United States Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology

The Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (ASA(ALT) ) is a civilian office in the United States Department of the Army. The office of ASA(ALT) is abbreviated as OASA(ALT), and commonly refers to its leader and sub-offices. 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. The OASA(ALT) also has principal responsibility for all Department of the Army matters related to logistics.

The current Principal Military Deputy OASA (ALT) is LTG Robert M. Collins.

Organization

• Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology
• Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology
• Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Defense Exports and Cooperation
• Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Plans, Programs and Resources
• Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Procurement
• Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Technology
• Pathway for Innovation and Technology (PIT)
• Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Strategy and Acquisition Reform
• Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Sustainment
• Deputy for Acquisition and Systems Management (DASM)
• Principal Military Deputy/Director Acquisition Career Management/Chief Integration Officer
• Director, US Army Acquisition Support Center (USAASC)
• Portfolio acquisition executives (PAE) (dual reporting structure to T2COM for requirements, and ASA(ALT) for acquisition)
• PAE Agile Sustainment and Ammunition (AS&A)
• PAE Command and Control/Counter-Command and Control (C2/CC2)
• PAE Fires
• PAE Layered Protection and CBRN Defense
• PAE Maneuver Air
• PAE Maneuver Ground
• Capability program executives (CPEs)
• CPE Ammunition and Energetics (A&E)
• CPE Aviation
• CPE CBRN Defense
• CPE Combat Logistics (CL)
• CPE Command and Control Information Network (C2IN)
• CPE Defensive Fires
• CPE Enterprise Software and Services (ES2)
• CPE Ground
• CPE Integrated Fires
• CPE Intelligence and Spectrum Warfare (ISW)
• CPE Mission Autonomy (MA)
• CPE Offensive Fires
• CPE Simulation, Training, Test and Threat (ST3)

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In role of service acquisition executive

The ASA(ALT) is delegated the role of acquisition executive.

Acquisition offices

Prior to late 2025 to early 2026, the Army used program executive offices for procurement and program management.

Program executive offices (PEOs) and joint PEOs:

• JPEO Armaments and Ammunition (A&A)
• JPEO Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (CBRND)
• PEO Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (ACWA)
• PEO Aviation
• PEO Combat Support and Combat Service Support (CS&CSS)
• PEO Command, Control, Communications, and Network (C3N)
• PEO Enterprise
• PEO Ground Combat Systems (GCS)
• PEO Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors (IEW&S)
• PEO Missiles and Space (MS)
• PEO Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (STRI)
• PEO Soldier

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On November 7, 2025, the Army launched an overhaul of its procurement process. The Army replaced its program executive offices (PEOs) with portfolio acquisition executives (PAEs) and capability program executives (CPEs).

The new acquisition construct, as follows:

Officeholders

Office symbol

In accordance with Army Regulation 25–59, the ASA(ALT) office symbol is SAAL-ZA. Sub-offices of the ASA(ALT) are also assigned office symbols.

See also

• Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
• Army Science Board
• Structure of the United States Army
• List of positions filled by presidential appointment with Senate confirmation

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