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BY ORDER OF THE DoDI5000.93_DAFI63-149
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
6 JANUARY 2022
Interim Change 1, 30 January 2023
Acquisition / Logistics
USE OF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available on the e-Publishing website
www.epublishing.af.mil for downloading or ordering.
RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication.
OPR: SAF/AQR Certified by: SAF/AQR
(Ms. Kristen Baldwin)
Supersedes: DAFGM2020-63-149-01, 6 November 2020 Pages: 28
This supplement implements Department of Defense (DoD) Instruction (DoDI) 5000.93, Use of Additive
Manufacturing in the DoD, and Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 63-1/20-1, Integrated Life Cycle
Management by providing guidance which enables safe adoption of additive manufacturing (AM) and
provides Department of the Air Force (DAF) guidance for middle tier acquisition. The DoDI is printed
word-for-word in regular font without editorial review. Department of the Air Force supplementary
material is printed in bold font and indicated by “(Added)(DAF)”. This publication applies to all civilian
employees and uniformed members of the Regular Air Force, Air Force Reserve, the Air National
Guard, the United States Space Force and those who are contractually obligated to comply with DAF
publications. This publication may be supplemented at any level, but all supplements must be routed to
the Office of Primary Responsibility (OPR) listed above for coordination prior to certification and
approval. Refer recommended changes and questions about this publication to the OPR using the DAF
Form 847, Recommendation for Change of Publication; route DAF Forms 847 from the field through the
appropriate chain of command. The authorities to waive wing or unit level requirements that are outside
of the acquisition execution chain in this publication are identified with a Tier (“Tier 0, 1, 2, 3”) number
following the compliance statement. See Department of the Air Force Instruction (DAFI) 90-160,
Publications and Forms Management, for a description of the authorities associated with the Tier
numbers. Submit requests for waivers through the chain of command to the appropriate Tier waiver
approval authority, or alternately, to the requestor’s commander for non-tiered, non-acquisition
execution compliance items. Mandates to the acquisition execution chain as described in Air Force
Instruction (AFI) 63-101/20-101, Integrated Life Cycle Management, are not elevated through the
organizational chain of authority; therefore, tiering in accordance with DAFI 90-160 is not applied and
the waiver authority is as specified. Ensure all records generated as a result of processes prescribed in
this publication adhere to Air Force Instruction 33-322, Records Management and Information
Governance Program, and are disposed in accordance with the Air Force Records Disposition Schedule,
which is located in the Air Force Records Information Management System.
