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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.
A program executive officer, or PEO, is one of a few key individuals in the United States military acquisition process.As can be seen from the examples below, a program executive officer may be responsible for a specific program (e.g., the Joint Strike Fighter), or for an entire portfolio of similar programs (e.g., the Navy PEO for aircraft carriers).
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
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology: John M. Deutch: 2 April 1993 – 11 March 1994: Leslie Aspin, Jr. William J. Perry: Bill Clinton: Paul G. Kaminski: 3 October 1994 – 16 May 1997: William J. Perry William S. Cohen: Bill Clinton: Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics: Jacques S. Gansler
The Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act, aimed to professionalize the defense acquisition workforce. The Army DACM Office supports DAWIA-required training, education and experience for the workforce through three main lines of effort. [citation needed]
DoD (2007) Acquisition process denoting Milestones A, B, C along a timeline. When a milestone has been met, the triangle then points downward, at this time. Otherwise the milestone is planned, but not yet met at this time. Before a prototype can become a Program of Record, the Army has determined that prototype has a desired capability. [6]
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 sponsor is the single focal point for all three documents. The Initial Capabilities Document (ICD) defines the capability need and where it fits in broader concepts, ultimately supporting the milestone A decision. (The Milestone A decision approves or denies a concept demonstration to show that a proposed concept is feasible).