Department of Defense
DIRECTIVE
NUMBER 5250.01
January 22, 2013
Incorporating Change 1, August 29, 2017
USD(I)
SUBJECT: Management of Intelligence Mission Data (IMD) in DoD Acquisition
References: See Enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE. This Directive:
a. Establishes policies and assigns responsibilities to provide linkages between the
management, production, and application of DoD IMD under the Under Secretary of Defense for
Intelligence (USD(I)), in accordance with DoD Directive (DoDD) 5143.01 (Reference (a)), and
accommodation of IMD in the DoD acquisition processes under the Under Secretary of Defense
for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (USD(AT&L)), in accordance with DoDD 5134.01
(Reference (b)).
b. Incorporates and cancels DoDD 5250.01 (Reference (c)), continuing the signature support
mission (SSM) as part of IMD management within the DoD consistent with sections 139, 2366,
and 2399 of title 10, United States Code (U.S.C.) (Reference (d)) and title 50, U.S.C. (Reference
(e)).
c. Establishes a USD(I)-led governance structure to oversee IMD development, production,
and sharing of IMD functional areas including, but not limited to, signatures, electronic warfare
integrated reprogramming (EWIR), order of battle (OOB), system characteristics and
performance (C&P), and geospatial intelligence (GEOINT). The governance structure, as
described in Enclosure 2, also provides a means for examining intelligence support to
acquisition-related issues requiring senior leadership attention.
2. APPLICABILITY. This Directive applies to:
a. OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
(CJCS) and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the
Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other
organizational entities within the DoD (hereinafter referred to collectively as the “DoD
Components”).
