BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
PAMPHLET 63-128
3 FEBRUARY 2021
Acquisition
INTEGRATED LIFE CYCLE
MANAGEMENT
ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available on the e-Publishing website at
www.e-Publishing.af.mil for downloading or ordering.
RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication.
OPR: SAF/AQXS Policy
Supersedes: AFPAM 63-128, 10 July 2014
Certified by: SAF/AQX
(Mr. Bailey)
Pages: 281
This publication implements Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 63-1/20-1, Integrated Life Cycle
Management and Air Force Instruction (AFI) 63-101/20-101 Integrated Life Cycle Management.
This Department of the Air Force Pamphlet (DAFPAM) provides guidance and recommended
procedures for implementing Integrated Life Cycle Management (ILCM) for Department of the
Air Force (AF) personnel who develop, review, approve, or manage systems, subsystems, end-
items and services (referred to as programs throughout this document) procured under
Department of Defense Directive (DoDD) 5000.01, The Defense Acquisition System; DoD
Instruction (DoDI) 5000.02T, Operation of the Defense Acquisition System; DoDI 5000.02,
Operation of the Adaptive Acquisition Framework; DoDI 5000.74, Defense Acquisition of
Services; DoDI 5000.75 Business Systems Requirements and Acquisition; DoDI 5000.80,
Operation of the Middle Tier of Acquisition (MTA); DoDI 5000.81, Urgent Capability
Acquisition, DoDI 5000.85, Major Capability Acquisition (collectively called the DoD 5000
acquisition series). Additional non-mandatory guidance on best practices, lessons learned, and
expectations are available in the Defense Acquisition Guidebook. To ensure standardization, any
organization supplementing this publication should send the implementing publication to
SAF/AQX for review and coordination before publishing. This publication applies to all military
and civilian AF personnel, including Air Force Reserve (AFR) units and the Air National Guard;
other individuals or organizations as required by binding agreement or obligation with the
Department of the Air Force (DAF). This publication applies to the United States Air Force and
the United States Space Force (USSF) until such time as USSF publications are published.
Ensure all records generated as a result of processes prescribed in this publication adhere to Air
Force Instruction (AFI) 33-322, Records Management of Information Governance Program, and
are disposed in accordance with Air Force Records Information Management System.This
DAFPAM should be periodically reviewed and updated to reflect changes in overarching policy
