Nov 2026; Acquisition.gov footer shows Last Updated 10/26/2026.

Open FAR Cases

Contracting & Regulation

What is in the rulemaking pipeline. Useful for anticipating change rather than reacting to it.

Updated continuously — file confirmed HTTP 200 (application/pdf) on 1 Nov 2026: 'Open FAR Cases as of 10/30/2026' (Last-Modified 30 Oct 2026). Moved on from the 10/23/2026 edition read on 25 Oct.

Revolutionary FAR Overhaul hub

Contracting & Regulation

Model deviation text and rewritten parts as they publish. Under EO 14275.

Actively changing — confirmed HTTP 200 on 1 Nov 2026; footer Last Updated 10/26/2026. The Part Deviation Guide lists no part issued or updated since 1 Oct 2026. No new FAR proposed or final rules appeared in the Federal Register 24 Oct–2 Nov 2026.

eCFR Title 48

Contracting & Regulation

Point-in-time citable regulation text.

Live — loaded 1 Nov 2026; page reads 'up to date as of 10/29/2026. Title 48 was last amended 10/19/2026' (the DHS HSAR PPE rule, outside DoW acquisition). No new amendment since 25 Oct. Cross-checks the same day: Title 13 (SBA) last amended 9/29/2026 and Title 32 (CMMC at part 170) last amended 8/17/2026, so no SBA or CMMC regulatory text changed this week.

Analysis of Alternatives Cost Estimating Handbook (OSD CAPE)

Cost Estimating & Analysis

Cost estimating methodology specific to AoA studies.

July 2021 edition — direct file link confirmed HTTP 200 (application/pdf) on 1 Nov 2026. UNRESOLVED, carried forward: CAPE's index data records this guide as released 2022-01 while our note records a July 2021 document date. Most likely document date versus release date, not yet confirmed. DoWI 5000.02 Change 2 still cites the handbook as the current edition.

CAPE Annual Report on Cost Assessment Activities

Cost Estimating & Analysis

CAPE's yearly report to Congress under WSARA. Useful for seeing which programs drew independent cost estimates and where CAPE and component estimates diverged.

FY 2023, released May 2024 — file returns HTTP 200 (application/pdf) on 1 Nov 2026. CAPE's /api/AnnualReports.json feed still lists 15 annual reports with FY2023 the most recent. No FY2024 or FY2025 edition has posted.

DoD Operating and Support Cost-Estimating Guide (CAPE)

Cost Estimating & Analysis

O&S methodology and the CAPE O&S cost element structure.

January 2025 edition (title page date); CAPE's index records release 2025-02. Confirmed HTTP 200 (application/pdf) on 1 Nov 2026 and still the top entry in the guides feed.

DoDI 5000.73 — Cost Analysis Guidance and Procedures

Cost Estimating & Analysis

Policy for cost estimation, analysis, and data collection, including ICE requirements at milestones.

Effective 24 October 2024; reissues and cancels the 13 March 2020 version. Re-confirmed 1 Nov 2026: ESD/WHS index lists DoDI 5000.73 as 10/24/2024 with no change number, and the PDF's Last-Modified header is 24 October 2024. Still current.

DoW Cost Estimating Guide (OSD CAPE)

Cost Estimating & Analysis

CAPE's methodology guide — the how, to GAO's what.

Version 3, September 2025 — confirmed HTTP 200 (application/pdf) on 1 Nov 2026 and still the link behind 'DOD Cost Estimating Guide' in CAPE's guides feed, released 2025-09. Current edition; v1 (Dec 2020) and v2 remain on the site at /files/Reports/ paths.

GAO Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide (GAO-20-195G)

Cost Estimating & Analysis

The twelve-step best-practice framework, and the yardstick GAO audits against.

GAO-20-195G — product page re-read 1 Nov 2026. Still shows 'Published: Mar 12, 2020' with no supersession language. Current edition.

GAO Schedule Assessment Guide (GAO-16-89G)

Cost Estimating & Analysis

Companion to the cost guide. Integrated master schedule best practices.

GAO-16-89G, published 22 December 2015 — product page confirmed HTTP 200 on 1 Nov 2026. Still current; no successor or supersession notice.

GAO Technology Readiness Assessment Guide (GAO-20-48G)

Cost Estimating & Analysis

TRL assessment best practices.

GAO-20-48G, published 7 January 2020, reissued with revisions 11 February 2020 — product page confirmed HTTP 200 on 1 Nov 2026. Still current; no successor listed.

Inflation and Escalation Best Practices for Cost Analysis (OSD CAPE)

Cost Estimating & Analysis

The distinction between inflation and escalation, and which indices to use for which conversion. Supersedes the 2016 and 2017 CAPE publications.

December 2021 edition — direct file link confirmed HTTP 200 (application/pdf) on 1 Nov 2026. Still listed in CAPE's guides feed (/api/OtherGuides.json) as 'Inflation and Escalation Best Practices for Cost Analysis', released 2021-12. No successor posted.

OSD CAPE Reports and Guides (landing page)

Cost Estimating & Analysis

CAPE's own index of published guides, handbooks, and annual reports on cost assessment activities. Check here first when a direct file link breaks — CAPE moves file paths.

Live — index loaded 1 Nov 2026 and all three tables enumerated in full from CAPE's JSON feeds (AnnualReports, OtherGuides, BudgetRequests). Annual Reports 15 (FY2023 still latest); Guides 7, unchanged, no new guides; Budget Requests 15, unchanged (top entry still the FY 2027 President's IT Budget Request, released 2026-09 — not a cost estimating guide, not added). The two Guides entries not in this collection remain the 2014 Personnel Accounting review (administrative, skipped) and the 2012 Study of DOD's Cost Indices on dtic.mil (dated; not added).

Defense Acquisition Magazine

Professional Development & Community

Practitioner articles from across the acquisition community.

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GAO Reports — National Defense

Professional Development & Community

Where estimating failures get documented. Useful lessons-learned material.

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ICEAA — International Cost Estimating and Analysis Association

Professional Development & Community

Professional body and CCEA certification. The annual conference proceedings are an underused data source.

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WarU iCatalog

Professional Development & Community

Full course catalog.

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Warfighting Acquisition University (WarU)

Professional Development & Community

Certification, credentials, and continuous learning. Formerly Defense Acquisition University.

Live — loaded 1 Nov 2026 without a Cloudflare check. Citation caveat re-checked 1 Nov: the RFO announcements page still labels its 24 July 2026 entry 'DoW Class Deviation 2026-O0046, Revision 1 for RFO Part 15/215' when the Part 215 deviation is 2026-O0048, Revision 1. Cite DPCAP, not WarU, for deviation numbers.

CSDR Standard Plans

WBS & Data Reporting

Standard plans derived from MIL-STD-881. The starting point for tailoring.

Live — checked first on 1 Nov 2026 and reached the DoW warning statement and CAC gate (my.policy) directly. Counts as resolving. Cited by this exact URL in DoDM 5000.04 paragraph 5.1.c.

CSDR Tools

WBS & Data Reporting

cPet and related validation tooling.

Live — checked second on 1 Nov 2026; the F5 'access policy evaluation already in progress' page came back first, and after the page's own new-session link the path reached the DoW warning statement and CAC gate (my.policy). Counts as resolving. Cited by this exact URL in DoDM 5000.04 paragraph 5.1.b.

Cost Assessment Data Enterprise (CADE)

WBS & Data Reporting

The authoritative repository for CSDR submissions and historical cost data.

Live — loaded 1 Nov 2026; redirects to the DoW warning statement and CAC login gate (my.policy), which is expected behavior and counts as resolving.

DoDM 5000.04 — Cost and Software Data Reporting

WBS & Data Reporting

CSDR policy and procedures.

Effective 7 May 2021 — re-confirmed 1 Nov 2026: PDF returns HTTP 200 with Last-Modified 7 May 2021, no change. Reissues and cancels the 4 November 2011 CSDR Manual.

MIL-STD-881 record (DLA ASSIST)

WBS & Data Reporting

Same ASSIST record, kept as the check-the-revision-status entry: document date, Active/Inactive status, next review date, and change history.

Live — re-read 1 Nov 2026, ASSIST data current as of 30 Oct 2026. Status Active, document date 13 May 2022, next review due 12 May 2027. Duplicates the URL above; collapse the two entries if you prefer a single row.

MIL-STD-881F — Work Breakdown Structures for Defense Materiel Items

WBS & Data Reporting

The mandatory WBS standard. Appendices A–J by commodity, K for common elements, L for sustainment. Download the current document from the DLA ASSIST record — scroll to the document images section.

Revision F, document date 13 May 2022, Status Active on ASSIST. Record re-read 1 Nov 2026; page reports ASSIST data updated 30 Oct 2026. No revision beyond F; next review due 12 May 2027.