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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 223: Environment, Sustainable Acquisition, and Material Safety › Subpart 223.3

DFARS 223.370-1 Scope.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This section defines the scope of DFARS coverage for acquisitions involving ammunition and explosives. It applies to a wide range of activities such as development, testing, manufacturing, and disposal, but excludes acquisitions solely for inert components, flammable liquids, acids, oxidizers, powdered metals, or other materials with fire or explosive characteristics. Contractors need to know whether their acquisition falls within this scope to determine if the associated DFARS requirements apply.

Applies to: Acquisitions involving the use of ammunition and explosives

Key terms: ammunition · explosives · inert components · propellants · pyrotechnics

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

(a) This section applies to all acquisitions involving the use of ammunition and explosives, including acquisitions for—

(1) Development;

(2) Testing;

(3) Research;

(4) Manufacturing;

(5) Handling or loading;

(6) Assembling;

(7) Packaging;

(8) Storage;

(9) Transportation;

(10) Renovation;

(11) Demilitarization;

(12) Modification;

(13) Repair;

(14) Disposal;

(15) Inspection; or

(16) Any other use, including acquisitions requiring the use or the incorporation of materials listed in paragraph (b) of this subsection for initiation, propulsion, or detonation as an integral or component part of an explosive, an ammunition, or explosive end item or weapon system.

(b) This section does not apply to acquisitions solely for—

(1) Inert components containing no explosives, propellants, or pyrotechnics;

(2) Flammable liquids;

(3) Acids;

(4) Oxidizers;

(5) Powdered metals; or

(6) Other materials having fire or explosive characteristics.

← 223.370 Safety precautions for ammunition and explosives. · 223.370-2 Definition. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 223

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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