8.0. Introduction

DEFENSE ACQUISITION GUIDEBOOK
Chapter 8 - Intelligence Analysis Support to Acquisition

8.0. Introduction

8.0.1. Purpose

8.0.2. Contents

8.0.3. Applicability

8.0.4. Acquisition Documents Discussed in Chapter 8

8.0.5. Support from Functional Offices

8.0. Introduction

Intelligence analysis integration is increasingly critical to DoD acquisition programs. Threat intelligence analysis and/or signatures and other Intelligence Mission Data (IMD) are required to inform and enable program capabilities and minimize costs to the government across the entire acquisition process.

Early and incremental involvement and collaboration with the DoD Intelligence Community (DoD IC) will help reduce program risks to schedule, cost, and performance. Early collaboration also increases the likelihood that the delivered system will be fully capable and more survivable against the relevant adversary threats.

Reduced risk to schedule is derived from the early identification of work to be performed by the DoD IC, proper tasking of the DoD IC at the appropriate acquisition milestone through production requirements, identification of capability gaps, costing, and negotiated delivery dates for products.

Reduced risk to cost is derived from the earliest identification of the costs and resource strategies to realize the intelligence support needed to close capability gaps throughout the acquisition life-cycle. Collaboration with the DoD IC assists both the DoD IC and the acquisition communities in determining the costs to be borne by the DoD IC and the costs to be borne by the program.

Reduced risk to performance is driven by obtaining and inculcating threat analysis information and signature and other IMD from Material Solution Analysis through Full-Rate Production phases.

For Program Protection, Security and Counterintelligence support to acquisition programs see Chapter 13, Program Protection.

8.0.1. Purpose

The purpose of this chapter is to enable the PM to use intelligence information and data to ensure maximum war-fighting capability at the minimum risk to cost and schedule.

8.0.2. Contents

This Chapter is divided into three sections as follows:

Section 8.1 Threat Intelligence Support.

The program may require intelligence analysis of foreign threat capabilities integral to the development of future U.S. military systems and platforms over the life of the program. Identifying projected adversarial threat battlefield capabilities and evolving scientific and technical developments that affect a program or a capability's design or implementation is crucial to successful development, employment, and sustainment processes.

Section 8.2 Signatures and other IMD.

This section explains how PMs can successfully account for signatures and other IMD during system and sensor acquisition for building target models, developing algorithms, optimizing sensor design, and validating sensor functionality. As requirements for smarter, interoperable platforms and systems grow, the need for signatures and other IMD will continue to trend upwards.

Section 8.3 Intelligence Certification.

This section explains how PMs complete the Intelligence Certification and threat validation required by the Joint Staff in support of the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) process.

8.0.3. Applicability

This chapter applies to programs that are dependent upon threat intelligence analysis, signatures, and other IMD to enable mission capability in accordance with DoDD 5000.02, and DoDD 5250.01.

Threat intelligence analysis is provided as Capstone Threat Assessments (CTA), System Threat Assessment Report (STAR) or System Threat Assessment (STA); these are defined and explained in this chapter.

A signature is a distinctive characteristic or set of characteristics that consistently recurs and identifies a piece of equipment, material, activity, individual, or event such as a radio frequency or acoustic characteristics.

IMD is DOD intelligence used for programming platform mission systems in development, testing, operations and sustainment including, but not limited to, the following functional areas: Signatures, Electronic Warfare Integrated Reprogramming (EWIR), Order of Battle (OOB), Characteristics & Performance (C&P), and Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT).

Programs dependent on signature and other IMD are those that require data for programming platform mission systems in development, testing, operations and sustainment to conduct combat identification; Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance; and targeting using, but not limited to the signatures and IMD as described above.

This Chapter does not apply to acquisitions by the DoD Components that involve a Special Access Program (SAP) created under the authority of Executive Order 12958. The unique nature of SAPs requires compliance with special security procedures of DoDD 5205.07.

8.0.4. Acquisition Documents Discussed in Chapter 8

The acquisition program documents discussed in Chapter 8 are listed below in Table 8.0.4.T1.

Table 8.0.4.T1. Acquisition Documents Discussed in Chapter 8

8.0.5. Support from Functional Offices

To properly accomplish activities described in this chapter, the PM needs the cooperation and support of related functional offices. Support to the acquisition community from the intelligence community involves a number of staff organizations and support activities that may be unfamiliar to members of the acquisition community. Table 8.0.5.T1 lists the functional offices that may support the PM in various tasks discussed in Chapter 8. This table identifies (and links to) the sections of Chapter 8 that describe various situations involving these offices. The individual assigned responsibility for coordinating intelligence support within a program office, laboratory, test and evaluation center, or other Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) organization should identify the proper contacts in these organizations prior to initiating program planning.

Table 8.0.5.T1. Functional Offices in Chapter 8

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