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The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, or USD (A&S), is the Principal Staff Assistant (PSA) and advisor to the Secretary of Defense for all matters relating to acquisition and sustainment in the Department of Defense. This includes the DoD Acquisition System; system design and development; production; logistics and ...
Under the DoD Reorganization Act of 1958 (PL 85-599, effective 6 August 1958), the position of ASD (R&E) was abolished and replaced by a Director of Defense Research and Engineering (DDR&E). From 19 May 1961, until 15 July 1965, a Deputy Director of Defense Research and Engineering held the additional title of ASD(R&E), on the theory that this ...
Military acquisition or defense acquisition is the "bureaucratic management and procurement process", [1] dealing with a nation's investments in the technologies, programs, and product support necessary to achieve its national security strategy and support its armed forces. Its objective is to acquire products that satisfy specified needs and ...
The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition has the following people reporting to them: [3] Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition; Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Enablers; Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategic, Space, and Intelligence Portfolio Management
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Nuclear, Chemical & Biological Defense Programs) Andrew C. Weber: January 7, 2011 – October 1, 2014: Robert M. Gates Leon Panetta Chuck Hagel: Barack Obama: Dr. A Thomas Hopkins (Acting) October 1, 2014 – November 29, 2017 Ash Carter: Barack Obama: Guy B. Roberts: November 30, 2017 – April 2, 2019: Jim ...
It sets forth standard US military and associated terminology to encompass the joint activity of the Armed Forces of the United States in both US joint and allied joint operations, as well as to encompass the Department of Defense (DOD) as a whole. These military and associated terms, together with their definitions, constitute approved DOD ...
The Office of the United States Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (ASA(ALT) pronounced A-salt) is known as OASA(ALT).OASA(ALT) serves, when delegated, as the Army Acquisition Executive, the Senior Procurement Executive, the Science Advisor to the Secretary of the Army, and as the senior research and development official for the Department of the Army.
DoDAAC – Department of Defense Activity Address Code (U.S. Military) DoDAF – Department of Defense Architecture Framework (U.S. Military) DoDIC – Department of Defense Identification Code (U.S. Military) DOEHRS – Defense Occupational and Environmental Health Readiness System (U.S. Military) DOP – Drop-Off Point; DPMs – Disruptive ...