DOD INSTRUCTION 5000.89
T
EST AND EVALUATION
Originating Component: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
Originating Component:
Effective:
Office of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation
November 19, 2020
Releasability: Cleared for public release. Available on the Directives Division Website
at https://www.esd.whs.mil/DD/.
Incorporates and Cancels: Enclosure 4 and Enclosure 5 of DoD Instruction 5000.02T, “Operation of
the Defense Acquisition System,” January 7, 2015, as amended
Approved by: Michael J.K. Kratsios, Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Research
and Engineering
Approved by: Robert F. Behler, Director, Operational Test and Evaluation
Purpose: In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive (DoDD) 5137.02 and DoDD 5141.02, this
issuance establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides procedures for test and evaluation
(T&E) programs across five of the six pathways of the adaptive acquisition framework: urgent capability
acquisition, middle tier of acquisition (MTA), major capability acquisition, software acquisition, and
defense business systems (DBS). The sixth pathway, defense acquisition of services, does not require
T&E policy and procedures.
