Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisitions)

The Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition) (abbreviated ASN RDA) is a civilian office of the United States Department of the Navy

United States Department of the Navy

The Department of the Navy of the United States of America was established by an Act of Congress on 30 April 1798, to provide a government organizational structure to the United States Navy and, from 1834 onwards, for the United States Marine Corps, and when directed by the President, of the...

. The Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition) reports to the Under Secretary of the Navy

Under Secretary of the Navy

The Under Secretary of the Navy is the second-highest ranking civilian official in the United States Department of the Navy. The Under Secretary, called the "Under" in Pentagon slang, reports to the Secretary of the Navy ....

, who in turn reports to the United States Secretary of the Navy

United States Secretary of the Navy

The Secretary of the Navy of the United States of America is the head of the Department of the Navy, a component organization of the Department of Defense...

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The office was created in 1990 by merging together the duties of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Shipbuilding and Logistics)

Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Shipbuilding and Logistics)

The Assistant Secretary of the Navy was a civilian office in the United States Department of the Navy. The Assistant Secretary of the Navy oversaw the building of ships for the United States Navy and other logistical matters.The office of Assistant Secretary of the Navy was abolished in 1990,...

and the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Engineering and Systems). The Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition) is responsible for all of the acquisition functions and programs for the United States Navy

United States Navy

The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...

and the United States Marine Corps

United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States...

, subject to the guidelines propounded by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics

The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics - USD - is a senior official in the Office of the Secretary of Defense within the Department of Defense of the United States of America...

. The Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition) is also in charge of the Office of Naval Research

Office of Naval Research

The Office of Naval Research , headquartered in Arlington, Virginia , is the office within the United States Department of the Navy that coordinates, executes, and promotes the science and technology programs of the U.S...

Organization of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition)

Principal Military Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisitions)
Principal Civilian Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisitions)
- SYSCOM Commanders
  - Naval Air Systems Command
    Naval Air Systems Command
    The Naval Air Systems Command provides material support for aircraft and airborne weapon systems for the United States Navy. NAVAIR was established in 1966 as the successor to the Navy's Bureau of Naval Weapons . Current Commander, Naval Air Systems Command, is Vice Adm. David Architzel since May...
    
    - NAVAIR
  - Naval Sea Systems Command
    Naval Sea Systems Command
    The Naval Sea Systems Command is the largest of the U.S. Navy's five "systems commands," or materiel organizations...
    
    - NAVSEA
  - Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command - SPAWAR
  - Naval Supply Systems Command
    Naval Supply Systems Command
    The Naval Supply Systems Command is a command of the United States Navy. Its primary mission is to provide the Navy with quality supplies and services....
    
    - NAVSUP
  - Naval Facilities Engineering Command - NAVFAC
  - Marine Corps Systems Command
    Marine Corps Systems Command
    Marine Corps Systems Command is located at MCB Quantico.-Mission:Serve as the Commandant's principal agent for acquisition and sustainment of systems and equipment used by the operating forces to accomplish their warfighting mission....
    
    - MARCOR SYSCOM
  - Office of Naval Research
    Office of Naval Research
    The Office of Naval Research , headquartered in Arlington, Virginia , is the office within the United States Department of the Navy that coordinates, executes, and promotes the science and technology programs of the U.S...
    
    - ONR
- Program Executive Officers - PEOs
  - PEO for the Joint Strike Fighter - PEO(JSF)
  - PEO for Ships
    United States Navy ships
    The names of commissioned ships of the United States Navy all start with USS, meaning 'United States Ship'. Non-commissioned, civilian-manned vessels of the U.S. Navy have names that begin with USNS, standing for 'United States Naval Ship'. A letter-based hull classification symbol is used to...
    
    - PEO Ships
  - PEO for Enterprise Information System
    Enterprise Information System
    An Enterprise Information System is generally any kind of computing system that is of "enterprise class". This means typically offering high quality of service, dealing with large volumes of data and capable of supporting some large organization .Enterprise Information Systems provide a technology...
    
    s - PEO EIS
  - PEO for C4I - PEO C4I
  - PEO for Space Systems
    Space technology
    Space technology is technology that is related to entering, and retrieving objects or life forms from space."Every day" technologies such as weather forecasting, remote sensing, GPS systems, satellite television, and some long distance communications systems critically rely on space infrastructure...
    
    - PEO Space
  - PEO for Littoral
    Littoral (military)
    Littoral combat is a term in military and naval warfare. It refers to operations in and around the littoral zone, within a certain distance of shore, including surveillance, mine-clearing and support for landing operations and other types of combat shifting from water to ground, and back.The...
    
    and Mine Warfare
    Naval mine
    A naval mine is a self-contained explosive device placed in water to destroy surface ships or submarines. Unlike depth charges, mines are deposited and left to wait until they are triggered by the approach of, or contact with, an enemy vessel...
    
    - PEO LMW
  - PEO for Unmanned Aviation
    Unmanned aerial vehicle
    An unmanned aerial vehicle , also known as a unmanned aircraft system , remotely piloted aircraft or unmanned aircraft, is a machine which functions either by the remote control of a navigator or pilot or autonomously, that is, as a self-directing entity...
    
    and Strike Weapons
    Missile
    Though a missile may be any thrown or launched object, it colloquially almost always refers to a self-propelled guided weapon system.-Etymology:The word missile comes from the Latin verb mittere, meaning "to send"...
    
    - PEO(U&W)
  - PEO for Integrated Warfare Systems - PEO IWS
  - Direct Reporting Program Manager for the Strategic Systems Program - DRPM SSP
  - PEO for Submarines
    Submarines in the United States Navy
    There are two major types of submarines in the United States Navy: ballistic missile submarines and attack submarines. In the U.S. Navy, all combatant submarines are nuclear-powered. Ballistic subs have a single, strategic mission: carrying nuclear submarine-launched ballistic missiles...
    
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  - PEO for Aircraft Carriers - PEO Carriers
  - PEO for the Air ASW
    Anti-submarine warfare
    Anti-submarine warfare is a branch of naval warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, or other submarines to find, track and deter, damage or destroy enemy submarines....
    
    , Assault, and Special Mission Programs - PEO(A)
  - PEO for Tactical Air Programs - PEO(T)
  - PEO for Land Systems - PEO Land
- Deputy Assistant Secretaries of the Navy
  - Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Air) - DASN Air
  - Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Ships) - DASN Ships
  - Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Management and Budget) - DASN M&B
  - Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research Development Testing & Evaluation) - RDT&E
  - Chief Systems Engineer - CHENG
  - Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (C4I and Space) - DASN C4I & Space
  - Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Expeditionary Warfare) - DASN ExW
  - Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (International Programs) - DASN (NIPO)
  - Assistant General Counsel of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisitions)
  - Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Acquisition and Logistics Management) - DASN A&LM

Assistant Secretaries of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisitions), 1990—Present

Name	Assumed Office	Left Office	President President of the United States The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces.... Appointed By	Secretary United States Secretary of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy of the United States of America is the head of the Department of the Navy, a component organization of the Department of Defense... Served Under
Gerald A. Cann Gerald A. Cann Gerald A. Cann was Assistant Secretary of the Navy in 1981 and Assistant Secretary of the Navy from 1990 to 1993.-Biography:...	March 1990	January 1993	George H. W. Bush George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to...	Henry L. Garrett III Henry L. Garrett III Henry Lawrence Garrett, III served as the 68th Secretary of the Navy from May 15, 1989 to June 26, 1992 in the administration of George H. W. Bush.-References:... , Sean O'Keefe Sean O'Keefe Sean O'Keefe is the CEO of EADS North America, a subsidiary of the European aerospace firm EADS, a former Administrator of NASA, and former chancellor of Louisiana State University . O'Keefe is also a former member of the board of directors of DuPont...
Nora Slatkin Nora Slatkin Nora Slatkin was United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy from 1993 to 1995 and Executive Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 1995 to 1998.-Biography:...	October 22, 1993	May 16, 1995	Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...	John Howard Dalton John Howard Dalton John Howard Dalton is a U.S. administrator and banker. Dalton was Secretary of the Navy from July 22, 1993 to November 16, 1998.-Education and Navy service:...
John W. Douglass John W. Douglass John W. Douglass is a retired Brigadier General in the United States Air Force. He served as United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy from 1995 to 1998. He is challenging incumbent Republican Congressman Frank Wolf in Virginia's 10th District.-Early life and education:John W...	November 1995	August 1998	Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...	John Howard Dalton John Howard Dalton John Howard Dalton is a U.S. administrator and banker. Dalton was Secretary of the Navy from July 22, 1993 to November 16, 1998.-Education and Navy service:...
H. Lee Buchanan III H. Lee Buchanan III Herbert Lee Buchanan III was United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy from 1998 to 2001.-Biography:...	October 2, 1998	January 20, 2001	Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...	Richard Danzig Richard Danzig Richard Jeffrey Danzig is an American lawyer who served as the 71st Secretary of the Navy under President Bill Clinton...
Paul A. Schneider Paul A. Schneider Paul A. Schneider is a former Deputy Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security. He previously served as the Department of Homeland Security’s Under Secretary for Management... (acting)	January 21, 2001	July 16, 2001		Gordon R. England Gordon R. England Gordon Richard England is an American businessman who served as the United States Deputy Secretary of Defense and twice as United States Secretary of the Navy in the administration of U.S. President George W...
John J. Young, Jr. John J. Young, Jr. John Jacob Young, Jr. was United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy from 2001 to 2005 and Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics from 2007 to 2009....	July 17, 2001	November 6, 2005	George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....	Gordon R. England Gordon R. England Gordon Richard England is an American businessman who served as the United States Deputy Secretary of Defense and twice as United States Secretary of the Navy in the administration of U.S. President George W...
Delores M. Etter Delores M. Etter Delores Maria Etter was United States Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology from 1998 to 2001 and Assistant Secretary of the Navy from 2005 to 2007.-Biography:Delores M...	November 7, 2005	November 15, 2007	George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....	Donald C. Winter Donald C. Winter Donald Charles Winter is an American businessman who served as United States Secretary of the Navy. A former top executive of Northrop Grumman, he was nominated in 2005 by President George W. Bush, confirmed by the United States Senate, and took the oath of office on January 3, 2006...
John S. Thackrah John S. Thackrah John S. Thackrah was United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy in 2007-2008.-Biography:John S. Thackrah was educated at the University of Delaware and at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute .In 1979, Thackrah joined United Technologies Corporation's Pratt & Whitney Division,...	November 16, 2007	July 27, 2008	George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....	Donald C. Winter Donald C. Winter Donald Charles Winter is an American businessman who served as United States Secretary of the Navy. A former top executive of Northrop Grumman, he was nominated in 2005 by President George W. Bush, confirmed by the United States Senate, and took the oath of office on January 3, 2006...
Sean Stackley Sean Stackley Sean J. Stackley became Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition in July 2008. As the Navy’s acquisition executive, Mr...	July 28, 2008		George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....	Donald C. Winter Donald C. Winter Donald Charles Winter is an American businessman who served as United States Secretary of the Navy. A former top executive of Northrop Grumman, he was nominated in 2005 by President George W. Bush, confirmed by the United States Senate, and took the oath of office on January 3, 2006... , Ray Mabus Ray Mabus Raymond Edwin "Ray" Mabus, Jr. is the 75th United States Secretary of the Navy. Mabus served as the 60th Governor of the U.S...

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