Department of Defense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 5000.60
July 18, 2014
Incorporating Change 3, August 5, 2022
USD(A&S)
SUBJECT: Defense Industrial Base Assessments
References: See Enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE. This instruction reissues DoD Instruction 5000.60 (Reference (a)) in accordance
with the authority in DoD Directive 5134.01 (Reference (b)) to:
a. Establish policy and assign responsibilities for assessing defense industrial capabilities.
b. Provide guidelines for DoD managers to use to determine:
(1) Whether a specific industrial capability is required to meet DoD needs, relies on
specific characteristics that make it more efficient to sustain than to reconstitute later, and is truly
endangered; and, if so,
(2) What, if any, action the DoD should take to ensure the continued availability of the
capability.
c. Provide guidelines to establish appropriate uses of industrial base data to enable expanded
data sharing and effective decision making across the DoD.
2. APPLICABILITY. This instruction applies to
a. OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of Inspector General of the Department
of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities
within the DoD (referred to collectively in this instruction as the “DoD Components”).
b. All goods and services procured by the DoD unless the goods and services are associated
exclusively with classified U.S. Government programs.
3. POLICY. It is DoD policy that:
