DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
2000
NAVY PENTAGON
W
ASHINGTON DC 20350-2000
OPNAVINST 5420.117A
N9
16 Apr 2021
OPNAV INSTRUCTION 5420.117A
From: Chief of Naval Operations
Subj: RESOURCES AND REQUIREMENTS REVIEW BOARD AND NAVAL
CAPABILITIES BOARD
Ref: (a) SECNAVINST 5000.2F
(b) DoD Instruction 5000.02 of 23 January 2020
(c) Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) Manual of
31 August 2018
(d) OPNAVINST 5000.53A
Encl: (1) Resources and Requirements Review Board Membership
(2) Naval Capabilities Board Membership
1. Purpose. To define the Resources and Requirements Review Board (R3B) as the three- and
four-star decision forum and the Naval Capabilities Board (NCB) as the two-star decision forum
per reference (a), in support of the Department of the Navy Gate Review Process and the
Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) process. This instruction has been
updated from OPNAVINST 5420.117 to reflect changes in the organizational structure of the
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) staff.
2. Cancellation. OPNAVINST 5420.117.
3. Applicability. The provisions of this instruction are applicable to the staff of OPNAV and
organizations listed as principal or advisory R3B or NCB members in enclosures (1) and (2).
4. R3B and NCB Description
a. Board Definition. The R3B and NCB constitute the approval authority for Navy
requirements and are collectively referred to as the “Board” throughout this instruction. The
Board constitutes the Navy’s forum to validate warfighting requirements and to approve materiel
solutions to fill those requirements. The Board process is comprehensive, grounded upon
warfighting applicability in the context of analytically-informed assessments, capability
evolution plans, total program cost and program value versus competing capabilities. Once a
materiel solution is approved by the Board, actual resourcing is via the PPBE and program
objective memorandum (POM) processes.
