Deputy for Acquisition and Systems Management

By ASA(ALT)February 3, 2016

What we do:

Oversee and implement acquisition policy for aviation, missile, ground combat, intelligence/electronic warfare, and special operations force Acquisition programs. Provide the Army's leadership and materiel developers with the necessary engineering/architectural counsel to manage and shape the Army's materiel capability portfolios; to ensure rigor and discipline exists across the acquisition, logistics and technology community throughout the acquisition lifecycle.

Our focus:

• Work closely with key stakeholders to provide our soldiers "What they need, when they need it".

• Advise the Army Acquisition Executive of more than 650 acquisition programs designed to meet joint and service requirements.

• Provide guidance, assistance, and direction to strengthen the link between the Army acquisition executive and program executive officers.

• Support development and implementation of the Army's modernization strategy.

• Leverage lessons learned from soldiers in the current fight to improve and enhance Warfighting capabilities; conduct technical trades to gain efficiencies and shape Army investments.

• Conduct program reviews to ensure compliance with programmatic and statutory guidelines.

• Create an environment that empowers the Acquisition Community through an unsurpassed agile, collaborative, productive, lean, and trusted information enterprise.

• Promote education and personnel development model to cultivate the Systems of Systems engineering capability across the ASA(ALT)/Army.

• Work closely with key stakeholders to ensure our soldiers maintain a decisive advantage over any enemy they face… "We never want to send our soldiers into a fair fight".

Related Links:

Office of the Chief Systems Engineer CoE Plan

Deputy for Acquisition Systems SharePoint Site (CAC Authentication Required)