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

ASN(RD&A) is the Navy Acquisition Executive (NAE). Reports to SECNAV. Owns acquisition for Navy AND Marine Corps systems via dual SYSCOMs (NAVSEA, NAVAIR, NAVWAR/SPAWAR successor, NAVSUP, NAVFAC, MARCORSYSCOM) and ~14 PEOs. Organized into DASN portfolios above + PEOs below.

• Location: Pentagon, Arlington, VA
• Status: Skeleton structure (PEOs are stable across years; current incumbent names pending dated org chart)

The controlling statutory basis is 10 U.S.C. § 8016(b)(4)(A), which requires that one of the Assistant Secretaries of the Navy be the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition, with the principal duty of overall supervision of research, development, acquisition and sustainment matters of the Department of the Navy, exercised under the Secretary of the Navy at 10 U.S.C. § 8013. This section was renumbered from the pre-2019 § 5016, so a source citing § 5016 for this office is stale, and today’s § 8016 is the Navy provision while the Air Force counterpart moved to § 9016, a collision explained at Title_10_Structure.

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Interactive Canvas

▶ Open: ASN_RDA_Org_Chart.canvas — master spatial chart

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Org Chart (Mermaid)

flowchart TD
  ASNRDA["ASN(RD&A) — NAE<br/>(TBD)"]
  PCD["Principal Civilian Deputy<br/>(TBD)"]
  PMD["Principal Military Deputy<br/>(VADM/LtGen, TBD)"]

  ASNRDA --- PCD
  ASNRDA --- PMD

   PEOs
  subgraph SHIPS["Ships & Subs"]
    PEO_CVN["PEO Aircraft Carriers"]
    PEO_SSN["PEO Attack Submarines"]
    PEO_SSBN["PEO Strategic Submarines"]
    PEO_SHIPS["PEO Ships"]
    PEO_USC["PEO Unmanned & Small Combatants"]
  end

  subgraph AVN["Aviation & Weapons"]
    PEO_T["PEO Tactical Aircraft (T)"]
    PEO_A["PEO Air ASW, Assault & Special Mission (A)"]
    PEO_UW["PEO Unmanned Aviation & Strike Weapons (U&W)"]
  end

  subgraph SYS["Systems / Enterprise"]
    PEO_IWS["PEO Integrated Warfare Systems"]
    PEO_C4I["PEO C4I"]
    PEO_SS["PEO Space Systems"]
    PEO_DIGITAL["PEO Digital & Enterprise Services"]
    PEO_MLB["PEO Manpower, Logistics & Business Solutions"]
  end

  subgraph USMC["Marine Corps"]
    MARCORSYSCOM["MARCORSYSCOM"]
    PEO_LS["PEO Land Systems"]
  end

  ASNRDA --> SHIPS
  ASNRDA --> AVN
  ASNRDA --> SYS
  ASNRDA --> USMC

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Front Office

Role	Name	File
ASN(RD&A) / NAE	TBD	—
Principal Civilian Deputy	TBD	—
Principal Military Deputy	TBD	—

Deputy Assistant Secretaries (DASNs)

Portfolio	Office File
Air Programs	DASN_Air_Programs
Ships	DASN_Ships
Expeditionary Programs & Logistics Mgmt (USMC ground)	DASN_Expeditionary_Programs_Logistics_Mgmt
Unmanned & Small Combatants	DASN_Unmanned_Small_Combatants
C4I & Space	DASN_C4I_Space
International Programs	DASN_International_Programs
Procurement	DASN_Procurement
Research, Development, Test & Evaluation	DASN_RDTE
Sustainment	DASN_Sustainment
Acquisition Enablers	DASN_Acquisition_Enablers

Program Executive Offices — Ships & Subs

PEO	File
Aircraft Carriers (CVN)	PEO_Aircraft_Carriers
Attack Submarines (SSN)	PEO_Attack_Submarines
Strategic Submarines (SSBN/Columbia)	PEO_Strategic_Submarines
Ships	PEO_Ships
Unmanned & Small Combatants (USC)	PEO_Unmanned_Small_Combatants

Program Executive Offices — Aviation & Weapons

PEO	File
Tactical Aircraft (T)	PEO_Tactical_Aircraft
Air ASW, Assault & Special Mission (A)	PEO_Air_ASW_Assault_Special_Mission
Unmanned Aviation & Strike Weapons (U&W)	PEO_Unmanned_Aviation_Strike_Weapons

Program Executive Offices — Systems / Enterprise

PEO	File
Integrated Warfare Systems (IWS)	PEO_IWS
C4I	PEO_C4I
Space Systems	PEO_Navy_Space_Systems
Digital & Enterprise Services	PEO_Digital
Manpower, Logistics & Business Solutions	PEO_MLB

Marine Corps Acquisition

Office	File
Marine Corps Systems Command	MARCORSYSCOM
PEO Land Systems	PEO_Land_Systems

Related (existing vault)

• Office_of_Naval_Research
• US_Navy
• US_Marine_Corps

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Program Elements

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Procurement Lines

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