FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICY MANUAL

(1) provision of the basic buildings and/or ground sites required
for the installation of technical or specialized equipment furnished
by a training support agency;
(2) provision of maintenance (including stock funded parts and
materials) in accordance with the standards of the training support
agency providing the equipment when that equipment has been
accepted (except for depot level maintenance of aviation-related
technical training equipment which is the financial responsibility
of the Commander, Naval Air Systems Command);
(3) removals and reinstallation incident to alteration, modification,
or repair to the training facility's physical plant; the shifting of
equipment within the training facility or removal and reinstallation
incident to physical relocation from one training activity to another
for the sole convenience of the training agency;
(4) training, including factory training on equipment no longer in
production or where the initial training provided by the training
support agency has been completed;
(5) provision of revisions to supplementary "learner level"
manuals, with associated instructor guides and trainee
measurement aids when required for use in established courses in
the training agency's schools or training centers;
(6) provision of all other equipment, supplies, and training
materials used in day-to-day operations and required for training or
instructional purposes in a school or training center under the
command of the training agency, except as provided in subpar. d.
c. Training Devices.
A training device is composed of components and software which
have been designed or modified exclusively for training purposes,
involving to some degree, simulation or stimulation to demonstrate or
illustrate a concept or simulate an operational circumstance or
environment. The following funding responsibilities pertain:
(1) Prototype Training Devices. The developing agency is
responsible for the cost of development and acquisition of initial or
prototype training devices as a Research, Development, Test and
Evaluation (RDT&E) program cost until they are formally
accepted by the Government.
(2) Follow-on Training Devices. Acquisition of follow-on
training devices in the applicable procurement account may be
budgeted on a case-by-case basis in the fiscal year in which the
satisfactory completion of the critical design review for the
prototype training device is expected, as supported by a prior
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