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
Procurement is the method of discovering and agreeing to terms and purchasing goods, Service (economics), services, or other works from an external source, often with the use of a tendering or competitive bidding process. When a government agenc ...
Executive, the
Science Advisor to the
Secretary of the Army
The secretary of the Army (SA or SECARMY) is a senior civilian official within the United States Department of Defense, with statutory responsibility for all matters relating to the United States Army: manpower, personnel, reserve affairs, insta ...
, and as the senior
research and development
Research and development (R&D or R+D), known in Europe as research and technological development (RTD), is the set of innovative activities undertaken by corporations or governments in developing new services or products, and improving existi ...
official for the
Department of the Army
The United States Department of the Army (DA) is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the U.S. The Department of the Army is the federal government agency within which the United States Army (U.S.) is org ...
. The OASA(ALT) also has the principal responsibility for all
Department of the Army
The United States Department of the Army (DA) is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the U.S. The Department of the Army is the federal government agency within which the United States Army (U.S.) is org ...
matters related to
logistics
Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics manages the flow of goods between the point of origin and the point of consumption to meet the requirements of ...
.
Office symbol
In accordance with Army Regulation (AR) 25–59, OASA(ALT)'s office symbol is SAAL-ZA.
Components
* ASA(ALT) SAAL-ZA
** Principal Deputy ASA(ALT)
*** Office of the Chief Systems Engineer SAAL-ZE
*** Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Elimination of Chemical Weapons SAAL-ZC
*** Deputy Assistant Secretary for Plans, Programs and Resources SAAL-ZR
**** Chief Information Officer
*** Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology SAAL-ZT
*** Chairman Army Science Board SAAL-ASB
*** Deputy Assistant Secretary for Procurement SAAL-ZP
*** Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategic Communication & Business Transformation SAAL-ZG
*** Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition Policy and Logistics SAAL-ZL
*** Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense Exports and Cooperation SAAL-ZN
*** Deputy for Acquisition and Systems Management SAAL-ZS
** Principal Military Deputy/Director Acquisition Career Management/Chief Integration Officer
[By law, Program Executive Offices (PEO's) have direct access, and report directly to the Army Acquisition Executive in connection with all program matters.]
*** Deputy for Medical Systems
*** Directo
US Army Acquisition Support Center USAASC*** Director
Chemical Materials Agency (CMA)
***
JPEO Armaments & Ammunition (A&A)
***
JPEO Chemical and Biological Defense (CBD)
***
JPEO Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS)
***
PEO Aviation (AVN)
***
PEO Command Control Communications Tactical (C3T)
***
PEO Combat Support & Combat Service Support (CS&CSS)
***
PEO Enterprise Information Systems (EIS)
***
PEO Ground Combat Systems (GCS)
***
PEO Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, and Sensors (IEW&S)
***
PEO Missiles and Space (M&S)
***
PEO Simulation, Training, & Instrumentation (STRI)
***
PEO Soldier Program Executive Office Soldier is a US Army organization that is responsible for rapid prototyping, procurement, and fielding of equipment for its soldiers.
Development areas
Project Manager Soldier Protection and Individual Equipment (PM SPIE) d ...
** Direct Reports
***
United States Army Acquisition Support Center (USAASC)
***
Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (MRMC)
***
Army Science Board
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***
ASA(ALT) System of Systems Engineering and Integration (ASA(ALT) SoSE&I)
**
Life Cycle Management
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*** Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology Integration Office (ALT IO)
*** Deputy for Life Cycle Integration
***
Tank-Automotive Life Cycle Management Command (TACOM LCMC)
***
Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command (AMCOM LCMC)
***
Communication-Electronics Life Cycle Management Command (C-E LCMC)
***
Joint Munitions & Lethality Life Cycle Management Command (JM&L LCMC)
In role of Acquisition Executive
The ASA (ALT) is generally delegated the role of Acquisition Executive. ''(See
Army Acquisition Corps)''
In June 2018 the Acquisition Executive launched or ''Expeditionary Technology Search'', a four-phase catalyst for the Army to engage with the community of innovators:
[Dr. Bruce D. Jette, Army Acquisition Executive (October 3, 2018) Army hosts competition to find next-generation technological advances]
# Concept white paper contest for technological ideas
# Up to 125 selected contestants pitch their ideas to a panel of Army experts
# Up to 25 semifinalists will be featured at the Innovator's Corner of the annual AUSA meeting in November
# 12 finalists in a Capstone Demonstration to DoD, for a $200,000 prize
The direct reports of the Acquisition Executive are
Program Executive Officer
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 Joi ...
s for the respective Program Executive Offices (PEOs)
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology)
Org Chart— as of 09/18/18
* JPEO Chemical and Biological Defense (CBD)
* JPEO Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS)
* PEO Ammunition (AMMO)
* PEO Aviation (AVN)
* PEO Command Control Communications Tactical (C3T)
* PEO Combat Support & Combat Service Support (CS&CSS)
* PEO Enterprise Information Systems (EIS)
* PEO Ground Combat Systems (GCS)
* PEO Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, and Sensors (IEW&S)
* PEO Missiles and Space (M&S)
* PEO Simulation, Training, & Instrumentation (STRI)
* PEO Soldier Program Executive Office Soldier is a US Army organization that is responsible for rapid prototyping, procurement, and fielding of equipment for its soldiers.
Development areas
Project Manager Soldier Protection and Individual Equipment (PM SPIE) d ...
Chronological list of ASA(ALT)s
See also
* Army Science Board
The Army Science Board (ASB) provides advice about army science to senior military leaders. The ASB is a Federal Advisory Committee organized under the Federal Advisory Committee Act. It is the United States Department of the Army senior scienti ...
*
* Structure of the United States Army
*
* United States Army Chemical Materials Agency
The United States Army Chemical Materials Activity (CMA) is a separate reporting activity of the United States Army Materiel Command (AMC). Its role is to enhance national security by securely storing the remaining U.S. chemical warfare materie ...
* Ultra-Large-Scale Systems
Ultra-large-scale system (ULSS) is a term used in fields including Computer Science, Software Engineering and Systems Engineering to refer to software intensive systems with unprecedented amounts of hardware, lines of source code, numbers of user ...
Notes
References
External links
* {{Official website, https://www.alt.army.mil/portal/page/portal/oasaalt
United States defense procurement
Military simulation
United States Army civilians