Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment

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United States Department of Defense position under secretary position

The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment is a senior U.S. Department of Defense official responsible for overseeing military procurement, technology acquisition, logistics, and lifecycle sustainment of defense systems.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Department of Defense position → under secretary position →
appointmentRequires	advice and consent of the United States Senate →
country	United States of America →
createdBy	National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 →
formationYear	2018 →
hasAbbreviation	USD(A&S) →
jurisdiction	United States Department of Defense →
memberOf	senior leadership of the Department of Defense →
mission	ensure effective, efficient, and secure delivery and sustainment of warfighting capabilities →
nominatedBy	President of the United States →
oversees	Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition → Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy → Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment → Director, Defense Contract Management Agency → Director, Defense Logistics Agency → Director, Defense Threat Reduction Agency → Director, Missile Defense Agency → Office of Defense Pricing and Contracting → Office of Small Business Programs → Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics → Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Materiel Readiness → Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Product Support → defense acquisition → defense contracting policy → defense industrial base policy → defense installations and environment → defense logistics → defense maintenance and materiel readiness → defense procurement → defense production and manufacturing policy → lifecycle sustainment of defense systems → nuclear, chemical, and biological defense programs →
partOf	Office of the Secretary of Defense →
precededBy	Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics →
rank	Level III of the Executive Schedule →
reportsTo	Secretary of Defense →
responsibleFor	acquisition policy → acquisition workforce policy → contracting policy → defense industrial base resilience → defense supply chain management → logistics policy → sustainment policy → total lifecycle management of weapon systems →
seat	The Pentagon →
style	The Honorable →
website	https://www.acq.osd.mil →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Defense Acquisition Board →	chairedBy
Office of the Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment →	hasHead
OSD(A&S) →	headedBy
John M. Deutch ("Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology of the United States") →	positionHeld
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment ("Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics") →	precededBy