BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE PAMPHLET63-129
3 FEBRUARY 2020
Acquisition
AIR SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND
SUSTAINMENT ENGINEERING
PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES
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 Acquisition Policy
Supersedes: AFH 63-1402, 19 Mar 2001
Certified by: SAF/AQX
(Mr. Murphy)
Pages: 110
This Air Force Pamphlet (AFPAM) complements 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 AFPAM provides non-directive processes and procedures that
complement the mandatory policies for implementing Air System Development and Sustainment
Engineering Processes and Procedures under AFI 63-101/20-101 as it supersedes AFI 63-104, The
SEEK EAGLE Program, AFI 63-112, Cockpit Working Groups; AFI 63-137, Assurance of
Communications, Navigation, Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM), Navigation
Safety, and Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) Performance, and AFI 63-133,
Aircraft Information Program. This AFPAM also supports Department of Defense Directive
(DoDD) 5000.01, The Defense Acquisition System and DoD Instruction (DoDI) 5000.02,
Operation of the Defense Acquisition System (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 that can be found at
https://www.dau.edu/tools/dag.
Mission, safety, performance, and sustainability remain the standards of excellence for aircraft.
Safety and the ability to perform its mission are important priorities for an aircraft throughout its
lifecycle. This requires modifications to an aircraft to extend its service life and its ability to
perform its mission safely. The guidance in this document supports this process to ensure that all
personnel working to support an aircraft have current and accurate procedures regardless of where
the aircraft is operating. This AFPAM provides recommended processes, procedures, and best
practices for four lines of effort that are essential to Air Force aircraft development and sustaining
engineering.
