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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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment canonical	18
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics	3
Defense Acquisition Executive	1
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology	1
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology of the United States	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T719271 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
Context triple: [Office of the Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, hasHead, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment]

A. Under Secretary of the Air Force
The Under Secretary of the Air Force is the second-highest-ranking civilian official in the U.S. Department of the Air Force, responsible for assisting in the oversight and management of its policies, resources, and operations.
B. Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security
The Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security is the senior civilian official in the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for overseeing and integrating defense intelligence, counterintelligence, and security activities across the military and defense agencies.
C. United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
The United States Deputy Secretary of Defense is the second-highest-ranking official in the U.S. Department of Defense, responsible for overseeing its day-to-day operations and acting as the principal deputy to the Secretary of Defense.
D. Under Secretary of the Army
The Under Secretary of the Army is the second-highest-ranking civilian official in the U.S. Department of the Army, responsible for assisting in the oversight, management, and policy direction of the Army.
E. Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman
The Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman is the highest-ranking enlisted service member in the U.S. Armed Forces, serving as the principal military advisor on enlisted affairs to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
Target entity description: 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.

A. Under Secretary of the Air Force
The Under Secretary of the Air Force is the second-highest-ranking civilian official in the U.S. Department of the Air Force, responsible for assisting in the oversight and management of its policies, resources, and operations.
B. Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security
The Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security is the senior civilian official in the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for overseeing and integrating defense intelligence, counterintelligence, and security activities across the military and defense agencies.
C. United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
The United States Deputy Secretary of Defense is the second-highest-ranking official in the U.S. Department of Defense, responsible for overseeing its day-to-day operations and acting as the principal deputy to the Secretary of Defense.
D. Under Secretary of the Army
The Under Secretary of the Army is the second-highest-ranking civilian official in the U.S. Department of the Army, responsible for assisting in the oversight, management, and policy direction of the Army.
E. Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman
The Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman is the highest-ranking enlisted service member in the U.S. Armed Forces, serving as the principal military advisor on enlisted affairs to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

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	Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: 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 the Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment ⓘ surface form: Office of Defense Pricing and Contracting Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization ⓘ surface form: 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 and Sustainment self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics
rank	Level III of the Executive Schedule ⓘ
reportsTo	United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ surface form: 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	Pentagon ⓘ surface form: The Pentagon
style	The Honorable ⓘ
website	https://www.acq.osd.mil ⓘ

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Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Office of the Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment → hasHead → Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment ⓘ

John M. Deutch → positionHeld → Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment ⓘ

this entity surface form: Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology of the United States

Defense Acquisition Board (through representation) → chairedBy → Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment ⓘ

subject surface form: Defense Acquisition Board

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment → precededBy → Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics

OSD(A&S) → headedBy → Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment ⓘ

John → positionHeld → Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment ⓘ

subject surface form: John M. Deutch

this entity surface form: Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology

United States Department of Defense positions → hasPart → Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Department of Defense position

Service Acquisition Executives → collaboratesWith → Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment ⓘ

DAB → hasChair → Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment ⓘ

Defense Acquisition Executive Board → advises → Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment ⓘ

this entity surface form: Defense Acquisition Executive

Major Defense Acquisition Programs → overseenBy → Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment ⓘ

subject surface form: Major Defense Acquisition Program

U.S. defense acquisition system → overseenBy → Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment ⓘ

USD(A&S) → fullName → Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment ⓘ

USD(A&S) → precededBy → Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment ⓘ

this entity surface form: Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics

Director, Defense Contract Management Agency → reportsTo → Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment ⓘ

Director, Defense Contract Management Agency → appointedBy → Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment ⓘ

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition → reportsTo → Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment ⓘ

Director, Defense Logistics Agency → reportsTo → Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment ⓘ

Director, Defense Logistics Agency → appointedBy → Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment ⓘ

Director, Defense Threat Reduction Agency → reportsTo → Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment ⓘ

Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics → reportsTo → Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment ⓘ

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment → reportsTo → Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment ⓘ

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy → reportsTo → Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment ⓘ

Ashton Carter → positionHeld → Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment ⓘ

this entity surface form: Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics

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