48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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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.

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2 sections with “pilot production lines”

  • FAR 31.205-25 Manufacturing and production engineering costs.
    … are expected to be used in producing products or services; (2) Developing and deploying pilot production lines; (3) Improving current production functions, such as plant layout, production scheduling and control, methods and job analysis…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …t article means a preproduction model, initial production sample, test sample, first lot, pilot lot, or pilot models. First article testing means testing and evaluating the first article for conformance with specified contract requirements…

FAR (chapter 1)

DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.