The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics - USD(AT&L) - is a senior official in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD)

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 within the Department of Defense

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 of the United States of America. The Under Secretary for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics is the principal staff assistant and advisor to both the Secretary of Defense

United States Secretary of Defense

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 and the Deputy Secretary of Defense

United States Deputy Secretary of Defense

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 for all matters concerning the Acquisition, Technology and Logistics. The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics supervises a number of Deputy Assistant Secretaries of Defence and other officials.

The subdivision within the Office of the Secretary of Defense

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supervised by the Under Secretary is known as Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics

The position is currently held by Frank Kendall III

Frank Kendall III

Frank Kendall III is an American lawyer serving under President Barack Obama as Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics....

, who has served since October 6, 2011. Mr. Kendall succeeds Dr. Ashton Carter

Ashton Carter

Ashton Baldwin Carter is a United States national security professional. He is is the United States Deputy Secretary of Defense. Prior to that, He served as Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics for President Barack Obama. He is currently on leave from his post as...

, who held the position beginning in 2009. The USD(AT&L) is considered a part of the Office of the Secretary of Defense

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History

This position was established by Act of Congress (P.L. 99-348) in 1986 as the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, and implemented with the issuance of Department of Defense Directive 5134.1 in February 1987. This position replaced the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, which had been established in 1977. The Director, Defense Research and Engineering became a separate, less powerful position in the Pentagon, which reports up to the USD(AT&L). The title changed to Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology in the National Defense Authorization Act for 1994 (P.L. 103-160, passed 30 November 1993).

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (P.L. 106-65, passed 5 October 1999), redesignated this post as the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, a name that the office still holds. The USD (AT&L) serves as the principal assistant to the Secretary of Defense for research and development, production, procurement, logistics, and military construction.

Office Holders

Under Secretaries of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics)

Portrait	Name	Tenure	SecDef(s) Served Under	President(s) Served Under
Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition)
	Richard P. Godwin	Sep 30, 1986 - Sep 30, 1987	Caspar W. Weinberger	Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
	Robert B. Costello	December 18, 1987 - May 12, 1989	Frank C. Carlucci III  William Howard Taft IV William Howard Taft IV William Howard Taft IV is an attorney who has served in the United States government under several Republican administrations. He is the son of William Howard Taft III and the great-grandson of U.S. President William Howard Taft....  (Acting) Richard B. Cheney	Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....   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...
	John A. Betti	August 11, 1989 - December 31, 1990	Richard B. Cheney	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...
	Donald J. Yockey	Jan 1, 1991 - Jan 20, 1991 (Acting) June 20, 1991 - January 20, 1993	Richard B. Cheney	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...
Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Technology)
	John M. Deutch John M. Deutch John Mark Deutch is an American chemist and civil servant. He was the United States Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1994 to 1995 and Director of Central Intelligence from May 10, 1995 until December 15, 1996...	April 2, 1993 - March 11, 1994	Leslie Aspin, Jr.  William J. Perry	William Clinton William Clinton Bill Clinton is the 42nd President of the United States. William Clinton may also refer to:*William de Clinton, 1st Earl of Huntingdon , English nobleman from prominent Norman family dating to William the Conqueror; Lord High Admiral as of 1333*William Henry Clinton , British general from...
	Paul G. Kaminski	October 3, 1994 - May 16, 1997	William J. Perry  William S. Cohen	William Clinton William Clinton Bill Clinton is the 42nd President of the United States. William Clinton may also refer to:*William de Clinton, 1st Earl of Huntingdon , English nobleman from prominent Norman family dating to William the Conqueror; Lord High Admiral as of 1333*William Henry Clinton , British general from...
Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics)
	Jacques S. Gansler	November 10, 1997 - January 5, 2001	William S. Cohen	William Clinton William Clinton Bill Clinton is the 42nd President of the United States. William Clinton may also refer to:*William de Clinton, 1st Earl of Huntingdon , English nobleman from prominent Norman family dating to William the Conqueror; Lord High Admiral as of 1333*William Henry Clinton , British general from...
	Edward C. Aldridge, Jr.	May 10, 2001 - May 23, 2003	Donald H. Rumsfeld	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....
	Michael W. Wynne (Acting)	May 23, 2003 - June 2005	Donald H. Rumsfeld	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....
	Kenneth J. Krieg	June 6, 2005 - July 20, 2007	Donald H. Rumsfeld  Robert M. Gates	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....
	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 2007 - November 21, 2007 (Acting) November 21, 2007 - April 27, 2009	Robert M. Gates	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....   Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
	Ashton Carter Ashton Carter Ashton Baldwin Carter is a United States national security professional. He is is the United States Deputy Secretary of Defense. Prior to that, He served as Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics for President Barack Obama. He is currently on leave from his post as...	April 27, 2009 - October 5, 2011	Robert M. Gates  Leon Panetta Leon Panetta Leon Edward Panetta is the 23rd and current United States Secretary of Defense, serving in the administration of President Barack Obama since 2011. Prior to taking office, he served as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency...	Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
	Frank Kendall III Frank Kendall III Frank Kendall III is an American lawyer serving under President Barack Obama as Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics....  (Acting)	October 6, 2011 -	Leon Panetta Leon Panetta Leon Edward Panetta is the 23rd and current United States Secretary of Defense, serving in the administration of President Barack Obama since 2011. Prior to taking office, he served as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency...	Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...

List of Principal Deputy Under Secretaries of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics

Name	Tenure	USD(AT&L) Served Under	SecDef(s) Served Under	President(s) Served Under
Milton Lohr	October 3, 1988 - May 12, 1989	Robert B. Costello	Richard B. Cheney	George H.W. Bush
Donald J. Yockey	March 12, 1990 - January 20, 1991	John A. Betti	Richard B. Cheney	George H.W. Bush
Donald C. Fraser	December 4, 1991 - January 13, 1993	Donald J. Yockey	Richard B. Cheney	George H.W. Bush
Noel Longuemare, Jr.	November 18, 1993 - November 21, 1997	John M. Deutch John M. Deutch John Mark Deutch is an American chemist and civil servant. He was the United States Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1994 to 1995 and Director of Central Intelligence from May 10, 1995 until December 15, 1996...   Paul G. Kaminski Jacques S. Gansler	Leslie Aspin, Jr. Les Aspin Leslie "Les" Aspin, Jr. was a United States Representative from 1971 to 1993, and the United States Secretary of Defense under President Bill Clinton from January 21, 1993 to February 3, 1994.-Early life:...   William J. Perry  William S. Cohen	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...
David Oliver	June 1, 1998 - July 14, 2001	Jacques S. Gansler Edward C. Aldridge, Jr.	William S. Cohen  Donald H. Rumsfeld	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...   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....
Michael W. Wynne	July 17, 2001 - 2005	Edward C. Aldridge, Jr.	Donald H. Rumsfeld	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....
Frank Kendall III Frank Kendall III Frank Kendall III is an American lawyer serving under President Barack Obama as Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics....	March 8, 2010 -	Ashton Carter Ashton Carter Ashton Baldwin Carter is a United States national security professional. He is is the United States Deputy Secretary of Defense. Prior to that, He served as Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics for President Barack Obama. He is currently on leave from his post as...	Robert M. Gates	Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...

Reporting Agencies

Director, Acquisition Resources & Analysis

The Director, Acquisition Resources and Analysis (ARA) integrates the diverse aspects of Defense acquisition into a balanced and coherent program that supports the National Strategy and makes the most effective use of resources provided. The Director, ARA also serves as the Executive Secretary to the Defense Acquisition Board; oversees the Defense Acquisition Executive System (DAES); manages AT&L’s participation in the Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution System (PPBE); and is responsible for the timely and accurate submission to Congress of Selected Acquisition Reports and Unit Cost Reports for Major Defense Acquisition Programs. The Director, ARA oversees the following posts:

1. Deputy Director, Acquisition Management
2. Deputy Director, External Customer Support
3. Deputy Director, OSD Studies & FFRDC Programs
4. Military Equipment Valuation

Director, International Cooperation

The Director, International Cooperation (IC) supports the USD(AT&L) in all aspects of international cooperation, develops policy for international cooperative armaments programs, and provides the Under Secretary a single, integrated picture of international cooperative activities. International Armaments Cooperation (IAC) activities occur in all phases of the defense acquisition management framework -- pre-systems acquisition, systems acquisition and sustainments -- and include capability determination, technology development, system development, production, and operations and support. The Director (IC) oversees the following posts:

1. Director, Armaments Cooperation Atlantic
2. Director, Pacific Armaments Cooperation
3. Director, Planning & Analysis

Director, Defense Procurement & Acquisition Policy

The office of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy (DPAP) is responsible for all acquisition and procurement policy matters in the Department of Defense (DoD). The DPAP office serves as the principal advisor to the USD(AT&L) and the Defense Acquisition Board on acquisition/procurement strategies for all major weapon systems programs, major automated information systems programs, and services acquisitions. The Director (DPAP) oversees the following posts:

1. Deputy Director, Program Acquisition & Contingency Contracting
2. Deputy Director, Defense Acquisition Regulation Systems
3. Deputy Director, Contract Policy and International Contracting
4. Deputy Director, Program Development & Implementation
5. Deputy Director, Cost, Pricing and Finance
6. Deputy Director, Strategic Sourcing

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition

The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition (OASD(A)) provides oversight and policy direction to the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, and USD(AT&L) on matters relating to DoD's acquisition system, major defense acquisitions programs (MDAPs), space and intelligence acquisitions and industrial base. OASD(A) also oversees two Defense Agencies—Defense Acquisition University (DAU) and the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA). The ASD(A) oversees the following posts:

1. Director, Portfolio Systems Acquisition
2. Director, Industrial Policy
3. Director, Small Business Programs
4. Defense Contract Management Agency
5. Defense Acquisition University
6. Performance Assessments and Root Cause
7. Space and Intelligence Office

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical & Biological Defense Programs

1. Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, Nuclear Matters
2. Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, Chemical/Biological/Defense and Chemical Demilitarization Programs
3. Director, Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Executive Director, Defense Science Board

The Defense Science Board

Defense Science Board

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 (DSB) is a committee of civilian experts appointed to advise the Department of Defense

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 on scientific and technical matters. It was established in 1956 on the recommendation of the second Hoover Commission

Hoover Commission

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Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering

Previously the Director for Defense Research and Engineering, this post was redesignated as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering ASD(R&E) by National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2011, signed January 7, 2011. The ASD(R&E) is the Defense Department's Chief Technology Officer, providing thought leadership for the Department's near-, mid- and far-term research and engineering efforts to develop the technical capabilities to support the Secretary of Defense goals and priorities. The ASD(R&E) oversees the following officials:

1. Principal Deputy
   1. Director, Joint Interoperability
   2. Director, Joint Operations Support
   3. Commander, Joint Reserve Unit
2. Director, Research Directorate
3. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Systems Engineering
4. Director, Rapid Fielding
   1. Joint Capability Technology Demonstrations
5. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Developmental Test & Evaluation
6. Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
   Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
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    (DARPA)
7. Administrator, Defense Technical Information Center
8. Director, Technical Intelligence

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (P.L. 106-65, passed 5 October 1999) created the new position of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness, which was then the second DUSD to the USD(AT&L). The intent of Congress was to emphasize the improtance of logistics and materiel readiness issues. Later redesignated the ASD(L&MR), this post still serves as the principal staff assistant and advisor to the USD(AT&L), Deputy Secretary of Defense (DEPSECDEF), and Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) on logistics and materiel readiness in the Department of Defense (DoD) and is the principal logistics official within the senior management of the DoD. The ASD(LM&R) is supported by a Principal Deputy, and oversees the following officials:

1. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Materiel Readiness
2. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Maintenance Policy and Programs
3. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Transportation Policy
4. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Program Support
5. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Supply Chain Integration
6. Director, Defense Logistics Agency
   Defense Logistics Agency
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7. Director, Resource Management

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment

The mission of the office of the DUSD(I&E) is to "provide installation assets and services necessary to support our military forces in a cost effective, safe, sustainable, and environmentally sound manner." The DUSD is supported by an Assistant Deputy, and oversees the following offices:

1. I&E Business Enterprise Integration
2. Director, Housing & Competitive Sourcing
3. Director, Explosives Safety Board
4. Director, Armed Forces Pest Management Board
5. Director, Base Realignment and Closure
6. Military Housing Privatization
7. Office of Economic Adjustment

Director, Corrosion Policy and Oversight

The Office of Corrosion Policy and Oversight is responsible for addressing the needs and meeting the goals of the DoD's Corrosion Prevention and Mitigation Program. The Corrosion Office develops Corrosion Prevention and Control (CPC) strategies for the DoD, and oversees their implementation through the CPC Integrated Product Team (CPC IPT).

Director, Test Resource Management Center

The Test Resource Management Center (TRMC) is an established DoD Field Activity under the authority, direction, and control of the USD(AT&L). TRMC oversees the test and evaluation (T&E) infrastructure, including Major Range and Test Facility Bases (MRTFBs). Congress, through Title 10, Sec 196 (P.L. 107-314) established the TRMC in FY 2003 to ensure that the T&E infrastructure can adequately support the development, acquisition, fielding and sustainment of defense systems. To help fulfill this role, Congress also directed the TRMC to maintain awareness of other T&E facilities and resources, both within and outside the Department, and monitor their impacts on defense needs.

Director, Missile Defense Agency

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is a research, development, and acquisition agency within the Department of Defense. Its workforce includes government civilians, military service members, and contractor personnel in multiple locations across the United States. In working to develop, test, and field an integrated Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS), the MDA works closely with the Combatant Commanders (e.g. Pacific Command, Northern Command, etc.). The MDA also seeks to bolster international cooperation by supporting mutual security interests in missile defense.

See also

• The Technical Cooperation Program (TTCP)
  The Technical Cooperation Program (TTCP)
  The Technical Cooperation Program is a long standing international organisation concerned with cooperation on defense science and technology matters, including national security and civil defense...
  
  - An international defense science and technology collaboration between Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States.

External links

• Proposed and finalized federal regulations from the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics