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The Chief of Capability Development Group (CCDG) was head of the Capability Development Group (CDG) in the Australian
The following officers have been appointed as Chief of the Capability Development Group:
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, part of the Australian Defence Organisation. This position was created in December 2003 and disbanded through the amalgamation of the Capability Development Group and the Defence Materiel Organisation
The Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG) is an organisation within the Australian Department of Defence, responsible for acquisition and supply chain management of military equipment and materiel including aircraft, ships, vehicl ...
into the Defence Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group from 2015.
The appointed officer was responsible to the diarchy
Diarchy (from Greek , ''di-'', "double", and , ''-arkhía'', "ruled"),Occasionally misspelled ''dyarchy'', as in the ''Encyclopaedia Britannica'' article on the colonial British institution duarchy, or duumvirate (from Latin ', "the office o ...
of the Chief of the Defence Force and the Secretary of Defence.
Capability Development Group
The role of the Capability Development Group (CDG) was to develop and gainAustralian Government
The Australian Government, also known as the Commonwealth Government, is the national government of Australia, a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Like other Westminster-style systems of government, the Australian Government ...
approval for future defence capabilities. The CDG has a close relationship with the Defence Materiel Organisation
The Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG) is an organisation within the Australian Department of Defence, responsible for acquisition and supply chain management of military equipment and materiel including aircraft, ships, vehicl ...
) and oversaw the implementation of Defence Procurement Review recommendations.
As sponsor, CDG was responsible for developing capability proposals consistent with strategic priorities, funding guidance, legislation and policy, for consideration and approval by Government. In particular, the work of the Group focused on:
*Defence's Major Capability Expenditure (MCE) investment program; and
* Capability Definition, comprising the Needs Phase and the Requirements Phase of the Capability Development process.
CCDG, along with the Vice Chief of the Defence Force ( VCDF), the Chief Finance Officer (CFO) and the Chief Defence Scientist (CDS), (all are 3 star level positions), comprised the ''Owner Support Executives''.
Department heads
* Head Capability System: ''Vacant'' * First assistant secretary capability investment & resources: Michael Gibson * Assistant secretary capability & plans: Ben Coleman * Executive director group support: Warren Nelson * Director-General Australian defence test & evaluation office: CAPT John Renwick, RANChief Capability Development Group
The following officers have been appointed as Chief of the Capability Development Group:
Timeline
David Hurley
General David John Hurley, (born 26 August 1953) is an Australian former senior officer in the Australian Army who has served as the 27th governor-general of Australia since 1 July 2019. He was previously the 38th governor of New South Wales, ...
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bar:Hupfeld from: 2015 till: $now color:ccdg text: Mel Hupfeld
References and notes
Notes
References
{{ADF Leadership Leadership of the Australian Defence Force